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A US Marine of 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines, carries his second rifle, a machine gun, atop his backpack, as he arrives on foot at a small outpost, Patrol Base 302, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. The Marines living in austere conditions at PB-302 exchange fire regularly with Taliban who attack from multiple directions.
The MS Nordlys cruise liner at the quayside in Aalesund, Norway, early Friday Sept. An intense fire in a cruise ship's engine room has killed two crewmen, injured nine others and forced more than 200 passengers to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast. Three rescue workers were hospitalized with minor injuries. Police said they suspected an explosion in the engine room in Thursday's fire.
Diane Von Arx of Minneapolis, a calligrapher who worked on The Saint John's Bible, demonstrating her craft with a quill pen at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on Thursday Sept. The first words were written on Ash Wednesday 2000 and finished on May 9, 2011.
See latest photos A South African court has blocked the government from buying 11 million Chinese condoms, saying they are too small, a newspaper reported Friday. The finance ministry had awarded a contract to a firm called Siqamba Medical, which planned to buy the Phoenurse condoms from China, the Beeld newspaper said. A rival firm, Sekunjalo Investments Corporation, turned to the High Court in Pretoria after losing the bid, arguing that their condoms were 20 percent larger than the Chinese ones. Judge Sulet Potterill blocked the deal with Siqamba, ruling that the condoms were too small, made from the wrong material, and were not approved by the World Health Organisation, the paper said. South Africa has more HIV infections than any country in the world, with 538 million of its 50 million people carrying the virus.
studioNothing 2 hours ago Following the British withdrawal in I940 from Norway it was proposed that the Royal Marines should all have sheaths to protect the exposed muzzles of their rifles from the sharp temperature changes for their next foray into Norway. A pharmaceutical company that specialized in manufacturing condoms was given the job. In due course the first box was delivered for Winston Churchill's inspection and he said "These won't do." They're long enough for the muzzles - ten and a half inches." I want a label for every box, every carton, every packet, saying 'British. That will show the Nazis, if they ever recover one of them, who's the master race."
UK says metal hip replacements more troublesome People who get metal hip replacements are more likely to need a replacement compared to those who get a traditional plastic one, according to a new report from a large British registry.
More UK says metal hip replacements more troublesome People who get metal hip replacements are more likely to need a replacement compared to those who get a traditional plastic one, according to a new report from a large British registry.
An apple and a pitcher of apple juice are posed together in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Thursday, Sept. The federal Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are disputing suggestions by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health concern.
Oz accused of fear-mongering on apple juice Arsenic in apple juice! Mehmet Oz is under fire from the FDA and others for sounding what they say is a false alarm about the dangers of ...
An apple and a pitcher of apple juice are posed together in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Thursday, Sept. The federal Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are disputing suggestions by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health concern. Mehmet Oz is under fire from the FDA and others for sounding what they say is a false alarm about the dangers of apple juice.
Listeria outbreaks in produce are rare, deadly An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that has killed as many as four people is a mystery to disease specialists who are used to seeing the pathogen in deli meats and soft cheeses.
More Listeria outbreaks in produce are rare, deadly An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that has killed as many as four people is a mystery to disease specialists who are used to seeing the pathogen in deli meats and soft cheeses.
GE to invest $1 billion in cancer research US industrial conglomerate General Electric said on Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in cancer research over the next five years.
GE chief executive Jeff Immelt and several venture capital partners launched the initiative US industrial conglomerate General Electric said on Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in cancer research over the next five years.
Breast cancer: Detected cases of "silent killer" on the rise Diagnosed cases of breast cancer rose by 260 percent and those of cervical cancer by 20 percent from 1980 to 2010, with the biggest hikes occurring in developing countries, according to global estimates ...
Diagnosed cases of breast cancer rose by 260 percent Diagnosed cases of breast cancer rose by 260 percent and those of cervical cancer by 20 percent from 1980 to 2010, with the biggest hikes occurring in developing countries, according to global estimates reported on Thursday in The Lancet.
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