Study Finds Fish Won't stop Heart Failure

While eating fish does appear to help protect against heart attacks and other cardiovascular disease, a new Dutch study finds it doesn't seem to guard against the development of heart failure.

Heart failure is a degenerative condition, but with the right treatment and lifestyle people are living longer with it. In fact, some 5.7 million Americans are living with heart failure, and 670,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, according to the American Heart Association.

"We examined whether the intake of fish and its omega-3 fatty acids could protect against the development of heart failure in people who had no history of coronary heart disease," said lead researcher J. Marianne Geleijnse, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Wageningen University. "However, we found no association except for a possible protective effect of omega-3 fatty acids against heart failure in a subgroup with diabetes."

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Opposition ignores Vote Re-count

The opposition candidates have said they do not support of the court’s move. Nonetheless, Constitutional Court President, Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo, is quoted as saying bailiffs would act as both officers of the court and representatives of the candidates.

Meanwhile, one of the opposition candidates, Andre Mba Obame is also quoted as saying "This re-count has no value for us, nor for the fact that we are looking for." A senior official of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), which backed Ali Bongo, said he was not anxious.

"The election took place openly. Whether you re-count once or 100 times, it doesn't change the consequences," said PDG Secretary General Faustin Boukoubi. The re-count was postponed for a day while officials met opposition leaders.

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Powerful shake, tsunami hit Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga

Four Australians, including two young children, are dead and five are missing after the shocking earthquake and Pacific tsunami across Samoa.

The family of holidaying Ballarat school teacher Vivien Hodgins said they believed she died in the flood of water.

Ms Hodgins, 55, sent a text message from a Samoan beach to her daughters soon after the earthquake, which 20 minutes later spark the tidal waves, the Herald Sun reports.

She described the scene as "spooky". Her travel partner, Claire Rowlands, survives and was recovering last night in hospital.

Tasmanian woman Maree Blacker, celebrating her 50th birthday on Samoa, was also killed. Her husband, prominent racehorse guide John Blacker, suffered broken bones

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PM's old school to clash closure

The board of Prime Minister John Key's old primary school has vowed to fight a choice by the Education Ministry to close it. Aorangi School representatives said Education Minister Anne Tolley confirmed to them that the end, mooted earlier in the year, would go ahead.

The Christchurch school was put in the dismissal line because of a falling roll, costly building work and the fact there were other schools in the area. The board said today the decision flew in the face of overwhelming society support for it to stay open and the consultation process involved leading up to the decision was a sham and lawfully flawed.

Spokesman Andrew Oh said the school was preparing a further submission outlining its concerns with the process and the decision.

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Alonso joins Ferrari on three-year contract

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has signed for Ferrari on a three-year contract, the Formula One giants announced on Wednesday. Alonso will put back 2007 world champion Kim Raikkonen in Ferrari's line-up for next season.

Raikkonen is reported to be headed for McLaren to replace fellow Finn Heikki Kovalainen, with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica moving to Renault to fill the gap left by the long-anticipated exit of Alonso. "We are very arrogant to welcome to our team another winning driver, who has demonstrated his amazing talent by winning two world championships in his career to date," Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali told their executive Web site.

Alonso will pair up next season with the currently sidelined Brazilian Felipe Massa, with Giancarlo Fisichell acting as preserve driver.

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Social media an attractive target for cybercriminals

It's your birthday. And thanks to your Facebook profile, everyone knows that. Your wall fills up with well wishes from hundreds of "friends."

Sure, it's nice to be noticed. But security experts are skeptical about whether sharing information, such as birthdays, with broad spectators is a bright idea.

"It's all about providing the bad guy with cleverness," said Robert Siciliano, CEO of IDtheftsecurity.com. "Back in the day, spy organizations planted someone on the inside to get proprietary data. Social media is the man on the inside. We're giving away all the cleverness for free."

Many people use their birthdate in passwords and private identification numbers, and security questions often ask for it to resend a lost password. So broadcasting a birthdate could help cybercriminals pose as others as they log on to a variety of Web sites, experts warned.

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Worries over cancer vaccine as schoolgirl dies

The death of a 14-year-old girl in England after she received a vaccination for Human Papilloma virus (HPV) has encouraged a widespread freeze on the country's national vaccination program.

