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  • English junior doctors stage all-out strike over pay, conditions

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    Junior doctors in England staged their first ever all-out strike Tuesday in a bitter row with Prime Minister David Cameron's government over pay and conditions. The strike forced the state-funded National Health Service to postpone 13,000 operations and 113,000 appointments as thousands of doctors took action. Protesters marched through the streets holding placards like “Save…

  • Childhood obesity not down in U.S

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have not decreased in the U.S. in recent years, and severe obesity is on the rise, especially for minority children, according to a new study. Ten percent of teens now have severe obesity, lead researcher Asheley Skinner of the Duke Clinical Research Institute…

  • Grief and frustration as Nepal marks earthquake anniversary

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    In Kathmandu, the capital, Prime Minister K. P. Oli led a day of mourning, placing a wreath at the remains of the Dharahara tower that collapsed during the quake, killing 132 people. Among them was grief-stricken Surya Bahadur Shrestha, praying for his late father who was crushed to death by a building in the city.…

  • Slovak PM Fico in hospital with chest pain, cancels Czech visit

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    Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was admitted to hospital for an unscheduled heart examination after he felt chest pain on Thursday and he has canceled a visit to the Czech Republic, his spokeswoman said. Fico had canceled an appearance at a court hearing on Tuesday for health reasons, though he attended a cabinet meeting on…

  • Infant refugee at center of Australian hospital protest gets reprieve

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    By Jane Wardell and Peter Gosnell SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Sunday a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore immigration detention camp would go to an onshore facility instead, easing tension that peaked in a blockade outside a hospital where she is a patient. Doctors at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane…

  • Canada PM vows Aboriginal reconciliation after school abuse report

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    By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to work toward full reconciliation with Canadian Aboriginals on Tuesday as he accepted a final report on the abuses of the government's now-defunct system of residential schools for indigenous children. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100…

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    By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to work toward full reconciliation with Canadian Aboriginals on Tuesday as he accepted a final report on the abuses of the government's now-defunct system of residential schools for indigenous children. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100…

  • Heavy flooding causes chaos in southern India state

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    Widespread flooding across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has driven more than 200,000 people from their homes, shut down factories and paralyzed the airport in the state capital Chennai, government officials said on Wednesday. The floods, caused by heavy rain over the past two weeks, swilled over the runway of the international airport…

  • China to contribute A$20 million to MH370 search -government

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    China will contribute A$20 million ($14.5 million) to the hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the government reported on its website, the latest expansion of one of the costliest search missions in aviation history. Chinese premier Li Keqiang made the announcement at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday during a meeting with Australian…