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Monday, November 26, 2012

Quake jolts China; no casualties reported

BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China and caused some damage Monday, officials said. No casualties were reported. Local officials said the earthquake damaged some houses in the Mongolian prefecture of Bayingolin, Xinhua... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Larry Hagman, TV's J.R. Ewing, dies

DALLAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Larry Hagman, the actor who became one of TV's favorite villains as J.R. Ewing in "Dallas," died Friday at a Dallas hospital, family members said. Hagman, 81, was in the city to film a new version of "Dallas" for TNT, The Dallas Morning News reported. His family said he had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

Workplace chemicals up breast cancer risk

STIRLING, Scotland, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian, British and Scottish researchers said there was a link between breast cancer in women who work in jobs exposed to a "toxic soup" of chemicals. The study involved 1,005 women with breast cancer and 1,147 without the disease and found women who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Cairo announces Israel, Hamas truce

JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israel must use the cease-fire ending eight days of hostilities with Hamas to achieve a long term truce, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. At a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Gaza death toll rises, rockets hit Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed 15 people Monday, Palestinians said, and more rockets hit southern Israel while international pressure mounted for a truce. The Palestinian death toll had risen to more than 80 since the clashes began last week and U.N... Sign in to see full entry.

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