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Monday, December 12, 2011

NATO to end training mission in Iraq

BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The NATO Training Mission in Iraq will end Dec. 31 when its mandate expires, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. Efforts to reach agreement on extending the program were unsuccessful, despite "robust negotiations" conducted during the past few weeks,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Gingrich, Romney ripped by Bachmann

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Michele Bachmann said Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are political twins, dubbing them "Newt Romney" in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa Saturday night. The Minnesota congresswoman said neither the former House speaker nor ex-Massachusetts governor are true... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Virginia Tech gunman identified

BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The gunman who took his own life after killing a Virginia Tech police officer was identified Friday as Radford University student Ross Ashley, police said. Ashley, 22, of Spotsylvania County, Va., was a part-time business management student at Radford. There was no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Genetic clue to MS identified

OXFORD, England, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A rare genetic variant which causes reduced levels of vitamin D appears to be directly linked to multiple sclerosis, British and Canadian researchers say. Oxford University researchers along with Canadian colleagues at the University of Ottawa, University of British... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Japan apologizes to Canada over POWs

TOKYO, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Japan issued a formal apology in Tokyo Thursday to Canada for its abuse and starvation of Canadian prisoners of war in World War II. Toshiyuki Kato, Japanese vice minister for Foreign Affairs, delivered the apology to visiting Canadian Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney,... Sign in to see full entry.

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