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...message but we will carry on our mission in protecting Lebanon," said Brigadier General Ashraf Rifi, the head of Lebanon's paramilitary Internal Security Forces, at the scene of the attack. The 31-year-old Eid ran the technical department of the ISF's intelligence branch and was a communications specialist...
...Utah branch of the Fry family began when a Mormon pioneer couple arrived in the state in the 1840s. Today there are more than 7,000 Fry descendants in Utah, spanning nine generations. The researchers tracked down more than 1,000 of the Utah Frys and identified 220 with the genetic mutation (according to the lineage, the other 6,000 members of the clan are not believed to have inherited the mutation), who accounted for 0.15% of all colorectal cancers reported in the state from 1966 to 1995. Based on that percentage, researchers expected to see eight cases of colon...
...York branch of the family began two generations after the Utah Frys - the founding parents of the East Coast arm having been born just as the Frys' Utah pioneers were settling in the West. So far, researchers have studied some 200 of the Fry family's New York descendants and identified about 50 with the genetic mutation. Family members actually have a very low risk of inheriting the genetic mutation - about 1 in 8,000 - but those who do have it run a 69% risk of developing colon cancer by age 80, if they don't seek proper clinical care...
...savers rushing to take back their money were shorter than elsewhere in the country. Many chose to open fresh accounts. And some even bought the bank's shares. "I always had faith in them," says 84-year-old Eleanor County, clutching her pink savings book outside a busy branch of Northern Rock on Saturday...
...film directors. After Putin's eight-year rule, the majority of people will comply when Big Brother calls. For example, in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, a crowd of students showed up outside the BC's office, demanding it closed. Sure enough, once the "vox populi" spoke, the Yekaterinburg BC branch shut down Thursday morning...