NATO and Russia resume security cooperation

CORFU, Greece (Reuters) – NATO and Russia on Saturday re-launched formal cooperation on security threats, an alliance official said after their first high-level talks since falling out over the Georgia war last year.

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Gould could save battling Blues

Former New South Wales coach Phil Gould has refused to rule out a return to the Origin arena, but claims drastic changes would need to be made at the administrative level for him to again take the reins. more…

Sources: Cavs close to acquiring Shaq from Suns (AP)

In this April 3, 2009 photo, Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal runs up the court against the Sacramento Kings during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Phoenix. The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring O'Neal in a trade that would pair him with MVP LeBron James, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring center Shaquille O’Neal in a trade that would pair him with MVP LeBron James, multiple people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press early Thursday.


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Global drug appetite waning?

June 24. – The UN report on drugs shows the global use of drugs is falling or leveling off.

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Market hits 4-week low on global slump

The Australian market has closed at its lowest level in about a month, after investors got spooked by a downbeat World Bank report. more…

Market hits 4-week low on global slump

The Australian market has closed at its lowest level in about a month, after investors got spooked by a downbeat World Bank report. more…

Dogs trained to sniff out diabetes danger (Reuters)

AYLESBURY, England (Reuters) – Dogs are being trained in Britain as potential life-savers to warn diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels. more…

Dogs trained to sniff out diabetes danger (Reuters)

AYLESBURY, England (Reuters) – Dogs are being trained in Britain as potential life-savers to warn diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels. more…

Study: Beijing’s air worse than at past Olympics (AP)

FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo, a child covered by an umbrella stands near the Beijing Olympic Games logo at Tiananmen Square on a hazy day in Beijing. Beijing's notoriously dirty air got cleaner during last summer's Olympic Games but weather conditions played a larger role in clearing up the air than the government's massive pollution control measures, a new report says.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP – Beijing’s notoriously dirty air was cleaner during last summer’s Olympic games, but pollution levels were still much worse than at recent Olympics, despite a massive Chinese cleanup campaign, a new report said.


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FBI files show wide “Deep Throat” investigation (AP)

FILE - In this May 31, 1980 file photo, protesters picket the theater where the film 'Deep Throat' is being shown, near Times Square in New York.  FBI files released in June, 2009 to the Associated Press show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated 'Deep Throat' — the 1972 porn movie, not the shadowy Watergate figure — in a vain attempt to roll back what became a cultural shift toward more permissive entertainment. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)AP – When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie “Deep Throat,” the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose “Deep Throat” alias was taken from the movie’s title.


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