Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital.But in a political setback to forces battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations said...

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High-Tech Ways to Save on Home Energy Costs

affiliate marketing My home energy bills keep going up — and I don’t imagine I’m alone. But in addition to the usual solutions like “turn down your thermostat” and “switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs — or better yet, LEDs”, I’ve discovered some high-tech tools that help save energy — and money.The Department of Energy estimates...

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Hurricane Sandy: why other networks passed on NBC’s telethon

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – NBC offered to let the other broadcast networks air its Hurricane Sandy telethon Friday night, but all passed and opted to pursue their own efforts to help the recovery effort, TheWrap has learned.Every network is trying to help: ABC is devoting its entire broadcast day Monday to raising money...

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How Computational Models Are Improving Medicine [Video]

affiliate marketing Click here to view the video High-resolution electromechanical model of a heart; courtesy of N. Trayanova affiliate marketing The more we learn about cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s, the more vexingly complex they seem–and the more elusive their cures. Even...

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Guinea and UAE sign bauxite supply deal

affiliate marketing DUBAI (Reuters) – Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) signed a long-term supply agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the main raw material in aluminium, the Gulf country’s state news agency reported late on Friday.“The agreement with Mubadala will make a significant contribution to Guinea‘s economy by enabling...

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Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (Reuters) – Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers on Thursday in attacks on three army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria’s main north-south highway, a monitoring group said.Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered, according to video footage. Rebels berated them, calling them “Assad’s...

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Watch the First ‘Angry Birds Star Wars’ Gameplay Scenes [VIDEO]

affiliate marketing Rovio Entertainment is giving us the first glimpse of the gameplay in Angry Birds Star Wars ahead of its Nov. 8 release on Android and iOS.The teaser scenes show Red Bird as Luke Skywalker and the franchise’s newest character, Pink Bird, as Princess Leia. Shot from their slingshot, they fly through intergalactic...

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‘Gossip Girl’ set for 2-hour season finale on December 17

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Get ready to shut down the rumor mill; “Gossip Girl” will officially come to an end in December.CW’s scandalicious drama will end its six-season run with a two-hour finale on December 17 at 8 p.m., bringing an end to more than half a decade of gasp-inducing twists, the network said Wednesday. affiliate...

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Valeant revenue jumps, acquisitions hit net profit

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc , Canada’s biggest public drugmaker, reported a drop in quarterly net profit on Friday, hurt by costs associated with its long string of acquisitions, but revenue jumped almost 50 percent and adjusted earnings rose.Montreal-based Valeant, whose shares were little...

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Rwanda sees GDP growth hit if aid doesn’t restart

affiliate marketing KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda‘s economic growth could be hit if donors fail to reinstate aid payments, with the economy only able to withstand the stoppage until the end of the year, the country’s finance minister said on Friday.The United States, Sweden and the Netherlands have all suspended some aid to Rwanda, which...

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Mexico’s Day of Dead brings memories of missing

affiliate marketing MEXICO CITY (AP) — Maria Elena Salazar refuses to set out plates of her missing son’s favorite foods or orange flowers as offerings for the deceased on Mexico‘s Day of the Dead, even though she hasn’t seen him in three-and-a-half years.The 50-year-old former teacher is convinced that Hugo Gonzalez Salazar, a university...

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Citi banking site briefly down, bank declines to discuss cause

affiliate marketing BOSTON (Reuters) – Some of Citigroup Inc‘s banking sites went down for about half an hour on Wednesday, making its online banking system temporarily inaccessible to customers, some of whom were housebound in the wake of giant storm Sandy.Bank spokesman Andrew Brent said the outage also affected applications for mobile...

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The Devil’s General? German film seeks to debunk Rommel myth

affiliate marketing BERLIN (Reuters) – Erwin Rommel, the World War Two German field marshal celebrated as the brilliant and humane “Desert Fox“, is portrayed in a new film as a weak man torn by his loyalty to Adolf Hitler and the dawning realization that he was serving a devil.The drama, due to be broadcast on the public ARD television...

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La desvenlafaxina actúa contra los sofocos: estudio

affiliate marketing NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) – El antidepresivodesvenlafaxina (Pristiq, de Pfizer) reduce los sofocos en las affiliate marketing mujeres postmenopáusicas, según señala un equipo médico.A pesar de este resultado, que surge de un subestudio de unensayo aleatorio,...

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Wall Street up 1 percent boosted by data

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks climbed 1 percent on Thursday after both weekly jobless claims and data on growth in private-sector jobs pointed to improving labor market conditions a day before the government’s closely watched monthly jobs report.Equities extended gains throughout the morning, though volume remained...

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Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce

affiliate marketing AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces and insurgents.State television said “terrorists” had assassinated an air force general, Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, in a Damascus suburb,...

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Facebook shares fall as lock-up period expires

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Facebook Inc shares fell 4 percent in busy trade early on Wednesday as the company allowed employees to start selling some stock.The world’s largest social network waived a provision that prevented employees from selling shares until November 14. As a result, Facebook staffers were able to sell their vested...

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“Community” returning to old time slot in February

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – “Community” will return Thursday, February 7 to its previous timeslot after a long absence from NBC‘s lineup.NBC confirmed the show’s return date soon after star Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley on the ensemble comedy, announced the news on Twitter. affiliate...

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Canada, Switzerland lift ban on Novartis flu vaccines

affiliate marketing ZURICH (Reuters) – Canadian and Swiss health authorities lifted a ban on Novartis‘s flu vaccines on Wednesday after the drugmaker showed they posed no risk to safety.Italy last week banned the sale of four anti-influenza vaccines produced by Novartis pending tests for possible side effects after small particles were...

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Sandy Grounds Northeast Air Travel

affiliate marketing Anyone hoping to fly to or from the northeastern U.S. today was largely out of luck, and Wednesday won’t be much better, at least around New York City. The federal government and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed the area’s three main airports (John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty, and...

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Cuba’s 2nd city without power, water after Sandy

affiliate marketing HAVANA (AP) — Residents of Cuba‘s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as the island’s deadliest storm in seven years, ripping rooftops from homes and toppling power lines.Across the Caribbean, the storm’s death toll rose to 69,...

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