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US Marines airdropped into Taliban-held territory (AP)
 AP - Two U.S. helicopters dropped elite Marine recon teams behind Taliban lines before dawn Friday as the U.S.-led force stepped up operations to break resistance on the seventh day of fighting in the besieged militant stronghold of Marjah.
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Niger president seized in military coup
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Mutinous troops led by an army colonel captured Niger's President Mamadou Tandja after a gun battle on Thursday, and said they were suspending the constitution and dissolving all political institutions.  |
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North Korea warns of live-fire drills near South
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, under pressure to return to disarmament talks, is planning live-fire exercises off near sea borders with the South, a South Korean agency on Friday, a move that will raise tension on the troubled peninsula.  |
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Britain's Williams leads skeleton
Britain's Amy Williams sets a new track record to lead the women's skeleton after the first of four runs at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
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JK Rowling author fights plagiarism allegations (AFP)
 AFP - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has said she will ask a court to dismiss plagiarism claims against her popular series of books, branding the allegations "unfounded" and "absurd".
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Afghan Taliban chiefs arrested in Pakistani sweeps (AP)
 AP - Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, have apprehended more Afghan Taliban chiefs following the capture of the movement's No. 2 figure — arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the insurgents since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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Haiti shelter emergency as rain turns camps to mud
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Providing shelter for hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims in Haiti jumped to the top of the country's relief priorities on Thursday after heavy rain turned makeshift survivors' camps into muddy quagmires.  |
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Australia threatens Japan over whaling program (AP)
 AP - Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face legal action.
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AP Interview: Haiti PM fears government collapse (AP)
AP - Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said Thursday his government could collapse because political opponents are capitalizing on its inability to address the staggering fallout of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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IAEA fears Iran working now on nuclear warhead
VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it feared Iran may be working now to develop a nuclear-armed missile, as Washington warned Tehran of "consequences" for ignoring international demands to stop its atomic program.  |
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Son of top drug suspect sent to US from Mexico (AP)
 AP - A man accused of being an influential, second-generation member of the Sinaloa drug cartel was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday on charges he helped move tons of cocaine from Colombia to California, New York and Chicago.
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Niger soldiers go on state TV to confirm coup (AP)
 AP - Renegade soldiers in armored vehicles stormed Niger's presidential palace with a hail of gunfire in broad daylight, kidnapping the country's strongman president and then appearing on state television to declare they staged a successful coup.
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Niger military halts nation's constitution
An "ongoing attempted coup d'état" was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England.  |
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Universal Detection Technology Announces Test Results Of Its Passive Zone Security Sensor
Universal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, reported today test results for its passive zone security sensor, developed through its partnership with Precision Sensors Instrumentation (PSI), a leading developer of security sensors. The tests, conducted on an undisclosed airbase, show the sensor to be the most accurate Human Target Detection Systems that does not depend on line-of-sight visibility...
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British players star in Arizona
Paul Casey and Luke Donald seal second-round wins at the World Match Play Championship in Arizona.
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Vieira accepts FA conduct charge
Manchester City's Patrick Vieira accepts a FA violent conduct charge and is likely to be handed a three-match ban on Friday.
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US official says Tandja can blame himself for Niger coup (AFP)
 AFP - A senior US official indicated that Niger's President Mamadou Tandja only has himself to blame for Thursday's coup in the west African nation.
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Chester face Conference expulsion
Chester City face explusion from the Football Conference after pleading guilty to five breaches of its rules.
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Rain and mud pours over Haiti's quake homeless (AP)
 AP - A heavy downpour sent the throngs living beside Haiti's shattered national palace cowering under tarps Thursday as the rush of water made much of the camp of earthquake victims impassable — an ominous foretaste of the rainy season to some.
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Watchdog: Iran may be working on nuclear warhead
Iran began enriching uranium to a level at which it can sustain a nuclear reaction before United Nations inspectors arrived to monitor the process, and in defiance of a specific request that it not so do, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday.  |
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Aging Skin -- Are Those Spots Normal?
Over time, skin suffers from wear and tear, and wrinkles, spots and growths begin to appear. The February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers some of these normal changes and possible treatment options. Harmless growths include: Age or liver spots -- These flat, brown areas, also called solar lentigos, typically occur on the hands, back and face. Using a topical retinoid -- often in conjunction with bleaching cream and a mild topical steroid -- may gradually fade an age spot. Skin tags -- These flesh-colored growths protrude from the skin, often on a stalk...
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Keothavong reaches Memphis semis
Britain's Anne Keothavong moves into the semi-finals of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis with a straight-sets win over Karolina Sprem.
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Talecris Biotherapeutics Receives Health Canada Approval For PROLASTIN(R)-C
Talecris Biotherapeutics (Nasdaq: TLCR) announced that it has received approval from Health Canada for PROLASTIN®-C (Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor [Human]), a more purified and concentrated version of PROLASTIN® produced using advances in manufacturing technology. A similar approval for PROLASTIN-C was granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 17, 2009. Like PROLASTIN, PROLASTIN-C is indicated for the treatment of panacinar emphysema in patients with alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency...
