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Dozens feared dead in psychiatric hospital fire in Russia
Up to 37 psychiatric patients and nursing staff are feared dead following a blaze at a mental hospital in north-west ...Canadian woman arrested in Colombia for smuggling drugs in fake pregnant belly
A Canadian woman who used a fake pregnant stomach to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine has been arrested Wednesday at ...AIDS vaccine candidate appears to completely clear virus from the body in monkeys
Researchers in the US have reported significant progress in their development of a vaccine against HIV.UN: Food waste costing global economy $750bn a year
One third of the food produced worldwide is wasted, costing the global economy around $750 billion (570 billion euros) a ...UN says Syria refugees top 2 million mark
The number of refugees fleeing Syria\'s bloody civil war has surged past the 2 million mark, with almost 5,000 people ...Liquid ammonia leak kills at least 15 in China
A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit in China\'s commercial hub of Shanghai killed at least 11 people on ...Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic
Arsenic has been linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease and cognitive deficits. A new study confirms that even low exposure to ...Sri Lanka to test all milk powder for chemical in Fonterra scare
A Sri Lanka state institute said it would test all milk powder in the market after finding a toxic chemical ...Australian doctors bring woman back from the dead
Australian doctors at the MonashHeart Medical Center in Melbourne have brought back to life a woman Vanessa Tanasio, who was ...Niger and Global Fund sign €13.5 million Malaria grant
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed a 13.5 million euro grant agreement that will intensify ...