More than 1.4 million girls have received the injection in England since the National Health Service (NHS) started administering it in September 2008.

Natalie Morton's sudden death Monday occurred within hours after she received a shot of the vaccine Cervarix at the NHS at her school in Coventry.

Three other girls at the Blue Coat Church of England school suffered mild symptoms of dizziness and nausea after receiving the medicine, according to media reports.

It remains unclear if the vaccine caused Morton's death. Only an autopsy will be able to decide the accurate cause of death.

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Car lovers seek green power, not gas guzzlers

Daniel Gray loves automobiles so much that it almost feels wrong to drive another motor vehicle: "I'll admit it. I love my car, but I cheat on it with a different car every week," he said.

The Belle Mead, New Jersey, occupant runs the car-review Web site mpgomatic.com with a focus on fuel efficiency, but even he strays over to public transit every now and then. Nowadays, even the biggest car lovers are taking notice of energy maintenance.

Readers may not understand a guy who revs engines for a living might need a ride back home after dropping off a test car in New York. In these cases, he usually takes a train most of the 55-mile trip and gets a car ride for the rest of the route.

Gray shared an iReport video explanation how he decided - for one day only, he emphasizes - to see whether he could go entirely without the support of an automobile on the return trip. His journey was successful, but he spent an extra hour fumbling around with local buses and taking an unintentional detour to a local mall.

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Scores dead, villages crushed in shocking Samoan tsunami

Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the Inrushing Sea consume up coastal towns and villages leaving damage in its wake.

At least 111 people are confirmed killed in Samoa, neighboring American Samoa and Tonga. But officials in the Polynesia region have expressed fears the toll will rise as rescue workers struggle to reach outlying villages flooded and flattened by the wave.

"All of a sudden we heard on the radio everybody had to run for security," she said. "Right after the quake, the tsunami came."

Faumatu and others stayed on the mountain for two or three hours until the caution was lifted, watching as the sea swallowed Pago Pago, island's capital, and then receded.

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EU supports highway network

Prime Minister, Philemon Yang conveyed the government’s message of kindness to the EU head of mission to Cameroon, Javier Puyol while commissioning the 63km Muea - Kumba stretch of road in the Southwest area of the country.

Acknowledging a 50-percent involvement of the EU, to the tune of FCFA 31 billion cost of the Muea - Kumba road, Yang expressed thanks to the EU for the project and for all what they have been doing in the country.

The Prime Minister reminded Cameroonians that the Muea - Kumba road is now theirs but the defense is not only the concern of the government.

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“It is the responsibility of all. We have to respect traffic rules and not make the road a death trap,” he advised.

Yang said the road, which originally took off with the 12 km Mutengene - Muea stretch, still in the Southwest Region, is the continuance one of the one to Kumba.

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1918 Flu Closings May present Lessons for Today

An study of disease control measures used during the 1918 influenza pandemic offers lessons for commerce with the issue of school closures this fall in response to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, say U.S. investigators..

Last spring, school closures were a common and contentious strategy for controlling the spread of the H1N1 virus. Intense discuss about this type of action will likely occur again if the swine flu pandemic continues or worsens this fall, according to researchers at the University of Michigan and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

They studied how 43 American cities and their public school systems responded during the 1918 flu pandemic and found that school conclusion were almost always issued with community-wide nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as quarantine, isolation and bans on public gatherings.

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Websites help families continues connected

Many Australian mums are using social networking websites to maintain relationships with their children, a review has found.

The State of the Nation reports that a analysis of 1200 Australian mothers, conducted on behalf of Telstra in August, shows 70 per cent of Australian mothers, including many aged between 45 and 65, are adopting skill as a way to stay connected to their family.

Despite the effort being made by mums - many of whom admit to not being certain using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, the review found many children declined online friend requests from their parents.

Children over the age of 16 are most likely to refuse friend requests from their parents to avoid the embarrassment of baby photos and grammar corrections on their home page, the review showed.

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Fake police officer sought in Chch

Christchurch Police have issued a caution as a man, impersonating an officer, has been knocking on doors, asking for people's bank cards, PIN numbers and cheque books.

