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65 pro-Taliban militants killed in Pak
Plant-based flavonoids may cut ovarian cancer risk
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Goody ‘would have died without treatment’
We won’t pull out of Afghanistan, says Sarkozy
Forbes: Thai King is the world’s richest monarch
Al-Qaida responsible for Algeria bombings
Dubai pledges war against corruption
Asians with gastric cancer have better prognosis
10 rebels die in Philippines
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65 pro-Taliban militants killed in Pak
Islamabad, August 23 Security forces fought fierce battles with Taliban militants in Kabbal tehsil of Swat valley of North West Frontier Province, where an anti-militancy operation is underway. At least 30 militants were gunned down during the clashes, Pakistani media reports quoted government sources as saying. Four security personnel were killed and 11 injured. Several prominent militant commanders were among those killed, reports said. Meanwhile, in the nearby Bajaur tribal agency, 10 militants were killed during an ongoing operation of security forces against extremists. Earlier today, at least 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police station at Charbagh in Swat valley. This was the third suicide attack in Pakistan since Tuesday when 30 people were killed in an attack in a hospital at Dera Ismail Khan town in the same province. As many as 78 people were killed when three suicide bombers blew themselves up outside an ordnance factory complex in Wah Cantonment, about 50 km from Islamabad, on Thursday. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for all the three attacks.
— PTI
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Plant-based flavonoids may cut ovarian cancer risk
New York, August 23 “On the basis of our findings and the relevant literature, we infer that isoflavones, and perhaps flavonols, may have favourable effects with respect to ovarian cancer risk,” they said. Lab studies suggest flavonoids may also have cancer-fighting properties in addition to their antioxidant effects, Rossi and her team note in the International Journal of Cancer. The researchers compared flavonoid intake for 1,031 women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer and 2,411 women who had been hospitalised for acute, non-cancer-related conditions, categorising them into five groups based on their intake of each of six different flavonoids. After the researchers controlled for birth control pill use, number of children the women had, family cancer history and other relevant factors, they found that the women with the highest flavonol intake were 37 per cent less likely to have ovarian cancer than women with the lowest flavonol intake. High intake of isoflavones cut ovarian cancer risk by 49 per cent. The researchers found no relationship between intake of the other four-flavonoid types, or total flavonoid intake, and ovarian cancer risk. Isoflavones are found in tea and soy foods, both of which have been linked to a lower ovarian cancer risk, possibly due to isoflavones' estrogen-blocking effects. Flavonols are found in many fruits and vegetables, they added. — Reuters
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Goody ‘would have died without treatment’
London, August 23 Jade (27), who broke down and wept uncontrollably after coming to know of the disease which is now in an advanced stage, told The Sun last night that she would undergo a hysterectomy next week after “specialists said she would have died within three months without urgent treatment for her cervical cancer.” And although the disease has now been caught, shattered Jade, mother of two sons — Bobby (5) and Freddie (3) — still faces a terrifying battle. According to the report in the tabloid, doctors told her yesterday that a large tumour in her womb may have spread to her blood stream — putting major organs such as her liver and kidneys at risk. “I’ve got no control over this disease and I’m bloody terrified. I am going to fight the damn thing every step of the way because I have two beautiful boys who are my world. But I have to be realistic and face the possibility that I might not live to see them grow up.” Jade bravely spoke yesterday for the first time since receiving the devastating news. Denying that the whole thing was a publicity stunt, Jade said she was wrongly given the all-clear at first after being rushed to hospital just three weeks ago. — PTI
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We won’t pull out of Afghanistan, says Sarkozy
Paris, August 23 French defence minister Herve Morin and a NATO spokeswoman, meanwhile, insisted on Thursday there were no signs that French forces were hit by friendly fire in Monday's deadly
attack. Sarkozy has stressed his commitment to keeping French troops in Afghanistan, despite mounting political questions at home about the mission. “We don't have the right to lose there,” Sarkozy said at a solemn funeral ceremony for the 10 victims in the courtyard of the Invalides complex on Paris' Left Bank yesterday. “A defeat at that end of the world would be a defeat for French troops,” he added. Sarkozy agreed in April to boost France's contingent by 700 troops to about 2,600, after the US pressed NATO allies to shoulder more of the burden in the increasingly violent Afghanistan war. Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner reiterated that France was committed to staying the course in
Afghanistan. Sarkozy brushed off questions about whether French forces were hit by friendly fire in the ambush, insisting the day of the funeral was a moment for contemplation and mourning. But he said the incident would be fully investigated.
— AP
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Forbes: Thai King is the world’s richest monarch
New York, August 23 Forbes said the 80-year-old Thai King's estimated net worth increased sevenfold during the past year because of the transparency of his riches, which include over 3,000 acres of prime real estate land in Bangkok, a stake in a major bank and huge holdings in the Siam Cement company. In fact, King Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, reached the helm of the US-based magazine's list of 15 richest rulers by knocking Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of oil-rich Brunei off the top spot.
— PTI
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Al-Qaida responsible for Algeria bombings
London, August 23 Wednesday’s bombings at Bouira, 90 km southeast of Algiers, were claimed on behalf of the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in an audio recording by a group official called Salah Abu Mohammad, the Arabic broadcaster said on Thursday. The group, known until last year as Salafist group for preaching and combat, has claimed several earlier attacks, including the twin suicide bombings of UN offices and a court building in Algiers, in December 2007. The urban bombings reflect new tactics, first adopted in 2007, by the militants fighting to set up purist Islamic rule in the North African country, a key oil and gas supplier to Europe.
— Reuters
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Dubai pledges war against corruption
Dubai, August 23 “The government follows a transparent and clear policy on such issues. There will be no tolerance shown to anybody who tries to exploit his position to make illegal profits,” said Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Prime Minister and vice-president, UAE, in a statement. According to local reports, around 20 persons were being questioned in various corruption and bribery cases. Most of those arrested and under probe have been working in government-controlled companies. The statement said the arrests were in response to the recent questioning of employees of listed and public establishments on suspicion of exploiting their positions to make illegal profits.
— PTI
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Asians with gastric cancer have better prognosis
New York, August 23 They found significant differences in survival according to ethnicity. “The overall median survival of Asian/Pacific Islanders was more favourable than that of others,” the investigators said.
— Reuters
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10 rebels die in Philippines
Cotabato, August 23 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters ambushed government troops late yesterday in Guindulungan town on strife-torn Mindanao island, local military spokesman Colonel Julieto Ando said.
“During the firefight, five soldiers were wounded and 10 MILF rebels killed,” he said, adding that two civilians were also injured by stray bullets in the gunbattle.
Rebel spokesman Eid Kabalu said, “Fighting continued today with the military using air and ground assets, apparently to get Commander Kato.”
— AFP
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At least 65 militants and four security personnel were killed in restive northwest Pakistan today as troops backed by helicopter gunships targeted hideouts of the local Taliban, which has carried out three suicide attacks in the country this week.
