A delegation of top North American hospital heads see Israel's state-of-the-art facilities, emergency drill.

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Poll finds that Turkey scores high in the Arab world for its foreign policy and domestic politics.

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Some 12,000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Ménaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food-insecure villages around Tillabéri in western Niger, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Niger's ...

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Employers added 243,000 jobs in January, an increase over the 203,000 jobs added in December, the U.S. Department of Labor reported on Friday. Hiring was stronger than expected and many economists were surprised.

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Chicken wings, tortilla chips, potato chips, beer, pretzels and pizza top Super Bowl menus.

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Two American women who were kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were released Friday, a security official reported.

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U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced on Friday that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation would restore funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. The announcement comes after a nationwide firestorm of criticism ...

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A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease.

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Malaria may be killing twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be affecting older children and adults, long considered to be the least susceptible, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet.

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A court ruling favoring Motorola Mobility has forced Apple to pull several of its iPad and iPhone models from its German online store.

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