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Packets of Gutka (a product of tobacco) for sale on a stall near Delhi, India

From June 1, tobacco packs to carry scarier pictures
The Times of India

NEW DELHI: It's a picture that 98% people polled in seven states of India said will repulse tobacco users, in turn helping them to quit smoking or chewing tobacco. A new pictorial warning will appear on every tobacco pack sold in India from June 1 and it sure isn't pretty. The health ministry's latest notification, made on March 5, has chosen a...
photo: WN / Geeta

Jeb Bush's son doesn't expect dad to run in 2012

The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012. George P. Bush made the comments Wednesday at state Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh while in North Carolina on business....
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Mass. Senate set to vote on school nutrition bill

Newsday

March 10, 2010 STEVE LeBLANC (Associated Press Writer) (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate is weighing a bill that would ban the sale of salty and sugary snacks as well as high-calorie sodas in public schools. The bill would require the state...
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Cuba's sugar industry hit by low productivity

Syracuse

(AP) - HAVANA - Production at Cuba's sugar plants has been hit hard this year by inefficiency, a spate of breakdowns and other technical problems, state-media reported Wednesday, adding to sobering news for the Communist-run island's crisis-addled...
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

Int'l electoral watchdog to monitor May 10 polls

May 14, 2007- National and Local Elections in the Philippines. wnhires (js1)

Inquirer

MANILA, PhilippinesAn international electoral watchdog is sending a team to observe if the May 10 automated elections will work in other parts of Asia. On the other hand, a negative result could erode confidence in the country's election...
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6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan

People examine the damaged office of World Vision, an international humanitarian group, after an attack by suspected militants in Ogi, a small town in the Pakistani district of Mansehra, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

The New York Times

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani employees of the American Christian charity World Vision were gunned down Wednesday, and seven others were wounded in an attack on the aid group’s offices in a remote village in northern Pakistan. Notes...
photo: AP / Naveed Sultan

Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Even as the United States military withdraws the forces it sent urgently to Haiti after its devastating earthquake in January, President Obama on Wednesday pledged a lasting commitment to aid and assistance. Win McNamee/Getty...
photo: AP / Ron Edmonds

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