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KAMPALA (AFP) - Uganda's parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw female genital mutilation, imposing a 10-year penalty on anyone who conducts the procedure and life in prison for those who physically force a woman to submit to the act, one of the bill's main sponsors told AFP Friday. Full Story »
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TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan plans to ban smoking while walking next year in a bid to promote a cleaner and healthier environment, an official said Friday. Full Story »
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GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Friday stood by its advice on the use of Tamiflu in high risk swine flu patients, insisting that it was effective in those cases despite a study questioning the antiviral drug. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held out hope of completing legislation by late December to remake the US health care system, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chocolate milk is "soda in drag" and should be booted out of US school cafeterias, a former celebrity chef turned school lunch lady has said. Full Story »
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MADRID (AFP) - Spain's ruling Socialist Party agreed on Thursday to amend the most controversial of its abortion reforms, one that would have allowed girls of 16 to end a pregnancy without parental consent. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - An estimated 10,000 people including 1,100 children died of swine flu in the United States in the seven months after the new strain of flu was first detected in April, a top US health official said Thursday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The new spending, to come from the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package enacted in February, was announced as Congress debates a sweeping overhaul of the US health care system that Obama has made his top domestic priority. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Parents who let their kids romp in the mud and eat food that has fallen on the floor could be helping to protect them against maladies like heart disease later in life, a US study showed Wednesday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Children who undergo intensive remedial reading programs not only become better readers but can also end up with rewired brains that are better at communicating, a study published Wednesday said. Full Story »
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