Police Communications shift commander Tony Ellis said the man was elderly in his late 20s to early 30s and has been targeting the elderly in eastern areas of Christchurch over the past two days.

He has been successful in obtaining cards and cash on three instances, including once on Tuesday evening in New Brighton.

The man does not have a uniform, but has been telling people he is a police officer and there has been a banking trouble, or something similar, which he needs their cards and details to fix.

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Dementieva joins seeded fatalities in Tokyo

Olympic champion Elena Dementieva became the newest seeded casualty at the Pan Pacific Open, going down 6-2 6-7 6-1 to Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in the second round in Tokyo.

The third-seeded Russian, who was winner here in 2006, double-faulted twice on a break point and once on match point to lose to her 33rd-ranked challenger.

"There was nothing mistaken with my serve. I was serving good today," Dementieva told reporters in spite of serving 11 double faults.

With the top two seeds, Dinara Safina and Venus Williams, both deafening out on Monday, Dementieva's exit left U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark as the top-seeded player remaining.

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Filmmakers require Polanski's release

Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese have "demanded the direct release" of fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant associated to a 1977 child sex charge.

They were among 138 people in the film commerce who signed a petition against the arrest.

Polanski was on the way to the Zurich Film Festival when Swiss police under arrest him in response to the American warrant.

The filmmaker pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but fled before he could be sentenced. He matured in France, where he holds citizenship. Investigators in the United States say Polanski, then 43, drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl.

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Typhoon Ketsana bangs into Vietnam

After pouring the Philippines for several days, killer Typhoon Ketsana gained power over the ocean before slamming into the central Vietnam seashore Tuesday afternoon.

Aid agency reported that amid flood warnings, some 200,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas to society centers and schools on higher ground.

Ketsana's maximum winds were reported at 167 kph (104 mph) with gusts as burly as 204 kph (127 mph) as it crossed over the South China Sea and approached land.

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UK set for three-way iPhone cost conflict

Vodafone on Tuesday announced it would start selling Apple's admired iPhone in the UK from early next year, in a move that should boost efforts to turnround the mobile operator's ailing British business.

It means there will be three UK mobile operators selling the US expertise company's iPhone from next year: Vodafone, Orange and O2.

Some analysts said a price war over the iPhone could ensue, making the comparatively expensive handset more reasonable for consumers.

But the operators, if they increase subsidies for the iPhone so as to maximise sales, would face higher working expenses.

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Michelle Obama vows to hit Olympic gold for Chicago

First lady Michelle Obama vowed Monday to "take no prisoners" as she and her husband launch an unparalleled bid for Chicago's 2016 Olympic tender.

"It's a encounter, we’re going to win, take no prisoners," the first lady said with a smile at a roundtable discussion with the media in the White House State Dining Room.

She compared the strong lobbying effort to the 2008 presidential campaign, noting that in the election crusade, a lot of voters made their decision in the final days. She said members of the International Olympic Committee may do the same.

"And our view is, we're not taking a chance," she said. "We're just not going to presume that the bids, that the decisions are made, and so that no matter what the result is, we'll feel as a country, as a team, that we've done everything that we can to bring it home."

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Breakthrough In investigational HIV Vaccine Prevents Infections In 31% Of Cases

A phase III efficacy trial planned by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Thai Ministry of Public Health, involving 16,000 volunteers in Thailand has revealed that volunteers who received a prime-boost mixture of two AIDS vaccine candidates - ALVAC combined with AIDSVAX - had infection rates 31.2% lower than people who received a placebo. The two vaccines have no significant effect on HIV infection rates when used alone, but appear to be surprisingly effective when used together.

The official support of this trial was the U.S. Army Surgeon General via the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity. ALVAC is made by Sanofi-Aventis, SA, France, while AIDSVAX is made by VaxGen Inc., USA.

AIVI (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) greeted this news with enthusiasm. IAVI President and CEO Seth Berkley, said "The outcome is very exciting news and a significant scientific achievement. It's the first demonstration that a candidate AIDS vaccine provides benefit in humans. Until now, we've had confirmation of feasibility for an AIDS vaccine in animal models. Now, we've got a vaccine candidate that appears to show a protective effect in humans, albeit partially."