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Fulham 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Bobby Zamora scores a 25-yard screamer to earn Fulham a Europa League last 32 first-leg victory against holders Shakhtar Donetsk.
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Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni
David Ngog's 81st-minute winner spares Liverpool's blushes as they begin their Europa League campaign with a disappointing display against Unirea Urzinceni.
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IAEA suspects Syrian nuclear activity at bombed site
VIENNA (Reuters) - Uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex bombed to ruin by Israel in 2007 point to possible covert nuclear activity at the site, the U.N. atomic watchdog said Thursday.  |
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NATO may need 30 days to secure Taliban stronghold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO and Afghan troops have hit pockets of stiff resistance in Marjah, the Taliban's main stronghold in southern Afghanistan, and may need another month to fully secure the area, a NATO commander said on Thursday.  |
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Orthopedic Institute Of Pennsylvania To Ensure Effective Communication With Deaf And Hard-of-Hearing Patients
Patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, who seek treatment at the Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania (OIP), will receive qualified interpreters when needed for effective communication as required by federal law under a Settlement Agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). An HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation of a discrimination complaint filed by a deaf individual found that he was denied a necessary sign language interpreter when he called to schedule a medical appointment, in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...
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Premier League defends owner test
The Premier League defends its "fit and proper person" test after criticism from Stoke manager Tony Pulis in the wake of the financial crisis at Portsmouth.
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Security forces capture another Taliban leader in Pakistan
At least one Afghan Taliban leader has been seized in neighboring Pakistan by security forces, sources told CNN Thursday.  |
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In Dubai attack, signs of Mossad shadow war (AP)
 AP - The death of a Hamas operative in Dubai at the hands of a squad of burly hit men conjures up images of the string of killings that followed the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and a bungled attempt to poison a Hamas leader in Jordan 13 years ago.
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GlaxoSmithKline And XenoPort Receive FDA Complete Response Letter For Horizantâ„¢ (GSK1838262/XP13512) For RLS
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq:XNPT) Wednesday received a Complete Response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for Horizantâ„¢ (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets, an investigational non-dopaminergic treatment for moderate-to-severe primary Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). A Complete Response letter is issued by the FDA's Center of Drug Evaluation and Research when the review of a file is completed and questions remain that preclude the approval of the NDA in its current form...
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Passions simmer over Moscow plans for Stalin V-Day
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian liberals and communists clashed on Thursday over plans to set up information booths in central Moscow depicting Soviet ruler Josef Stalin's role in defeating Nazi Germany in 1945.  |
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La Pitie Hospital Performs Its 200th Implant Of The World's Only Approved Total Artificial Heart
On Feb. 18, SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, announced that Groupe hospitalier de la Pitié-Salpétrière (La Pitié) in Paris has performed 200 implants of the Total Artificial Heart, more than any other hospital in the world. "The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart would not be the clinical success it is today without La Pitié," said Dr. Jack Copeland, world-renowned Total Artificial Heart pioneer and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz...
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Sorin Group Announces U.S. FDA Clearance Of Newest Generation Heart Lung-Machine
Sorin Group, (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its newest generation C5 Heart-Lung Machine (HLM). A Heart-Lung Machine is a sophisticated piece of medical equipment that provides blood oxygenation and circulation to organs and the brain while the patient's heart and lungs are temporarily stopped during a cardio-thoracic surgical procedure...
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Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama's Obama meeting
TONGREN, China (Reuters) - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed Thursday's scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.  |
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Journalist who predicted own death honored as 'hero'
A Sri Lankan journalist who was fatally shot last year has been recognized by the International Press Institute as a hero for freedom of the press, the group announced Thursday.  |
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Dubai sees Mossad behind killing, may seek spymaster
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's police chief said on Thursday he believed Israeli agents were involved in killing a Hamas militant in the emirate, and called for the Mossad spy agency's boss to be arrested if its responsibility was proved.  |
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East Orange General Hospital Latest Community Hospital To Select Centricity Enterprise
GE Healthcare IT, a global leader in information technology and the solutions required to maximize its efficacy, announced East Orange General Hospital, in East Orange, NJ, as the latest to purchase the company's hospital-based electronic medical record (EMR) offering in an effort to reduce cost and enhance patient care. The recently signed agreement brings the full capability of the Centricity® Enterprise, including a CCHIT-certified inpatient EMR as well as administrative, departmental and revenue cycle solutions, to the 211-bed facility and its outpatient departments...
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Live - Winter Olympics day seven
Amy Williams of Great Britain leads the women's skeleton as ice hockey, curling and men's figure skating end a packed day of action in Vancouver and Whistler.
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