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New Australia phone app aims to fight skin cancer

Australians enjoying the summer sunshine can now know when it's time to cover up and avoid potentially cancer-causing ultraviolet rays thanks to a new iPhone application. Australia has one of t...


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Black Friday shoppers trampled in New York

Several Black Friday shoppers eager to get great holiday deals were trampled Friday morning as they surged through store doors in North Buffalo, New York. CNN affiliate WIVB had a camera inside th...


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Passive Smoking Kills 600,000 Worldwide

The first global study into the effects of passive smoking has found it causes 600,000 deaths every year. One-third of those killed are children, often exposed to smoke at home, the World Health O...


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Drug Reduces HIV Infection Risk

A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada amo...


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Facebook To Trademark The Word 'Face'

The social networking giant Facebook is a few steps away from trademarking the word face, online documents reveal. The site has been asked to detail a "statement of use" by the US Patent and Trad...


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Indonesia Aims To Halt Deforestation

Rainforest covers 60 percent of Indonesia, yet this developing country is among the world's highest carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly f...


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Rare German Postage Stamp Fetches A Fortune

Half a rare German postage stamp which dates back to 1872 has fetched some 261,000 euros ($347,500) at auction in the southern German town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, a spokeswoman for the auction hous...


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Orange And Green Vege Linked To Longer Life

Eating lots of orange and dark green veggies such as carrots, sweet potatoes and green beans may be tied to less disease and longer life, suggests a new study. This time it is not the beta-caroten...


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Former Penang CM Chong Eu Dies

Former Penang chief minister Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, 91, died at his home in Tanjong Bungah, Penang, at 9pm Wednesday. Lim had earlier been warded at the Penang Hospital for almost a month following...


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Chip Implant To Help Paralysed

A tiny, implantable chip that delivers electrical impulses to aid in exercising paralysed limbs has been unveiled by scientists. Similar attempts to promote muscle stimulation have been developed ...


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Researchers Drill For Dead Sea Secrets

From a barge floating above the deepest point on earth, a research team hopes to drill through half a million years of history to uncover secrets of climate change and natural disasters. Boring in...


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One Billion People Cannot Afford Healthcare

Around a billion people cannot afford any health services, and paying for healthcare pushes about 100 million people a year into poverty, the World Health Organisation said. In a global report o...


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Robot To Search For Trapped NZ Miners

Rescuers in New Zealand were testing a high-tech robot Monday that they hope will provide key information in their search for 29 miners trapped underground. A toxic mix of gases inside the coal m...


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Malaysian Computer Hacker Caught In US

The Malaysian accused of hacking into the system of a US central bank branch in Cleveland, Ohio, is believed to be highly skilled and collaborating with others in carrying out cyber crimes. US pro...


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E. coli Linked To Heart Risk

Catching the most dangerous strain of E. coli could increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart problems years later, say researchers. A Canadian study of almost 2,000 who fell ill during a...


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Fruit May Help Protect Bones

Reaching for an apple instead of a cookie doesn't only keep the weight off, it may also prevent broken bones later in life, according to a study. Older women who eat plenty of fruits, vegetables a...


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Italy Lights Up For Space Station

Astronauts have taken a spectacular nighttime picture of Italy from the Cupola observation deck of the International Space Station (ISS). The image looks north over Sicily and the "boot" of Ita...


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Cough Syrup Clue To Breast Drug

Giving breast cancer patients cough syrup might tell doctors how well they will respond to a vital drug. Women often respond differently to Tamoxifen, which can mean they need a higher dose to get...


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USCouple Stand Out As World's Tallest

Their height made Wayne and Laurie Hallquist seem an ideal match when they met seven years ago, and on Thursday they received the title of world's tallest living married couple. Guinness World Re...


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Brain Cancer Trojan Attack Hope

A tiny capsule could help smuggle anti-cancer drugs past a barrier designed to protect the brain from attack. The "nanocarrier" containing the drug was tested on tumours in mice, and proved better...


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Twitter Says Has A Lot Of Money In The Bank

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said the popular microblogging company was not running low on capital, amid media reports that the company is considering raising a large round of funding. William...


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Aussie Weekly Wage Now At A$1257

The average weekly wage in Australia is now A$1257.20, after rising by 4.5 per cent in the year to August. The quarterly seasonally-adjusted pace of average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) ...


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Colder Possible Due To Climate Change

Climate change could lead to colder winters in northern regions, according to a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Vladimir Petoukhov, lead author of the study, said a s...


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Garlic Remedy For Hypertension

Garlic may be useful in addition to medication to treat high blood pressure, a study suggests. Australian doctors enrolled 50 patients in a trial to see if garlic supplements could help those whos...


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Placenta Key To Pregnancy Length

The placenta may play a key role in determining the gestation period of humans and other mammals, according to a new study. The research links growth rates of mammals inside the womb to the struct...


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Electric Cars Ready For Masses

Carmakers are focusing on early electric vehicle challenges such as charging infrastructure and driver wariness, as mass market launches of many models draw near, executives told the Reuters Global ...


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Obesity's Link To Sense Of Smell

People who are overweight have a greater sense of smell for food, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth say their early findings may go towards explaining why some peopl...


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Huge Antenna Launched Into Space

A US satellite carrying the biggest commercial antenna reflector ever put in space has been launched successfully from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The mesh structure on the Skyterra-1 spacecraft is...


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Energy Drinks With Hidden Risks

  Energy drinks are hugely popular, but each one could be giving you more caffeine than a cup of coffee, a study said. In addition, that caffeine could combine with other ingredients in potenti...


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Spillcam & Vuvuzela Declared Top Words Of 2010

"Spillcam" and "vuvuzela" were the top words of 2010, reflecting the global impact of the months-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the noisy South African horns at the World Cup soccer tourna...


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