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Battle against malaria slowing down, WHO warns
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» The fight against malaria has slowed in the past two years, threatening to reverse progress in combatting one of the world's biggest killers, the World Health Organisation warned Monday.
Zenit fans tell club not to sign black players
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» A section of Zenit Saint Petersburg fans urged the team not to sign gay, black players or those from South America -- despite the club's star striker Hulk coming from Brazil.
Obama tax move spurs hopes of fiscal cliff deal
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» US President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner made strides towards a deal to avert a year-end tax and spending crisis that could spark a recession.
India's central bank keeps benchmark rate on hold
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» India's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate on hold Tuesday due to inflation concerns, despite calls from business for a cut in lending costs to boost the sharply slowing economy.
New computing devices will allow touch, smell: IBM
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast Monday.
Cazorla treble lifts Arsenal gloom in Reading rout
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Santi Cazorla scored a hat-trick to lift Arsenal's spirits as the Gunners bounced back from their League Cup humiliation with an emphatic 5-2 victory at Reading on Monday.
N. Korea satellite appears dead: scientist
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» A satellite launched with fanfare last week by a defiant North Korea appears to be dead as no signal can be detected, a US-based astrophysicist who monitors spaceflights said Monday.
Hawk's return in Japan heartens US
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» The return of conservative leader Shinzo Abe in Japan has raised hopes in Washington for closer security ties, although US officials hope he keeps a lid on his more strident views.
Australia under fire for diverting foreign aid
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Aid groups Tuesday attacked Australia's plans to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid to help pay for asylum-seekers already in the country, saying it was a blow for the world's poor.
Mind-controlled hand offers hope for the paralysed
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Pentagon-backed scientists announced they had created a robot hand that was the most advanced brain-controlled prosthetic limb ever made.