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Ghana frees 1,021 criminals

Those who have regained their freedom are 953 first offenders who have served at least half of their sentences, 54 gravely ill prisoners recommended by the Regional Medical Board, nine prisoners aged 70 and above also suggested by the Regional Medical Board, and five nursing mothers who have shown remorse.

Six other prisoners, who were on death row and had served 10 years and above, have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.

A statement signed by the Ghana’s Interior Minister, Cletus Avoka, and released in Accra Wednesday did not name them but said President Mills granted the reprieve in accordance with the powers conferred on him by Article 72 of the 1992 foundation.

Article 72 (1) states inter alia that "the President may, acting in discussion with the Council of State grant to a person convicted of an offence a pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions; or…” The Daily Graphic reported.

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Dead Bodies of men and women found in house

The bodies of two people have been found in a house in Tasmania's north.

Police have revealed little about the grisly discovery except to say they believe the bodies are of an adult man and woman who appear to have been dead for some time.

They went to a house in Hillside Crescent, Launceston late yesterday afternoon after receiving a concerned phone call from interstate, Launceston Detective Inspector John Parker said.

"Police are conducting an examination as to the cause of death and to determine whether there are suspicious circumstances," he said.

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Public sorrow for Sir Howard to begin

Public sadness and the "celebration of a great life" begins in earnest on Friday, as Sir Howard Morrison leaves his family home for the last time. Sir Howard, one of the New Zealand's best known entertainers, died calmly in his bed at his Ohinemutu home on the shores of Lake Rotorua on Thursday. He was 74.

He lay at his home on Thursday night and on Friday morning is to be carried the few metres to Tamatekapua, the premier meeting house of Te Arawa, where his public tangi starts about 10am. Sir Howard will be buried alongside members of his whanau at Rotorua's Kauae memorial park on Tuesday after the 11am service.

Family spokesman and acclaimed actor Temuera Morrison said his uncle's farewell will be a "huge party of a great life".

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What surgical treatment will look like in the future

Over the past 20 years, robotics have revolutionize surgical treatment, and new innovations are continuing to push the boundaries of medicine.

Mike Rustic, senior lecturer at the mechanical engineering department at Imperial College, London, says machines such as the "da Vinci" system have had a huge crash on surgery.

The "da Vinci" first appeared in 1991 and lets surgeons carry out keyhole surgery remotely, allowing them to control robot arms from a comfort that also provides a three-dimensional image of the proceedings.

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Police drop investigate into Bellamy fan event

Police have dropped a search into the clash between Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy and a follower who ran on to the pitch at the end of last weekend's English Premier League clash with rivals Manchester United.

The supporter was pushed in the face by Bellamy who confronted him after he staged a pitch attack at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Neither the fan nor the Wales international made a complaint to police about the fight but the supporter will appear in court later this month over the pitch infringement.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman told Press Association Sport: "We have received no complaints about this event and are currently not investigating the matter."

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Afghan women hiding for their life

Shameen's brown eyes seem lost as she thinks about the one day she wants to overlook, but it is all she can think about. Still upset, she recounts the events that led her to a safe house in Kabul.

She was raped and nearly stabbed to demise by her husband just seven days before we met her. Her lips are shaking and her eyes full of fear.

"He forced himself on me," she said. "All I could do was cry." She was married off 15 years ago when she was a teen.

Throughout those years she was tortured and ill-treated, suffering daily beatings with an electrical wire or the metal end of a hammer. This was her usual life.

"He chased after me with a hammer. He said if I made any sound he would put holes through me,"

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U.S. urges caution after German horror risk

U.S. officials urged American citizens in Germany to keep a low profile and remain cautious of their surroundings after the terrorist group al Qaeda posted a video message threatening attacks in the country.

A State Department travel alert, issued Wednesday, remnants in effect until November 11 , two weeks after Germany holds its central elections on Sunday.

Al Qaeda posted its video threat on the Internet on September 18, vowing assault if the elections do not come out the way it wants.

The same day, the German government reacted to the video by raising its own alert level and heightening safety.

The British Foreign Office has also issued an suggested to its citizens living and traveling to Germany.

