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Women on the pill may live longer, study says (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Contraceptive pills are seen at news conference in Tokyo August 26, 1999. REUTERS/Kimimasa MayamaAP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.


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Biden, displeased with Israel, says Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state (AP)

March 10th, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, gestures next to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, during a visit at the Nassar stone factory at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a 'viable' independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Vice President Joe Biden’s displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that “inflame tensions” and…

Biden says Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state (AP)

March 10th, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas past the honor guard, ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a “viable” independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to…

AP Interview: Silva says Iran sanctions dangerous (AP)

March 9th, 2010

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, looks on during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil’s president warned Tuesday that U.S.-proposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war, and said he will make his own efforts to head off…

China says it’s up to the US to improve relations (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, right, gestures while Xie Xuren, China finance minister,  speaks to the media during a financial and economy press conference of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, March 6, 2010.  China's central bank governor acknowledged Saturday that Beijing is using its controversial exchange-rate controls to cope with the global crisis and said it will be cautious about retreating from the policy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China said Sunday that it is up to the United States to improve relations that soured over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and a meeting between President Barack…

Togo opposition says party ahead in president race (AP)

March 5th, 2010

A Togolese military police officer patrols outside a polling station during presidential voting in Lome, Togo, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Polls were open Thursday in the African nation of Togo, as the son of a long-ruling dictator seeks re-election to the presidency, facing six opposition candidates. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Togo’s opposition leader Friday claimed an early victory in the presidential race based on preliminary results and accused the ruling party of trying to rig the elections, setting…

Chile says rebuilding after quake could take years (AP)

March 5th, 2010

A soldier patrols in Dichato, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. An earthquake caused a tsunami that hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Chile’s president says it will take three years to rebuild the region wracked by an earthquake and tsunami, something all too clear to the people cleaning up this…

Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Brazil's Lower House President Michel Temer, right, accompanied by Brazil's President of the Senate Jose Sarney, shake hands as they pose for pictures in Brasilia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Hillary Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil rebuffed a U.S. appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to…

Greece deepens cuts, says ‘IMF option’ open (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Greek prime minister George Papandreou addresses to Socialists lawmakers at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Greece is grappling with an acute debt crisis that unfolded after the conservatives lost general elections last October to the Socialists who revealed a massive budget shortfall. The government is set to announce more severe economic austerity measures on Wednesday, following EU demands for deeper spending cuts. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece announced painful new austerity measures Wednesday, cutting salaries for government workers and raising taxes at the sales register, winning approval from the European Union as it tries…