| Mass sterilisation leads to deaths of ten Indian women Posted: 11 Nov 2014 05:08 AM PST  Dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run program went badly wrong.
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| Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:47 PM PST  WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown shooting case is announced, but those who cross the line into violence will face consequences, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon warned Tuesday.
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| Chelsea Clinton on motherhood: 'I'm so happy' Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:01 AM PST  For the past 24 years, Glamour has hosted the Women of the Year Awards honoring celebrities, politicians and athletes, along with other inspiring and empowering women.
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| New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:26 PM PST  By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York doctor who has recovered from Ebola left the hospital on Tuesday and urged support for U.S. health workers treating patients in West Africa so they do not face "stigma and threats" when they return home. The discharge of Dr. Craig Spencer, who worked with Ebola patients in Guinea and had been held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center since he was diagnosed with the virus on Oct. 23, means no one in the United States is being treated for the disease. ...
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| Ceremonies, concerts mark Veterans Day in U.S. capital Posted: 11 Nov 2014 12:02 PM PST  By Ian Simpson ARLINGTON Va. (Reuters) - The U.S. capital marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery where Vice President Joe Biden said the 23 million U.S. veterans were the backbone of the nation. The commemoration at Arlington, where more than 40,000 military personnel and their families are buried, was part of events that include a giant concert in Washington featuring such stars as Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna. A bugler played "Taps" after Biden laid a wreath at Arlington's Tomb of the Unknowns. ...
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| Exclusive: As cities struggle, Scranton in Pennsylvania to triple a local tax Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:32 PM PST By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former steel and coal town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, will triple a local tax next year as it and some other U.S. cities struggle to recover from the financial crisis, the city's business administrator told Reuters on Tuesday. Scranton's local services tax, a flat tax on all who work in the city, will triple to about $3 a week from $1 a week, said administrator David Bulzoni. A judge must still approve the tax hike, which could go into effect the second quarter of 2015, but it is not clear how much money it would generate. ... |
| Last US Ebola patient cured Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:35 PM PST  The last known Ebola patient in the United States, a New York doctor who contracted the virus while treating infected people in West Africa, was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being declared cured. Craig Spencer, an emergency room doctor in New York, appeared at a press conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce that he had been discharged from Bellevue Hospital -- one of a handful of US medical facilities designated to handle Ebola cases. "New York City's first and only Ebola case is successfully treated. Dr Spencer is Ebola-free and New York City is Ebola-free," de Blasio proclaimed at the hospital, to cheers and applause.
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| Jon Stewart's bold new project Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:13 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A bleary-eyed Jon Stewart is sitting outside his offices reflecting on his directorial debut, "Rosewater," a drama about the unjust imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran.
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| CIA allegedly paid off botched drone strike victims' families Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:38 AM PST  After an errant drone strike in Yemen, the CIA reportedly made 'condolence payments'
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| George W. Bush launches his new book Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:14 PM PST COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush said he and his father believe Jeb Bush should run for president but ultimately the former Florida governor must make a decision regardless of any pressure from the family. |
| Iran orders two new nuclear reactors from Russia Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST  Russia signed Tuesday a contract to build two nuclear reactors in Iran and announced plans for a total of nine, less than two weeks before a deadline on for deal on the country's disputed atomic programme. A series of agreements signed during a visit to Moscow by Iran's nuclear programme chief Ali Akbar Salehi includes a contract for two new reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr plant. The agreements foresee increasing the total number of Russian-built reactors in the country to nine as well as possibly transferring some sensitive technology relating to the production of fuel rod components. The announcement comes amid last-minute diplomacy before a November 24 deadline to find a solution to ease Western suspicions over Tehran's nuclear intentions as well as damaging sanctions on the Iranian economy.
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| Nigeria's President vows to beat Boko Haram Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST  By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan promised Nigerians on Tuesday he would fight corruption and defeat the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency as he announced his bid to win a second term at the head of Africa's biggest economy in a February election. A southern Christian president heading Africa's top oil producer, Jonathan is seen as a strong incumbent despite a raft of multi-billion-dollar oil scandals and his government's inability so far to end the five-year-old insurgency waged by Boko Haram, mostly in the Muslim north. ...
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| Putin steals show with head-turning gesture Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:12 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.
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| Startling discovery about U.S. Ebola response Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:52 AM PST  The U.S. State Department expedited a $4.9 million deal for medevac services, Yahoo News has learned, after two Americans infected with Ebola, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, recently had trouble being rescued from West Africa. The CDC had developed an airworthy isolation chamber for infectious patients in the past decade, but the high-tech transportation tent was in storage when Samaritan's Purse — a Christian humanitarian group — first sought help from the federal government.
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| John Cleese opens up Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:14 AM PST  "Monty Python." "Fawlty Towers." "A Fish Called Wanda." John Cleese has been making audiences laugh for decades. Now, in an interview with Yahoo News, he talks about his new autobiography, "So, Anyway."
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| Snow buries parts of Rockies, Upper Midwest Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:22 PM PST  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — People in the Upper Midwest and Rockies woke up to frigid temperatures Tuesday, with heavy snow blanketing some areas. Other parts of the country are expecting a dose of the icy weather later this week from a powerful storm that hit Alaska with hurricane-force winds over the weekend.
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| Grief, rage at 36-year sentence for ferry captain Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:04 AM PST  The captain is found guilty of negligence in the disaster that killed more than 300 people.
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| US officials: More work needed on Iran nuke deal Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:48 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Two days of tough talks to limit Iran's nuclear program failed Monday to make major headway toward a final deal —a foreboding sign for years of negotiations that are set to expire in less than two weeks.
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