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G-20 leaders meet to bolster worldwide economy

Leaders representing 90 percent of the world's economic output were meeting Thursday in a U.S. city that has reinvented itself, hoping to bolster the universal economy.

The Group of 20 will meet for two days to focus on the global financial crisis, and plot how to avoid a repeat in the future.

The White House is using the financial summit to showcase Pittsburgh, a city that President Obama says has exhibited an pioneering 21st-century recovery after a well-publicized downfall following the shuttering of much of the city's steel industry.

Pittsburgh "has transformed itself from the city of steel to a center for high-tech innovation, including green skill, education and training, and research and development," the president said.

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What Is An Ectopic Pregnancy? What Is A Tubular Pregnancy?

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy where the fertilized egg settles and grows outside the r inside layer of the uterus (not in the uterus). The uterus is the womb. Most ectopic pregnancies happen in the Fallopian tube , known as a tubular pregnancy , but they can also occur in the cervix (neck of the womb), abdominal cavity and ovary.

Somewhat over 1% of all pregnancies are ectopic pregnancies. In a normal pregnancy the egg should be fertilized by the sperm in a fallopian tube; the fertilized egg then travels into the uterus (womb) and implants itself in the lining of the uterus. The embryo develops into a fetus and remains in the uterus until the baby is born.

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Chad-Cameroon tubeline to be rerouted

Present at the signing service were Cameroon’s Minister of Energy and Water, Michael Tomdio, the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Louis Paul Motaze, the Executive Managing Director of the National Hydrocarbons Corporation, Adolph Modiki, and the Director Generals of the Cameroon Electricity Development Corporation (EDC) and the Alucam-Riotinto-ALCAN companies.

The Government of Cameroon has pledge to contribute to the cost of the studies, predictable at hundreds of millions of francs CFA.

According to Cameroon’s Minister of Finance the pipeline will be shifted twenty-five kilometres away from the present track to avoid it being swamped by the flood waters from Lom-Pangar dam in 2012.

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Harsh weather watch for wide drape of NZ

A harsh weather watch for the lower half of the North Island and the upper South Island was issued by MetService on Wednesday night.

Stormy climate with heavy rain, snow and gales in some places was predicted.

Areas exaggerated: Wanganui, Taihape, Manawatu, Horowhenua, Kapiti Coast, Wairarapa, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Buller and northern Westland.

MetService said a harsh weather warning was also in effect for areas from Waikato to Taranaki and across to Taupo and the Bay of Plenty.

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Scientists say film androids not as far-fetched as they seem

Why leave home when you can send out a sexy, fashionable robot version of yourself to do anything you tell it?

That's the world of "Surrogates," a movie starring Bruce Willis that opens Friday.

Willis plays an FBI agent who investigates the first kill to occur in years in a world where no one worries about offense or pain, because their robots self-heal with a quick reboot.

Far-fetched science fiction? Sure.

But scientists and the movie's makers say the skill might not be as far away as most people think.

Armies use remote-controlled robots to attack enemies and devastate land mines. Emerging technology for the disabled allows users to operate robotic limbs and control computer cursors without touching a keyboard.

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'Eternal feel sorry’ of Renault race-fix engineer

Renault's former chief engineer Pat Symonds has spoken of his "eternal regret" at his contribution in the race-fixing conspiracy in last year's Singapore Grand Prix.

But Symonds. who has been barred from Formula One for five years, claims driver Nelson Piquet Jr. first hatched the plan to intentionally crash to help teammate Fernando Alonso win the race.

Symonds' admittance comes in documents released by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) after the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) special hearing in Paris on Monday.

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Dust storm blankets Australian cities in red mist

A huge dust storm swept through parts of Australia on Wednesday, bathing the city of Sydney in a reddish haze.

Susan Paget marveled at the eerie red view from the terrace of her apartment in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, and said she took the day off work to avoid the dust storm mess.

"It just feels dirty and rusty, "It was totally weird to wake up around 5:30 a.m. and see such a red bizarre sky."

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Britain ‘set’ to scale back Trident nuclear plan, PM says

Britain wants to scale back its Trident nuclear prevention program by cutting the number of missile-carrying submarines from four to three, Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will officially announce his readiness to scale back Trident when he speaks to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, Brown's workplace at 10 Downing Street confirmed.

