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Australian newspapers redact front pages to protest media curbs
Australia's biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made up to appear heavily redacted, in a protest against legislation that…
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Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month
(Reuters) - Washington's National Zoo will soon have an empty-nester exhibit on display when Bei Bei, the 4-year-old male offspring…
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Early life stress tied to increased pain sensitivity later
(Reuters Health) - People who were exposed to more sources of stress in the womb and early childhood may be…
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U.S. astronauts embark on the first all-female spacewalk
(Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts made space history on Friday, completing the first spacewalk by an all-woman team when they…
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J&J recalls 33,000 bottles of baby powder as FDA finds asbestos in sample
FILE PHOTO: A bottle of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York,…
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Chile President Pinera declares emergency as capital rocked by riots
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early on Saturday, as…
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U.S. edges China out of race to fund Bougainville independence vote
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States and its Pacific allies have plugged a funding gap that endangered…
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Plastic bottles vs. aluminum cans: who’ll win the global water fight?
LONDON (Reuters) - Global bottled water giants are ramping up trials of easily recyclable aluminum cans to replace plastic that…
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Paris zoo unveils the ‘blob’, an organism with no brain but 720 sexes
A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the "blob", a yellowish unicellular small living being which…
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Death toll rises to three from Philippines earthquake
At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines late on…
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