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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Memorial to Martin Luther King to open

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, to open this month in Washington, is surrounded by memorials to four presidents, two of them slave owners. King will be the first person honored on the mall who did not serve as U.S. president. The memorials nearby honor George... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

'Memphis 3' ordered released in Arkansas

JONESBORO, Ark., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A judge in Arkansas Friday ordered the release of the "West Memphis Three" after they entered guilty pleas in the 1993 deaths of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts. Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin pleaded guilty in a Jonesboro, Ark., courtroom to three counts of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Climbing Kilimanjaro to save lives

JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Twelve climbers from the U.S., Israel, Canada, Ethiopia and South Africa reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds to save 100 African children. The Save A Child's Heart, a non-governmental organization based in Israel, said in a statement that doctors,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Liberian elections key to recovery

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Successful elections in Liberia, scheduled for October, will secure the gains made since the end of the civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. The United Nations has deployed peacekeepers in Liberia since 2003 to preserve a cease-fire that ended a bloody... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Heart risk from smoking higher in women

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease than men, an international study published in a British medical journal says. The study, using data collected on more than 2 million people, found smoking increased the risk of heart disease for women 1.25... Sign in to see full entry.

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