Gaza truce pressure builds, Cairo in focus

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - International pressure for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip puts Egypt's new Islamist president in the spotlight on Tuesday after a sixth day of Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 100 people. Israel's leaders weighed the benefits and risks of sending tanks and infantry into the densely populated coastal enclave two months...

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Master of musicals

SINGAPORE: The cost of an evening of Broadway theatre not too far from home? Priceless.With Singapore inaugurated into MasterCard's global Priceless program in October this year, becoming the first Southeast Asian city to become a Priceless City, the card company has joined hands with Marina Bay Sands and BASE Entertainment Asia to take priceless to the next level.The Sands Theatre and...

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Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: After they missed an opportunity of meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda met today to review the bilateral relations and ways in which these could be pushed further. Singh and Noda, who met on the sidelines of East Asia Summit, shared the view that the relationship between the two countries were warm. In his opening remarks, Noda...

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New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once — not just people considered at high risk for the virus, an independent panel that sets screening guidelines proposed Monday.The draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are the latest recommendations that aim to make...

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Israel Combats Cyber Attacks During Gaza Offensive

The Israeli government said today that since the beginning of its military operation in Gaza, cyber attackers have launched more than 44 million attempts to disrupt the operation of various Israeli government websites, but were only successful in knocking out one site for a short period."One hacking attempt was successful and took down a site for a few minutes," Carmela Avner, the...

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More diplomacy to try to halt Israel-Gaza fighting

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hostilities between Islamist militants and Israel entered a sixth day on Monday as diplomatic efforts were set to intensify to try to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes on Gaza. International pressure for a ceasefire seemed certain to mount after the deadliest single incident in the flare-up on Sunday claimed the lives of at least 11...

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S'poreans live longer than counterparts in the tropics: report

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans now live longer than their counterparts in the tropics, according to the State of the Tropics Report.The report said Singaporeans can expect to live up to 80.6 years as life expectancy here has increased by 20.4 years between 1950 and 2010. This means that the average Singaporean lives about 16 years longer than their counterparts in other tropical countries.This...

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SC issues notice to Centre, CBI for cancellation on a plea seeking SIT probe in coal scam

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and CBI on a PIL seeking SIT probe in coal block allocation scam. The SC refused to stay government's decision by which coal blocks were allocated to companies. The SC had earlier posed six questions on coal block allocations and the alleged irregularities reported by the CAG. The present PIL requested the court to appoint a...

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EU drug regulator OKs Novartis' meningitis B shot

LONDON (AP) — Europe's top drug regulator has recommended approval for the first vaccine against meningitis B, made by Novartis AG.There are five types of bacterial meningitis. While vaccines exist to protect against the other four, none has previously been licensed for type B meningitis. In Europe, type B is the most common, causing 3,000 to 5,000 cases every year.Meningitis mainly affects infants...

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Officials: Israeli Strike Kills 11 Civilians in Gaza

The Palestinian civilian death toll mounted Monday as Israeli aircraft struck densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip in its campaign to quell militant rocket fire menacing nearly half of Israel's population.Overnight, an airstrike leveled two houses belonging to a single family, killing two children and two adults and injuring 42 people, said Gaza heath official Ashraf al-Kidra....

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