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Food majors triple investment in ending hunger MILAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - World majors in agriculture and food sectors have tripled their investments in boosting global food security but need to spend more to help eradicate hunger, participants at an international forum said on Thursday.
Nov 12, 2009 at 22:30 | Reuters
FACTBOX: US estimates 22 million had swine flu, 3,900 dead New estimates suggest the pandemic of H1N1 flu is far worse than an average influenza season, with at least 22 million infections and 3, 900 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nov 12, 2009 at 22:24 | Reuters
Analysys: Politicians face anti-incumbent mood for 2010 WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Democrats and his Republican opponents enter the 2010 election season facing voters in an anti-incumbent mood over the sour U.S. economy, increasing the political pressure on both sides.
Nov 12, 2009 at 22:19 | Reuters
H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3, 900 Americans from April to October, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
Nov 12, 2009 at 21:23 | Reuters
Report: U.S. stop-smoking efforts stalled WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Efforts to help smokers kick the habit have stalled in the United States, with hardly any recent change in smoking rates, federal researchers reported on Nov. 12.
Nov 12, 2009 at 19:58 | Reuters
Swine flu means worst flu season in 12 years in US WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started, and has killed at least 1, 200 people, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday.
Nov 12, 2009 at 19:51 | Reuters
EU urges South Ossetia to release Georgia teenagers TBILISI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Thursday it deplored the detention of four Georgian teenagers in Russian-backed breakaway South Ossetia and urged their release.
Nov 12, 2009 at 19:41 | Reuters
EU deputies urge quick visa-free travel for Balkans BRUSSELS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The European Parliament onNov. 12backed plans to grant visa-free travel within the EU for Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro from Dec. 19, while urging more reforms elsewhere in the Western Balkans.
Nov 12, 2009 at 18:11 | Reuters
WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says doctors shouldn't wait for lab confirmation before giving anti-viral drugs to pregnant women and other at-risk groups with suspected swine flu.
Nov 12, 2009 at 15:41 | Associated Press
Australia agreed to extradite an accused Nazi criminal ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal accused by Hungary of a World War II killing.
Nov 12, 2009 at 14:59 | Associated Press
Group: Millions of mines cleared over past decade GENEVA (AP) — The International Campaign to Ban Landmines says an area nearly twice the size of London has been cleared of land mines over the last decade.
Nov 12, 2009 at 14:30
FACTBOX-Winners and losers in the war on hunger Nov 12 (Reuters) - World leaders gather in Rome on Nov. 16-18 to discuss rising global hunger, after the number of hungry people topped one billion for the first time this year.
Nov 12, 2009 at 14:09 | Reuters
Report: Chinese who complain to government risk be kidnapped BEIJING (AP) — Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to crack down on, a human rights group said Nov. 12.
Nov 12, 2009 at 14:03 | Associated Press
NATO wants transition to Afghan authority LONDON (AP) — NATO's secretary-general says the alliance should begin handing responsibility to Afghan forces in a coordinated way next year in areas where conditions permit.
Nov 12, 2009 at 13:25 | Associated Press
Gameworld: Academics hope history in video games spurs interest RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov 12 (Reuters Life!) - Portraying Leonardo da Vinci or World War II in a video game is challenging game developers to mix fun with facts while academics hope this growing genre will get players more interested in history.
Nov 12, 2009 at 13:16 | Reuters