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Migrant workers in Dubai creek, UAE, November 2007
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 The New York Times 
Asian Migrant Workers See Exploitation in Sweden
| The image of migrant workers freezing, locking up their bosses and marching for better pay and conditions is not typically Swedish. | Yet these are among the catalog of incidents that have occurred ... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death have been greatly exaggerated, again. The latest tantalizing lead on the al-Qaida leader (shown here with is top lieutenant, Ayman Al-Zawahri in an image taken from a videotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Oct. 5, 2001) came Saturday, when a French newspaper reported on a leaked document from the French government, asserting that a Saudi source said the Saudi government believed the 52-year-old terror leader had perished of typhoid last month. Officials in the United States and other countries have since rushed to say there's no evidence to substantiate the report
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 The Star 
Arrests stir worry about Qaeda plots in West
| LONDON (Reuters) - Their place in history assured, are al Qaeda's ageing leaders content merely to propagate their ideology and tactics among like-minded militant groups? Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ay... (photo: AP / Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN, File)
Finnair  The Times Of India 
Finnair to start daily Helsinki-Delhi service from January
HELSINKI: Nordic carrier Finnair will start a daily service between Helsinki and New Delhi from the first week of January while making takeoff and landing times from and to the Indian capital more con... (photo: Creative Commons / Quentin Douchet)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Associate Prof. Akira Hishinuma, right, speaks during a press conference at the hospital in Mibu in Tochigi Pref., north of Tokyo. Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.  Herald Tribune 
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
| TOKYO - Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India,... (photo: AP / Kyodo News)
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Filipino Construction workers, Philippines The Guardian
Unfit men working long hours face greater heart risk, study shows
| Poor physical fitness and working more than 45 hours a week is potentially lethal combination for men aged 40-59 | Unfit, middle-aged men who work more than 45 hours a ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reacts to losing a point to Virginie Razzano of France during their Eastbourne grass court tournament final tennis match in Eastbourne, England, Saturday, June 20, 2009. Herald Tribune
Wozniacki wallops Sharapova
| NEW YORK - NEW YORK — Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova through this one. AC = 1234 | --> | Not with nine double-faults, including three in a... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
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volcanic ash cloud that has devastated European travel. But weary passengers might have to tamper their enthusiasm BBC News
Study into volcanic ash cloud effects planned
A £430,000 research project into the effects of Icelandic volcanic activity on Scotland is to begin in October. | Dr John Stevenson from the University of Edinburgh will... (photo: AP / Mila, Ho)
Iceland   Photos   Science   Volcano   Wikipedia: Volcanism of Iceland  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, seen during his meeting on the Olympics 2014 preparations in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. The Daily Telegraph
Putin compares himself to FDR as he hints at third term
Vladimir Putin hinted that he would run for a third and possibly even a fourth term as Russian president as he likened himself to former US President Franklin D Roosevelt... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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One hour daily exercise fights fatso gene Zeenews
One hour daily exercise fights fatso gene
New Delhi: One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname ''fatso,'' according to a ne... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Exercise   Health   Obesity   Photos   Wikipedia: Obesity  
Alcohol - Liquor The Guardian
Binge drinkers should be priced out
| Raising the price of alcohol will reduce binge drinking – just look at Scandinavia | Is booze too cheap? Scotland's health minister this week bravely proposed a minim... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Drinker   Market   Photos   Price   Wikipedia: Alcohol  
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