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• Somalia mortar attack kills at least 17
Al-Shabab, a radical group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations, claimed responsibility for the attack. Mortar shells then slammed into the bustling Bakara Market, where people can buy everything from packets of rice and sugar to grenades and ...
• Nation-building dangerous
Some nongovernmental organizations raised concerns about the potential blurring of roles when the military carries out relief operations, saying it could compromise their independence and impartiality in the eyes of local citizens, and make relief ...
• Networks nervous over election night exit polls
NEW YORK - Barack Obama’s tendency through the Democratic primaries to perform better in exit polls than he actually does at the ballot box has some media organizations nervous heading into Election Night. Television networks want to avoid having ...
• Attacks on humanitarian workers alarm U.N.
... N. civilian staff members as a result of malicious acts rose to 25 in the year ending June 30, 2008 up from 16 the previous year. The year ending in June was also the worst in recorded history for humanitarian and other nongovernmental organizations ...
• Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75
Preventive Services Task Force — in a break with other medical and cancer organizations — opted not to give its stamp of approval to the newest tests: CT colonography, an X-ray test known as virtual colonoscopy, and a stool DNA test. The panel ...