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Nepal unrest leaves millions of children facing food, medicine shortages: U.N.
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unrest over Nepal’s new constitution has led to severe shortages of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines, putting more than three million children at risk of disease during the harsh winter months, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Monday. Nepal has been in turmoil since September when…
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U.S. top court rejects Texas veterinarian’s pet-care advice case
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by a retired Texas veterinarian who argued that a state law barring him from providing pet-care advice online and over the telephone violated his free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. Lower courts had ruled that Brownsville, Texas veterinarian…