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New early pregnancy blood tests can accurately tell paternity
Noninvasive blood tests are now available to determine paternity as early as the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy
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Blood tests are now available to reliably determine paternity as early as the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy, The New York Times reported.
While invasive procedures such as amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS), performed between 10 and 20 weeks, can also determine paternity, the new tests — requiring only blood samples from the pregnant woman and the potential father — carry less risk of miscarriage.
Continue Reading CloseIs Mubarak dead?
At one cafe in central Cairo, almost no one believed the reports of Hosni Mubarak's death — nor did they care
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CAIRO, Egypt — The news of former President Hosni Mubarak’s possible death rippled through the crowd of patrons at a downtown Cairo café late this evening.
“It’s not true!” one patron shouted of the report. “How many times have we heard this?”
Many of the patrons said the endless rumors of Mubarak’s health was only a distraction from the current political upheaval facing the country.
Continue Reading CloseChina’s Ai Weiwei says police have barred him from court hearing
The artist says he's been prevented from attending a hearing regarding his challenge to a $2.4 million tax bill
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China’s dissident artist Ai Weiwei says police have stopped him leaving his studio in the capital Bejing to attend a court hearing regarding his challenge to a massive $2.4 million tax bill.
A message tweeted by Ai, 55, early Wednesday said that 30 police cars had turned up outside the studio, while photos were posted showing injuries sustained by one of Ai’s staff who tried to film the vehicles.
Continue Reading CloseThe Supreme Council of Armed Forces: Egypt’s new dictator?
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces' 11th-hour power grab shows the tumult of Egypt's attempt with democracy
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CAIRO, Egypt — No mutinous troops stormed the presidential palace. Nor were there late-night executions of civilian politicians, or the dramatic seizure of the state-run broadcaster.
But what has happened in Cairo over the last week is what many Egyptian observers are calling a military coup.
“It is not a coup by tanks, but a coup by the judiciary,” said Khaled Fahmy, the chair of the American University in Cairo’s history department.
Continue Reading CloseObama, Putin meet on sidelines of G-20 to discuss Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Obama tried to find common ground on the Syrian crisis
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President Barack Obama said on Monday that both he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for a political process to prevent a civil war in Syria, according to the Associated Press.
Meeting for the first time since Putin’s return to the presidency, the leaders sought to find common ground on the issue of how to handle the spiraling conflict in Syria.
Continue Reading CloseIndia: Google notes increase in censorship requests
Google says censorship requests rose 49 percent from July to December
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Google said censorship requests from India rose 49 percent over the last six months of 2011, compared with January-June, as a debate rages over how to constrain hate speech and copyright violations without curbing legitimate political discourse.
On Monday, Google said that it had received 101 content removal requests from Indian authorities between July and December last year, asking it to delete 255 items from its websites, the Times of India reported. Just five of these requests were made by courts, according to the newspaper.
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