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Mexico to give HPV vaccine to all girls from 2012
MEXICO CITY — Mexico plans to administer the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, to all girls beginning next year, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. Beginning in 2012, the HPV vaccine will be part of the normal course of shots given to all girls at…
Microsoft gives further peek at Windows 8
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Tuesday provided another glimpse at changes coming with the next-generation of Windows software that powers most of the world’s computers. Microsoft is making major improvements to a key Windows Explorer file management program to enhance how it interacts with the coming Windows 8 operating system,…
WikiLeaks denies it reveals sources in new U.S. cables
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks denied Tuesday that it has revealed the names of some of the sources in a new batch of US diplomatic cables it has released. The New York Times alleged that some of the 133,887 newly published cables included the names of some people who had spoken…
Myanmar jails man for 10 years for web article
A court in military-dominated Myanmar has sentenced a retired major to a decade in prison for writing an article deemed subversive and distributing it to overseas media, his lawyer said Tuesday. Nay Myo Zin, 36, was arrested in April, accused of harming national security, the rule of law, peace and…
Obama hails ’9/11 generation’ of U.S. warriors
President Barack Obama Tuesday hailed the “9/11 generation” of US veterans and 6,200 service members who perished in the “hard decade of war” spawned by the September 11 attacks. Obama, speaking to the 93rd annual convention of the American Legion, paid tribute to millions of servicemen and women who had…
U.S. names new ATF chief after Mexican arms scandal
US authorities Tuesday named a new chief for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) after a scandal in which the agency lost track of weapons that ended up in the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. B. Todd Jones, a federal prosecutor in Minnesota, was appointed acting director…
French firm helped Gaddafi spy on rebels: report
A subisidiary of French IT firm Bull helped Moamer Gaddafi’s regime spy on the emails and chat messages of opponents of the fallen Libyan strongman, a report said Tuesday. Amesys, which on its website describes itself as “a key player in the field of security and critical systems at national…
Consumer spending data lifts US stocks more than 2%
US stock markets rallied on Monday as upbeat data on consumer spending lifted hopes that economic growth would pick up speed, while Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 254.71 points (2.26 percent) to close at 11,539.25. The broader S&P 500 surged 33.28 points (2.83…
Gunman kills five in Lebanon cemetery
A man shot dead five members of the same family who had gathered in a Lebanon cemetery on Tuesday to mark the end of Ramadan, a security official said, adding that it was over a land dispute. The family had gone to the cemetery at a village in the east…
China urges end to ‘cancer’ of online rumors
China’s state news agency called on Internet sites Tuesday to stop the “cancer” of online rumours, in the latest sign of official unease over the rising popularity of social networking sites. The Xinhua news agency’s call for an end to online “rumour-mongering” came days after a similar warning from a…
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