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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Partying, drinking and work spark smoking

COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- College students say they smoke while partying, drinking, working, at the beginning of semesters and on weekends, a U.S. researcher says. Lead author Nikole Cronk, assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Missouri, said among college... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Oops: Sweden deports man to wrong country

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Swedish police mistakenly deported an Iranian citizen to the wrong country and now he faces 15 years in prison, the man's sister said. The 53-year-old man, who was born in Iraq, was deported by Saddam Hussein in the 1980s and subsequently was granted citizenship... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Giffords says she's working to get better

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, severely wounded in a shooting spree last winter, says she won't return to Congress until she gets "better." In an interview she and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly gave to ABC's "20/20" news program, Giffords is asked whether she would... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Monti begins forming Italian government

ROME, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Economist Mario Monti began talks Monday to form an emergency government in Italy to help avert a financial meltdown of the world's eighth-largest economy. Monti's priorities are to execute reforms former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reached with the European Union to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Search on for new Italian prime minister

ROME, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Senior Italian politicians met in Rome Sunday to discuss a replacement prime minister after Silvio Berlusconi's resignation amid economic turmoil. President Giorgio Napolitano met with senior parliamentarians from the senate and lower house to discuss a non-elected leader as... Sign in to see full entry.

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