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...American Journal of Epidemiology, which found an association between medical abortion and a nearly threefold greater risk of ectopic pregnancy - a condition that accounts for about 9% of all pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. "We were kind of concerned, and we wanted to either confirm or refute these previous findings," says Dr. Jun Zhang, a senior investigator and epidemiologist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and co-author of the current study, because "the number of women who have had medical abortions is staggering both worldwide...
...unconventional candidate. Since 2005, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma has been sacked as Deputy President, tried and acquitted of rape and embroiled in a corruption scandal over defense contracts - which might yet come to court. (Zuma maintains his innocence.) He has somewhere between three and six wives (he refuses to confirm the exact number) and a total of 17 children by nine women. At rallies of his supporters, he sings the Zulu anthem: Bring Me My Machine...
...investigations to confirm the source of the outbreak continued, the European Commission said Monday it had banned all live animal exports from Britain, as well as meat and dairy products from the infected area. Further restrictions may come into force on Wednesday, raising concerns about the impact to British agriculture. The FMD outbreak six years ago devastated British farming and hit tourism, costing the economy an estimated $17 billion. But with focus on a government laboratory and vaccination firm, there is a deeper concern among British farmers, and its citizens: can they trust the very people employed to protect them...
...resignations of Sunni and secular members of his cabinet only confirm what Iraqis have known for months, but the Bush Administration has steadfastly refused to acknowledge: that Maliki is himself a hindrance to national reconciliation. Even his severest critics in Washington seem to think Maliki is guilty only of incompetence - that he lacks the political skills to bring together Iraq's warring communities. But it's not that he can't reach out to the Sunnis: he just...
...told the committee. He conferred repeatedly with his triumvirate of lawyers sitting next to and behind him. He told the committee even less than Taylor, who as a former employee of the White House had an iota of more freedom to answer frankly. (Taylor went so far as to confirm she did not discuss the firings with Bush and to state she believed he had no direct involvement in them - questions Jennings refused to answer...