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Moms` high-fat, sugary diets up offspring`s risk of drug, alcohol abuse

High-fat and high-sugar foods a mother eats during pregnancy are likely to put her baby at risk for drug and alcohol ...

Breastfeeding longer associated with higher intelligence

Children who are breastfed longer are more likely to have a better understanding of language and a higher intelligence ...

US does not plan fast decision on whether coup occurred in Egypt

The Obama administration is expected to tell Congress on Thursday it has yet to decide whether a military coup ...

World pays tribute as "improving" Mandela turns 95

South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in ...

Pressure grows on Merkel to take u.s. to task over spying - (d)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced pressure to toughen her stance against the United States over its spy programme, ...

NTT Communications Deploys 100Gbps Digital Coherent Technology on Transpacific Submarine Cable

-     - PC-1 Cable System's Capacity Increased More than 2.5 Times to 8.4 Tbps ...

`Iron man` Robert Downey Jr. leads forbes` highest-paid actors

With estimated earnings of $75 million, "Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr. is Hollywood`s highest paid actor, ahead of ...

Snowden applies for Russia asylum

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden applied Tuesday for temporary asylum in Russia, ending three weeks of ...

US ambassador says farewell to KPK chairman

United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Scot Marciel, said farewell to the chairman of the Indonesian Corruption ...

Putin accuses US of `trapping` Snowden in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (July 15) accused the United States of trapping US intelligence leaker ...

US reiterates call for russia to hand over Snowden

The United States on Friday reiterated its call for Russia to hand over Edward Snowden to face espionage charges back ...

US `very disappointed` with China on Snowden

The United States told China it was upset it did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden after he fled to ...

Strauss-Kahn says he has no problem with women

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he doesn`t have "any kind of problems with women," in an interview that aired ...

Hackers in four-year effort to steal S. Korea military secrets-study

A mysterious group of computer hackers has spent four years spying on the South Korea military, U.S. security software ...

U.N. sports advisor visiting N. Korea at ist request

The special sports adviser to the United Nations secretary-general is visiting North Korea at the invitation of the ...