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1. News - World - HEALTH

   No long-term cost savings with weight loss surgery, study finds

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 02:35pm by Reuters in Baltimore, United States

   ... News World Reuters in Baltimore, United States Weight loss surgery does not lower health costs over the long run for people, according to a US study that challenges the idea that the costs of such surgery pay off later on in fewer medications and less care for people who have lost weight. “We need to view this as the serious, expensive surgery that it is,” said study leader Jonathan Weiner ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1155391/no-long-term-cost-savings-weight-loss-surgery-study-finds
2. News - World - GUANTANAMO BAY

   CIA 'whistle-blower' pleads guilty to leak of interrogator's name

   Posted Oct 25th 2012, 12:00am by Associated Press in Alexandria, United States

   ... News World Central Intelligence Agency Espionage Rendition Guantanamo Bay John Kiriakou Associated Press in Alexandria, United States ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1068804/cia-whistle-blower-pleads-guilty-leak-interrogators-name
3. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Descendant of Fletcher Christian dies in sinking of HMS Bounty

   Posted Oct 31st 2012, 12:00am by Associated Press in Elizabeth City, United States

   ... about the famous mutiny. The crew abandoned ship in life rafts as their stately craft succumbed to the huge swells of Hurricane Sandy off the coast of the US state of North Carolina. The only ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1073429/descendant-fletcher-christian-dies-sinking-hms-bounty
4. News - World - MIDDLE EAST

   Palestinians win implicit UN recognition of sovereign state

   Posted Nov 30th 2012, 08:49am by Reuters at the United Nations

   ... certificate.” The UN victory for the Palestinians was a diplomatic setback for the United States and Israel, which were joined by only a handful of countries in voting against the move to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s observer status at the United Nations to “non-member state” from “entity,” like the Vatican. Britain called on the United States to use its influence to help break the long ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1094437/palestinians-win-implicit-un-recognition-sovereign-state
5. News - World - VENEZUELA

   Morales refused permission to see ailing ally Chavez

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 07:04pm by Agence France-Presse in United Nations

   ... News World Hugo Chávez Cancer treatment Evo Morales Agence France-Presse in United Nations Doctors for ailing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez refused to let Bolivian President Evo Morales ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1155534/morales-refused-permission-see-ailing-ally-chavez
6. News - World - SYRIA

   UN states backing rebels 'aiding terror', says Syrian FM

   Posted Oct 02nd 2012, 10:48am by Reuters at the United Nations

   ... the civil war could destabilise the wider Middle East. Muallem said that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United States and France “clearly induce and support terrorism in Syria with money, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1052172/syria-accuses-us-france-others-arming-funding-terrorism
7. News - World

   UN says Iran not co-operating on nuclear weapons probe

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 10:48am by Associated Press at the United Nations

   ... with the United States. “Now, if you look at the current situation and developments on the Korean peninsula, the United States did not hesitate to escalate, aggravate, increase its threats and blackmails ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1076052/un-says-iran-not-co-operating-nuclear-weapons-probe
8. News - Asia - KOREA

   North Korea says proud of its human rights record

   Posted Nov 03rd 2012, 08:51pm by Reuters at the United Nations

   ... News Asia North Korea human rights record Reuters at the United Nations North Korea’s UN delegation declared on Friday that it was proud of Pyongyang’s social system and human rights ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1074917/north-korea-says-proud-its-human-rights-record
9. News - World - UNITED NATIONS

   Palestinian UN status likely to be debated in November

   Posted Oct 04th 2012, 12:10pm by Reuters at the United Nations

   ... Vuk Jeremic Reuters at the United Nations The United Nations is likely to hold a debate on whether ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1053649/palestinian-un-status-likely-be-debated-november
10. News - Asia

    Myanmar delaying crucial decisions on Muslim tensions

    Posted Oct 26th 2012, 11:02am by Reuters at the United Nations

    ... Reuters at the United Nations The government of Myanmar is delaying crucial decisions on ways to reduce tensions in volatile regions, a UN ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1070206/myanmar-delaying-crucial-decisions-muslim-tensions

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