Half of men in the general population may be infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV, the virus that causes women to develop cervical cancer, according to a study released Monday. When spread to women through sex, HPV can lead to cervical cancer,…
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Study: Half of Men May Have HPV
“We are winning” in Afghanistan, says Gen. David H. Petraeus. President Obama declares that the December military review shows we are “on track.” No doubt the president and the general are right: We will keep “making progress” for as many months or years as we choose to fight what is now America’…
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The costs of war
Part of the proposed deal struck between President Obama and Republican legislators is a one-year, two-percent “tax holiday” on payroll taxes—the taxes that fund Social Security. The idea is being sold as a no-loss gift to wage earners: They keep an extra 2 percent of their paychecks and there’s no loss to the Social Security trust fund because the shortfall is made up out of the general treasury. read more
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Don’t Compromise Social Security
A specially convened court is to rule on whether ex-immigration minister Phil Woolas broke the law by making false claims before the general election.
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Court to rule on Woolas election
A documentary following Lord Mandelson in the run-up to the general election paints “a pretty accurate picture” of ministerial life, he says.
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Mandelson documentary ‘accurate’
Mass protests over pension reforms in France are continuing to cause havoc across France, and opinion polls show 70% of the general public are ‘dissatisfied’ with President Nicholas Sarkozy’s performance.
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Pension protests continue in France
Baroness Warsi alleges the Conservatives failed to win an overall majority at the general election because Labour benefited from fraud.
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The Unionist Unity candidate, who lost out in the general election to Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew by four votes, begins a legal challenge on Monday over the result.
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Connor to begin legal challenge
Solomon Islands officials fear allegations of corruption around the general election could destabilise the South Pacific nation.
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Bribery claims in Solomons vote
Council leaders blame the severe winter and tasks linked to the general election campaign for failing to meet a target to reduce CO2 emissions.
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Cold weather ‘hampered CO2 aims’
