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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Report: Syria has large chemical stocks

TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The Syrian regime is desperate enough to use anything to stay in power including using poisonous gases against civilians, an Israeli think-tank report says. The 12-page report issued by the International Institute for Counter Terrorism in Herzliya Sunday reveals... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobvanin wins election

MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobvanin won Sunday's mayoral election, but it wasn't the landslide some political analysts expected, exit polls indicate. A poll by the Public Opinion Foundation showed Sobvanin earned 52.5 percent of the vote over opposition leader Alexei... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Ariel Castro, Cleveland kidnapper, dead in apparent suicide

ORIENT, Ohio, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Ariel Castro, sentenced to life plus 1,000 years for abducting and raping three Cleveland women over a decade, has died of an apparent suicide, officials said. Castro, 53, was found hanged in his prison cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the Ohio... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Self-powered nanoparticles may deliver drugs to heal bones faster

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say cracks in bones can be healed with a new method of delivering drugs directly to the cracks on the backs of tiny self-powered nanoparticles. Chemists and bioengineers at Penn State University and Boston University report the energy to power... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Nelson Mandela sent home from the hospital to recover

PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from a Pretoria hospital Sunday but was still critically ill, a government statement said. Mandela, 95, had been hospitalized in Pretoria since June 8 with a lung infection and other complications.... Sign in to see full entry.

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