The conclusion is part of Britain's long-term goal of nuclear non-proliferation around the world, Miliband said late Tuesday outside the United Nations.

"President Obama has injected new drive into the effort to meet the goals of the non-proliferation treaty, which is a world free of nuclear weapons, and our prime minister, Gordon Brown, is resolute that Britain plays its full part in those discussions," Miliband said.

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New York town desires Gadhafi's tent taken down

The town of Bedford, New York, is not happy with a tent set up as part of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, a town notary said Tuesday.

"I discussed this subject with town officials, and the town building inspector believes that this would constitute a abuse of several town zoning and land use laws," Bedford town attorney Joel Sachs said. "I directed the town building examiner to immediately go to the property and issue a stop work order, which would the individuals to stop erecting the tent."

Sachs said if he had to he would take the matter to a higher court to get the tent taken down.

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What Is Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate? What reason Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate?

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most regular birth defects in newborns. About one in 700 infants a year in the United States and one in 600 in the United Kingdom are exaggerated.

A cleft is characterized as an opening or a opening in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth (palate) or sometimes both.

Cleft can have an effect on one side of the lip (unilateral cleft) or both sides of the upper lip (bilateral cleft). Most of the time, they come about as isolated birth defects, but they can also be coupled with several genetic and environmental factors which will be later explained.

The look of a cleft lip can be appalling due to the disfiguration on the newborns' face. However, as surgical techniques have advanced, cleft lip and cleft palate are both correctable these days. In the preponderance of cases surgeons can bring back normal function with minimal scarring on the child.

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Prisoners prosecute gov't over food

The announcement follows Africa News’ investigative characteristic earlier this month highlighting how prisoners in Malawi are eating less food as compared to the former one party State of the late first president Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.

“Insufficient budgetary allocations to prisons are making it difficult for authorities to provide not just sufficient but also nutritious food to inmates,” Blantyre City Assembly’s HIV/AIDS coordinator Lothiar Ngulube said.

He disclosed that due to the increasing number of inmates in prisons, each prisoner eats 0.68g per day or less. Ngulube further disclosed that prisoners in the country are also stressed to get medical treatment when they get sick.

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Brit behind Boyd, Whiteley honoured

The Brit behind some of Australia's most famous sculpture is one of eight people to receive amateur Order of Australia appointments.

Governor-General Quentin Bryce announced the latest recipients of the important award today.

Peter John Morley, master founder and director of Meridian Sculpture in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, was recognised for his involvement to the Australian arts.

He learned his craft in London during the 1960s and despite starting his own business there, a failed marriage and a convincing Australian friend led him Down Under in 1973.

"I arrived and soon discovered there was really nobody casting statue into bronze in this country," he said.

With local artists being forced to have their work cast abroad, Mr Morley sure to set up his own operation.

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David Bain's uncle in first TV discussion

David Bain's uncle, Michael Bain, has spoken out in public in his first television interview since the retrial which saw David Bain walk from court a free man.

In June, David Bain was acquitted of the murders of five members of his family, with his father Robin, at their Dunedin home, about 15 years ago.

The jury heard Robin Bain was having an incestuous affair with his daughter Laniet and because the affair was about to come out, he had the purpose to kill his family.

But his brother Michael says that was not true and is speaking out, because he says his brother's repute has been shattered.

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Renault escapes with perched ban after race-fixing hearing

Renault's Formula One team was handed a two-year suspended disallow by the sport's governing body Monday after a hearing into their part in fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

The 26-strong World Motor Sport Council of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), met for 90 minutes to argue allegations by former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. that he was ordered to crash intentionally during last year's race.

As a result, former team boss Flavio Briatore was barred from FIA-sanctioned events for an unlimited period, while ex-engineering director Pat Symonds was barred from the sport for five years.

Both men quit the team last week after Renault decided against contest the allegations.

A statement on the FIA Web site said: "The World Motor Sport Council considers Renault F1's breaches relating to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to be of unparalleled sternness.

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Afghan leader backs U.S. military call for more groups

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that he backs a advice from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to boost American troop levels in the beleaguered Islamic nation.

