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Friday, December 6, 2013

Mandela, first black South African president, apartheid foe, dies at 95

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Nelson Mandela, jailed for plotting a revolution and later elected South Africa's first black president, died Thursday at age 95, President Jacob Zuma said. U.S. President Barack Obama said Mandela "achieved more than could be expected of any man." Obama... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Kerry, Netanyahu talk Mideast peace, Iran

JERUSALEM, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Israel is ready for historic peace with the Palestinians based on a two-state solution, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday. Netanyahu made the comments at a press briefing in Jerusalem following a 2-hour meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Adequate vitamin D is needed to prevent premature brain aging

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A diet low in vitamin D causes damage to the brain, a study in rats shows, University of Kentucky researchers say. Lead author Allan Butterfield of the University of Kentucky's Center of Membrane Sciences, faculty of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and director of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Swiss to take up Egyptian request to seize more Mubarak assets

CAIRO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Swiss authorities will consider Egypt's request to seize more assets of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and other regime officials, an Egyptian official says. A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice and Police said assets seized by Switzerland so far amount to $862.6... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Demonstrators call for Ukraine's government to resign

KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Anti-government protesters squatted in a Kiev plaza Monday, demanding Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych resign and European Union trade pact work resume. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Kiev Sunday in the largest demonstration since Yanukovych's decision... Sign in to see full entry.

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