Tuesday, February 1, 2011

BP's Rosneft deal blocked as results fall short (Reuters)

BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (L) shakes hands with Rosneft president Eduard Khudainatov at BP headquarters in London January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - BP's existing Russian partners won a UK court bar on its planned Arctic oil venture with state-controlled Rosneft on Tuesday, prompting conciliatory offers from the British oil company.


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The Second Leading Cause of Death in Young Women (Huffington Post)

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Diabetes in pregnancy a risk for mom years later (AP)

Graphic shows gestational and postpartum screening rates of women by raceAP - A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for moms' future health — one that too many seem to be missing.


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Retailers to report chilly end to holiday season (Reuters)

Reuters - Retailers are poised to show only a modest rise in January sales as record snow in many parts of the United States kept shoppers away from malls and crimped demand for early spring merchandise.

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Fla. judge in Obama health suit has own med story (AP)

Graphic comparing the average per capita health care cost and life expectancy in the developed world.(AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino/Gal)AP - The judge who ruled the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional questioned whether the government was reaching beyond its power by requiring citizens to buy health insurance because everyone needs medical care.


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South Korea's conciliatory Lee hints at summit with North (Reuters)

South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak speaks to the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul January 3, 2011. REUTERS/The Blue House/HandoutReuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said on Tuesday he had high hopes for the first inter-Korean talks in months, marking a significant softening in tone and holding out the possibility of a summit with North Korea.


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ElBaradei to US: Take Egypt's Mubarak off life support (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Mohamed ElBaradei, the Egyptian Nobel Prize winner who says he has a mandate from Egypt's opposition to negotiate President Hosni Mubarak's withdrawal from power and the creation of a transitional government, urged the US to turn its back on long-time ally Mr. Mubarak in a series of television interviews earlier today.

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