The call for more U.S. soldiers is "the right approach, and we back it," Karzai said during an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. He also criticized armed allies for failing to attack al Qaeda and other extremists in sanctuary beyond Afghanistan's borders.

Karzai emphasized the need for greater protection of Afghan communities and civilians during a wide-ranging conversation on the premiere of the new CNN show "Amanpour."

The United States has about 62,000 troops in Afghanistan, with NATO and other allies causative about 35,000 more. The Pentagon is planning to add 6,000 troops by year's end.

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France bulldozes refugee 'Jungle'

French authorities on Tuesday dismantled a makeshift camp dubbed "the Jungle," which housed prohibited refugee fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.

French police broke up protests by refugee rights advocates and began clearance the squalid camp. The French government said it was targeting human smuggling and did not say where the migrant would be transfer.

Police under arrest 276 migrants, 125 of whom were minors, said Calais region official Catherine Mande.

A statement from the French colonization minister's office said the "illegal encampments" would be smashed and then three bulldozers, a dozen trucks and a logging company would return the land to its natural state.

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Digging out from $80,000 in money owing

Two years ago, Dawn Warfield was drowning in debt. The average American household has $8,329 in credit card debt, according to the Nilson Report, a recognition industry newsletter.

Warfield had nearly 10 times that total. At its worst point, her debt totalled nearly $80,000.

She had 17 credit cards and admits that living beyond her means was part of the trouble. "I'll own up to that," she said.

"There is always unforeseen expenses, and when you are making the minimum expenses on these credit cards, when you think you can't afford to make more than that, they don't go down."

But Warfield's payments was not the only factor working against her.

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Top Tips For Well And Youthful Looking Skin

Skin experts say that the best way to keep your skin healthy and looking young is to protect it from the sun and not smoke: and after that, taking care with how you wash and wet your skin and also shaving carefully also helps.

According to a British Association of Dermatologists survey carried out last year, many Britons are unaware that sun guard can keep the skin looking younger, believing instead that applying a daily moisturizer, eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of water and having facial massages will be adequate.

The Sun Awareness campaign officer at the Association, Maria Tabou, told the press at the time that such measures will have "nowhere near the anti-ageing collision of sun protection".

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Pilot of fated Kokoda plane called in sick

The pilot of a plane which collapsed near the Kokoda Track last month, killing all on board, had called in sick the evening before flying.

Jannie Moala, 26, rang Airlines PNG operation centre at 6pm on August 10 and said she was feeling ill and might not be able to fly the plane the next morning, The Age newspaper reports.

A spokeswoman for Airlines PNG confirmed Ms Moala rang in sick but without any suggestion she was pressured to fly.

Ms Moala rang flight operations back about 10pm the same night and said she was "feeling well and was fit and happy to operate the flight", the spokeswoman said.

"At no time did operations pre-emptively ring Jannie, nor was there any idea that there was any pressure on her to operate the flight," the spokeswoman told the newspaper.

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Aged woman to face drink-driving charges

An elderly motorist faces drink-driving charges following the death of a cyclist near Otaki on Friday.

Frank van Kampen, 46, from Otaki, died after being hit from behind while riding north towards Te Horo on State Highway 1 about 5pm.

Sergeant Noel Bigwood said van Kampen appeared to have been riding in the cycling lane when struck by the Mazda stationwagon travelling in the same direction.

The 70-year-old female driver of the car failed an evidential breath test and will appear in court once the investigation over the incident is complete, Bigwood said.

Her licence was immediately suspended.

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South Africa take Semenya case to U.N

South African government has reportedly complained to the United Nations over the treatment of contentious track and field star Caster Semenya.

The 18-year-old has made headlines around the world after it was revealed that the IAAF (International Amateur Athletics Federation) had prearranged her to undergo gender tests.

British newspaper The Times reported that South Africa's Minister for Women, Children and People With Disabilities Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya filed the action on behalf of Semenya, who won the world 800m title in Berlin last month.

Semenya has been eminent as a national heroine since returning home to South Africa and a number of leading politicians from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) government have thrown their weight behind her.

