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Speak up: study shows stifling anger at work can kill

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:12 +0000

Source: Reuters SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (Reuters Life!) - Men who bottle up their anger at being unfairly treated at work are up to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack, or even die from one, than those who let ...

Obama meets with top advisers on Afghan policy

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:23:40 +0000

Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) * Ninth such meeting to weigh options * U.S. officials, diplomats expect decision next week * Some Democrats want war tax (Updates with end of ...

Peru's Shining Path eyes candidates for 2011 vote

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:57 +0000

Source: Reuters LIMA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Members of Peru's Shining Path insurgency will form a political party and field candidates for the 2011 general elections, lawyers for the Maoist group's jailed founder said ...

INTERVIEW-Honduras de facto leader confident US will back vote

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:55:46 +0000

Source: Reuters * Micheletti confident U.S. will support Nov. 29 election * De facto Honduran leader says made no mistakes in coup By Mica Rosenberg and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The de ...

EXCLUSIVE-US pitches unique F-35 fighter jet to Israel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:01:01 +0000

Source: Reuters * Jet would incorporate advanced Israeli systems, arms * Lockheed Martin promises delivery in 2015 * Would not have Israeli electronic warfare system By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters ...

INSTANT VIEW 6-Australia revises carbon-trading scheme

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:12:28 +0000

Source: Reuters SYDNEY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Australian government revised its plans to cut carbon emissions on Tuesday in order to win majority political support for the reform. The changes will deliver more ...

FACTBOX-Australia's planned carbon trading scheme

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:11:09 +0000

Source: Reuters Nov 24 (Reuters) - Australia's government outlined changes to its planned carbon trading scheme on Tuesday, designed to win political support to help the laws pass through parliament's upper house ...

Four survive Philippines massacre, says clan leader

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:17:48 +0000

Source: Reuters MANILA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - At least four people survived a massacre in the southern Philippines in which at least 24 people were abducted and killed by political rivals, a local politician said on ...

Kuwait: Free Jailed Activist

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:03 +0000

Source: Human Rights Watch (Kuwait City) - The prosecutor-general should immediately order the release of Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim, a lawyer and journalist who is a prominent critic of the government, Human Rights Watch ...

FEATURE-Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:04:33 +0000

Source: Reuters SUSTAINABILITY The $30 monthly stipend is a useful rather than a transformational boost to family incomes in Juma, which can be between $2,000 and $5,000 a year. But for Quadro and the other ...