No 10 rejects ‘bit player’ claim over Ukraine crisis – BBC News

  • February 6, 2015
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BBC NewsNo 10 rejects 'bit player' claim over Ukraine crisisBBC NewsDowning Street has rejected claims by a former senior army officer that the UK has become "irrelevant" in attempts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Sir Richard Shirreff, until last year a top Nato commander in Europe, suggested the …

UK tribunal says intelligence-sharing with U.S. was unlawful

  • February 6, 2015
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By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – A British tribunal ruled on Friday that some aspects of intelligence-sharing between security agencies in Britain and the United States were unlawful until December 2014, in a ground-breaking case brought by civil liberties groups. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that Britain's GCHQ had …

More Than Two Drinks Per Day Can Increase Your Risk of Stroke

  • February 6, 2015
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According to a new study, drinking more than 2 alcoholic drinks each day in middle-age increases a person’s risk of stroke more than typical risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes.Researchers used data gathered between 1967 and 2010 from 11,644 individuals from the Swedish Twin Registry to compare the effects …

For joggers, less may be more

  • February 6, 2015
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Jogging is one of those activities that seem to perfectly embody the concept of healthy physical activity. I know people who run for an hour or more a day. I admire their commitment to physical activity and sometimes envy their seeming good health. But a new study from Denmark has …

Obamacare Enrollment Falling Short In Washington State

  • February 6, 2015
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With less than two weeks remaining for people to buy health coverage for 2015, it’s going to be a scramble for the state insurance exchange to hit its goals. The good news is that since the Affordable Care Act kicked in, hundreds of thousands of formerly uninsured people have coverage in …

Vax Populi: Don’t Put Kids at Risk by Politicizing Vaccination

  • February 6, 2015
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(CC BY 2.0) Sue Clark/Flickr, from 1908 book on health Why would politics and vaccination even be used in the same sentence? Chris Christie and Rand Paul have now weighed in on the subject of whether or not to vaccinate one’s children, and anyone who believes that this contributes …

The mask of U.S.-Saudi friendship is finally slipping

  • February 6, 2015
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New accusations, from a convicted 9/11 conspirator, that Saudi princes were among al-Qaeda’s key patrons is driving a new wedge into U.S.-Saudi relations, one that was already more of a public show than anything else, Neil Macdonald writes.

Dynamo performs a trick for the Prince of Wales

  • February 6, 2015
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Magician Dynamo has thanked the Prince of Wales for believing in him when he was a “kid with crazy ideas”. The magic man, 32, was at The Prince’s Trust annual Invest In Futures gala dinner at the Savoy Hotel in central London.

4th giant panda dies in China from canine distemper virus

  • February 6, 2015
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The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday that the 6-year-old panda, named Feng Feng, died after falling into a coma on Jan. 8. Xinhua did not say when the death occurred. Xinhua said an additional four pandas were diagnosed with canine distemper but recovered.

Jihadi preacher lashes out against Islamic State – CTV News

  • February 6, 2015
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CTV NewsJihadi preacher lashes out against Islamic StateCTV NewsAMMAN, Jordan — A prominent jihadi preacher lashed out Friday against Islamic State militants for burning to death a Jordanian pilot, saying this is "not acceptable in any religion." Abu Mohammed al-Maqdesi, considered a spiritual mentor for many al Qaeda ……