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Suu Kyi trial lawyer appeal house arrest

Lawyers for Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appealed her 18-month house arrest to the high court Friday, while the nation's ruling junta decided amnesty to thousands of other prisoners.

The Yangon Divisional Court said it would proclaim its decision on October 2. Suu Kyi, 64, remains under home imprisonment and was not in court.

Meanwhile, the government said it was releasing 7,114 prisoners Friday from prison across the country for "good conduct and discipline."

In an unusual move, it invited press to witness and film the prisoner release at Yangon's Insein Prison, a maximum-security facility.

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Berlusconi in quest of Afghan exit for Italian troops

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said it would be "best" for the country's groups to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible after six were killed in a car bombing in Kabul.

Berlusconi, speaking to reporters Thursday, gave no timeline for a pulling out and said any pullout would have to be coordinated with Italy's allies.

"There is no idea," Berlusconi said about a possible date for leaving Afghanistan. "It is an international problem. It is not a problem that a country present there can take on its own. Doing so could give up the accord and trust of the other countries present."

However, the 500 troops Italy sent to Afghanistan this summer will be home by Christmas, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Friday. The troops were sent to the front of the Afghan presidential election August 20.

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NY transportation hub likely aim of terror plot

A terror plot that came to light this week following raids in New York may have been targeting a major transport center, sources close to the inquiry told CNN on Thursday.

There was planning and preparation for an assault, most probably in the New York area, where there would be a large number of people and where security screening is slack such as a large railroad or subway station, basically where there is no airport-style screening, the sources said.

Authorities are taking the plot gravely, because, the sources said, they think it involves "real-deal terrorists" working and planning an attack in America.

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Green Tea May helps Bone Health

New research from Hong Kong found that green tea, one of the most popular drinks around the world, may help bone health and the researchers suggest it has the potential to help prevent and treat osteoporosis and other bone diseases suffered by millions of people global.

The study was the work of Dr Ping Chung Leung and colleagues from the institution of Chinese Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and you can read about it in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry where a web version appears last month.

Other studies have already recommended that chemicals in green tea benefit health in many ways, for example by preventing cancer and heart disease, but this is the first study to pinpoint which of those chemicals may also get better bone health by stimulating formation and slowing the breakdown of bone.

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US varsity honours Chinua Achebe

Considered an Ivy League school in the U.S., Brown University in Providence Rhode Island, is the seventh oldest U.S. higher organization and was founded in 1764 while the country was still a colony of the British.

Achebe’s appointment was definite by Ruth J. Simmons and Dr. Tricia Rose, respectively the university’s president and the chairman of Africana department, in a statement circulated at the weekend in the U.S.

"I am very pleased to be associated with Achebe's work,” Simmons said in the statement.

In his reaction to the appointment, Achebe told Nigerian newspaper, The Guardian that "President Ruth Simmons has provided an unusual opportunity for me to continue my life's work at one of the world's greatest institutions, the Brown University."

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Man to face courtyard over milk carton road rage

A 33-Yyear-old Victorian man will face court on Friday over a strange road rage incident in the state's east earlier this week.

A driver supposedly threw a milk carton at another car, then rammed the vehicle off the road and punched the driver on the Princes Freeway near Warragul on Tuesday.

The man from Greensborough in Melbourne's north was remanded in custody yesterday over the attack.

The man was charged with conduct endangering life, risky driving and recklessly causing serious injury.

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Overstayers' children allowed education

The children of overstayers will be allowed to go to school under an adjustment the government has made to an immigration bill Parliament is dealing with.

Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said during a discuss on Thursday night the government didn't want children to be penalised by their parents' actions.

"What this efficiently does is allow the Minister of Education to allow these children to go to school while their parents' colonization status is sorted out," he said.

Coleman said the government was not representing that sending children to school was a path to gaining residence, but children should not be penalised.

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Adebayor barred three matches for Van Persie stamp

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been handed a three-match deferral for his stamp on Arsenal's Robin Van Persie last weekend.

The Togo captain decided not to challenge the charge of violent conduct, so received a fast-track penalty from the English Football Association, which means he will miss this weekend's Manchester derby.

The 25-year-old still faces another charge, of rude conduct, relating to City's 4-2 Premier League victory against his former club on Saturday.

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