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Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells from tiny embryos can be used to restore lost hearing and vision in animals, researchers said Tuesday in what they believe is a first step toward helping people.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:59:31 -0500

Taiwan ex-president back in jail as probe wraps up
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian returned to jail on Wednesday from almost three days of hospital care following a hunger strike, as supporters prepared to protest his arrest, which they call a political plot.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:41:37 -0500

Japan banks seek funds as U.S. carmakers plead
LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's No.3 bank sought to beef up its capital on Wednesday, markets fretted over the stricken U.S. car industry and Britain's central bank said it considered cutting rates even more dramatically than it did this month.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:14:29 -0500

Russia lawmakers approve longer presidential term
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A proposal to extend the Russian president's term by two years moved closer to becoming law on Wednesday when the lower house of parliament approved it on its penultimate reading.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:11:51 -0500

Suspected U.S. drone attack kills four in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday, killing at least four suspected foreign militants, intelligence officers and a government official said.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:53:53 -0500

Auto woes weigh on global stocks
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks and oil fell on Wednesday while government bonds and the yen gained as U.S. automakers begged for a bailout from Washington, adding to evidence that the credit crisis is crippling the real economy.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:05:33 -0500

U.N. says Congo rebels pulling back "in hundreds"
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese Tutsi rebels were pulling back south "in the hundreds" from frontline positions in North Kivu province in a gesture to support a United Nations peace initiative, a U.N. military spokesman said on Wednesday.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:23:00 -0500

China to impose fuel tax "very soon": paper
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will impose a long-awaited fuel tax "very soon," the head of National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) Energy Research Institute said in comments reported on Tuesday by the China Daily.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:30:23 -0500

Indian navy destroys pirate boat, more ships taken
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:28:23 -0500

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.

Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:49:46 -0500
 
 



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