| Fri 30 Jul 2010 |

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Boris Johnson launches London's bike hire scheme A cycle hire scheme set to put thousands more bikes on to the UK capital's roads will be officially launched today by London Mayor Boris Johnson. | But not all the for-hire cycles will be ready for th...
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| England London Mayor Photos UK |

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Anti-addiction drugs used to treat obesity Dramatic effects were seen from a weight loss recipe that combines anti-addiction drugs with dieting and exercise. | A group of obese trial patients put on the programme lost up to 6% of their bodywei...
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) |
| Addiction Drugs Obesity Photos Wikipedia: Obesity |

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Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province | PUL-I-KUMRI, Afghanistan — Almost unnoticed, this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control. Multimedia Slide Show Taliban Make Inroads in Strategic Province Eros Ho...
(photo: USAF / Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb) |
| Afghanistan Photos Taliban War Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) |

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Sarkozy Toughens on Illegal Roma | PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of illegal Roma and itinerant immigrants and the dismantlement of their camps in a move that has been labeled by human rights groups...
(photo: AP / Michel Euler) |
| France Human Rights Immigration Photos Wikipedia: Romani people |

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Heat Wave Batters Russia | RYBKHOZ, Russia — Ivan Tyurkin trudged along a pier and surveyed the breeding ponds all around him. He did not need a thermometer to know that the water was treacherously tepid. Dead trout, dr...
(photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) |
| Health Photos Russia Weather Wikipedia: Heat wave |

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Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway between Iran and th...
(photo: AP / Emirates News Agency) |
| Accident Japan Mideast Photos Shipping |

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Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan | BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeline’s owner initially est...
(photo: AP / Paul Sancya) |
| Environment Michigan Oil Spill Photos Wikipedia: Great Lakes |

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Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis | With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a pr...
(photo: AP) |
| Economy Infrastructure Photos Population Wikipedia: Population growth |

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Body of Second Missing Sailor Recovered in Afghanistan | KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States military has recovered the body of the second of two American sailors abducted last week in a dangerous region south of Kabul, but it was not clear preci...
(photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) |
| Afghanistan Military NATO Photos Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present) |

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Obama Takes On Critics of Education Plan | WASHINGTON — Saying that reforming education is perhaps “the economic issue of our time,” President Obama went before a major civil rights organization on Thursday to defend his ma...
(photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
| Education Obama Photos US Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
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