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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have found the “mother”, or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns.
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Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish parliament approved on Thursday a resolution that brands the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War One as genocide.
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Sweden approves resolution on "Armenian genocide"
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could lead to a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines.
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U.S. Democrats move closer to healthcare deal
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s North Caucasus remained “an area of particular concern” in 2009, and the government’s poor human rights record there worsened as it fought Islamist militants, the United States said on Thursday.
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U.S. raises rights concerns in Russian N. Caucasus
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Following are some of the highlights of the report, which altogether covers 194 countries.
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FACTBOX – U.S. paints grim picture of global human rights
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Somali businessman, who has been linked to Islamist militants and may have pocketed ransom money paid for the release of kidnapped French aid workers, has been a contractor for the World Food Program and UNICEF, a U.N.
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Somali tied to Islamists worked with two U.N. agencies
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.
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POLL – More Americans say global warming exaggerated
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China and Iran have stepped up their abuses of human rights, targeting both anti-government activists and the free flow of information over the Internet, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
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U.S. human rights report hits China, Iran
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SANTIAGO/TALCAHUANO (Reuters) – Chile’s mining and refinery sectors escaped damage on Thursday as a series of powerful aftershocks rocked the world’s largest copper producer in the wake of one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded.
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Chile mines, refineries safe after new aftershocks
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that leading Gulf states appeared ready to use their clout to lobby China to support sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme.
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Gates sees Gulf support for Iran sanctions push