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Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

Business | Securities
2009-11-21

THE stock market ended a down week yesterday with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. After two strong weeks, investors tried unsuccessfully...

Lost-mail sales offer wide choice

World
2009-11-21

SIX wedding dresses, a didgeridoo, a toupee and a massage table are among thousands of items lost and unclaimed in Australia's mail system in the past year and being sold for charity. Australia Post said the wedding...

Ice thaw tipped to radically lift sea levels

World
2009-11-21

FAST-MELTING ice from Greenland and Antarctica will lead to a much sharper rise in sea levels than previously estimated, touching off flooding that will radically alter United States East Coast cities from Miami to...

Guideline on cervical cancer has new tack

World
2009-11-21

WOMEN in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued yesterday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. ...

Obama China trip news blasted

World
2009-11-21

UNITED States' ambassador to China lashed out yesterday at negative US media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Although...

6-year-old critical as city posts 1st serious child case of H1N1

Metro | Food
2009-11-21

THE Shanghai Health Bureau reported the city's fourth serious case of swine flu yesterday -- and the first child to be severely stricken by the disease. The 6-year-old boy was being treated last night at the Children's...

Good News On Shoes

Business | Light industry
2009-11-21

CHINA said yesterday it welcomed a decision by a European Union trade panel to reject an extension of dumping duties on Chinese shoes, saying it was a mark of the EU's commitment to free trade. The EU's anti-dumping...

China tries to stop WTO action on export tussle

Business | Foreign trade
2009-11-21

CHINA has earned a temporary reprieve by rejecting requests from the United States, the European Union and Mexico for a World Trade Organization panel to investigate alleged Chinese restrictions on exports of raw materials. ...

UN group rates Afghanistan as most dangerous place for kids

World
2009-11-21

EIGHT years after a US-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations says. The country is especially...

Fat-for-cosmetics gang under arrest

World
2009-11-21

A GANG in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, according to police. Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but...