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Nearly 1,000 treated for breathing problems south of Mosul: hospital
Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulfur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in connection with the incident, said the sources at the hospital in Qayyara,…
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe skirts retirement talk at burial of friend
By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe on Saturday avoided the controversial subject of his future as he buried a senior political colleague and friend who had been pressing him to retire. Mugabe, 92 and one of Africa's longest serving leaders, is eligible to seek re-election at the end of his…
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe skirts retirement talk at burial of friend
By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe on Saturday avoided the controversial subject of his future as he buried a senior political colleague and friend who had been pressing him to retire. Mugabe, 92 and one of Africa's longest serving leaders, is eligible to seek re-election at the end of his…
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GE CFO sees alternatives to SLM 3D printing purchase
General Electric Co can build its 3D printing capability without buying Germany’s SLM Solutions and does not need to increase its takeover offer in light of opposition from a major shareholder, GE Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein said on Friday. GE refused on Friday to extend or change its 38-euro-a-share offer for SLM after activist…
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GE CFO sees alternatives to SLM 3D printing purchase
General Electric Co can build its 3D printing capability without buying Germany’s SLM Solutions and does not need to increase its takeover offer in light of opposition from a major shareholder, GE Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein said on Friday. GE refused on Friday to extend or change its 38-euro-a-share offer for SLM after activist…
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Cloud from chemical accident in Kansas dissipated: city officials
By Dave Kaup ATCHISON, Kansas (Reuters) – City and county officials told residents of Atchison in northeastern Kansas it was safe to return after a chemical spill at an MGP Ingredients Inc facility on Friday caused the formation of a chemical cloud that forced evacuations. Thirty-four people were being treated for respiratory discomfort, although the…
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Secondhand smoke linked to higher risk of stroke
The increased risk of stroke that comes with smoking may extend to nonsmokers who live in the same household and breathe in secondhand smoke, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that never-smokers who had a stroke were nearly 50 percent more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke at home than people who had never…
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Secondhand smoke linked to higher risk of stroke
The increased risk of stroke that comes with smoking may extend to nonsmokers who live in the same household and breathe in secondhand smoke, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that never-smokers who had a stroke were nearly 50 percent more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke at home than people who had never…
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Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern
Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review. Dermatologists should keep these changing patterns of skin diseases in mind when making diagnoses, say the authors, who analyzed specific disease shifts in North America. In the U.S., for example, the…
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Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern
Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review. Dermatologists should keep these changing patterns of skin diseases in mind when making diagnoses, say the authors, who analyzed specific disease shifts in North America. In the U.S., for example, the…