Four-star Spurs penalise FC Twente
Tottenham beat FC Twente 4-1 to record their first Champions League group victory on an extraordinary night at White Hart Lane, which saw them awarded three penalties and have a man sent off.Rafael van der Vaart saw the first spot-kick saved and the
Quake hits American Samoa on tsunami anniversary
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa A small earthquake struck American Samoa as a memorial service was being held to mark the first anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed 34 people in the U.S territory.There were no reports of injuries or dama

safrican aids orphans aging

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PRETORIA, South Africa When the Mohau children's home opened in 1997, orphans with AIDS died every other day.But these days, not one child has been lost in seven years — and as they age with the help of drugs they face the teen complexities o

world failing to meet 2010 hiv/aids care target un

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GENEVA (AFP) UN agencies warned on Friday that the world will fail to meet an end-2010 deadline for universal access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, while new crisis-driven funding cuts could unravel any gains.The World Health Organisation, UNAID

dr congo children turn to acrobatics to survive

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KINSHASA (AFP) Jonas, 12, finishes his performance balancing on a tall tower of large jam tins, his arms stretched out and his feet wrapped over his head. This pose is called 'the end of the evening', announces his assistant, 11-year-old Richard,

j&j let the public down over recalls ceo says

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Johnson & Johnson disappointed consumers in recalling millions of bottles of popular children's medicines, but products should be back on store shelves soon, the company's chief executive said in documents released on Wednesday

child nutrition bill stalls in house

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WASHINGTON First lady Michelle Obama's campaign for healthier school lunches has stalled in Congress after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of food stamp dollars to pay for it.Passage of the child nutrition bill, whi

first gene link seen to contested child disorder

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PARIS (AFP) For years, they have dumped at the back of the class, the pupils who are impulsive, hyperactive and unable to concentrate in short, a waste of a teacher's time.Their parents, too, have often been branded as failures, as duds who let th

new treatment improves survival for childhood cancer

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WASHINGTON (AFP) A new type of therapy that stimulates the body's immune system has improved survival rates by 20 percent for neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system that is often deadly in children, a study showed Wednesday.The new treatment

drugs before surgery help women avoid mastectomies

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Taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before breast cancer surgery can shrink tumors and allow many women to have just the lump removed instead of the whole breast, a new study suggests.This approach is sometimes tried now in Europe, and th

j&j 'let the public down' over recalls ceo says

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Johnson & Johnson disappointed consumers in recalling millions of bottles of popular children's medicines, but products should be back on store shelves soon, the company's chief executive said in documents released on Wednesday