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Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker
Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 7:43 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema.
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Swine flu toll climbs by around 500: WHO
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 11:16 AM

GENEVA (AFP) - Around 6,750 people have died from the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, about 500 more than a week ago.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 11:20 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported Thursday.
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'Dream killer' cleared of wife's murder
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 8:18 AM

LONDON (AFP) - A man who fatally strangled his wife during a nightmare about an intruder has walked free from court on Friday after he was acquitted of her murder.
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Officials investigating one lot of flu vaccine due to allergy concerns
The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 5:54 PM
The provinces are being asked to hold back a batch of swine flu vaccine that appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions.
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Water main break closes French immersion school
CBC.ca - Wed Nov 18, 11:25 PM
Saskatoon's French immersion school L'École Henry Kelsey is dealing with a water main break and has cancelled classes until at least Friday and possibly into next week.
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Three killed in latest bomb blast in Pakistan city
Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 10:53 PM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said.
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Shun beef to stop climate change, says India
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 3:13 AM

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.
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2 dead after Hinton RCMP car chase
CBC.ca - Fri Nov 20, 1:08 AM
Two people are dead after a high-speed car chase by RCMP near Hinton township ended in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon.
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UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children and hundreds of millions affected by violence
The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 7:46 PM

UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
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