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Source: Reuters * Hermine to make landfall near U.S.-Mexico border Monday * Storm could reach hurricane strength * No reports of damage to oil facilities (Recasts, updates strength, position, changes dateline, ...

Source: Reuters * Ivory Coast candidates all happy with list, PM says * Voter register was a major sticking point in peace process By Tim Cocks ABIDJAN, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's presidential candidates ...

Source: Reuters * Cholesterol higher in children with high levels in blood * More study needed By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Chemicals used to make non-stick ...

Source: Reuters * Hallucinogen helped ease some symptoms months later * No patients in study had a "bad trip" * More studies underway By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The ...

Source: Reuters * Substance abuse is key to violence among mentally ill * Psychiatric patients more likely to abuse drugs, alcohol By Kate Kelland LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters ...

Source: Reuters Sept 6 (Reuters) - Here are the main events from the last week in Mexico's escalating war on powerful drug cartels. More than 28,000 people have died since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched ...

Source: Reuters * Troop request comes ahead of NATO visit to Washington * Foreign casualties at record levels By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has ...

Source: Reuters * Could ease global climate deal on deforestation * 3-D image shows where carbon is stored in forests * Map details how cutting down forests releases carbon By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment ...

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday called the U.N. nuclear watchdog's latest report on Iran "troubling" and said it showed Tehran was still trying to develop a nuclear ...

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year despite ...

Source: Reuters * Unapproved "Amadea" GM potato found growing in Sweden * Developers BASF investigating cause of contamination BRUSSELS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - European Union authorities said on Monday ...

Source: IRIN From his village in the southern Punjab district of Rajanpur, a holy man believed to be endowed with mystical powers ('pir') is frequently called upon to intone religious verses over containers of water - in the belief that this will purify them. His services are much in demand these days.

Source: Reuters By Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG, Sept 6 (Reuters) - South African public sector workers suspended a pay strike on Monday as it entered its fourth week, union officials said. The strike by ...

Source: Reuters SARAJEVO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Bosnian police have uncovered a large cache of weapons and detained a new suspect in the course of their inquiry into a June bomb attack that killed one policeman and ...

Christian Aid - UK Severe flooding across the Sahel region of West Africa has left hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter, bringing fresh misery to communities already suffering their worst food crisis ...

Source: Reuters VORONEZH, Russia, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Russia should consider reintroducing mandatory fire insurance for homes after the state had to spend millions of dollars rebuilding houses destroyed by wildfires, ...

Source: Reuters GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of people, as further rain was predicted for ...

Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine, churning off Mexico's eastern coast, could reach hurricane strength winds before making landfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on ...

Source: Reuters * Kagame says will not be dictated to by critics * Rwandan leader sworn in for second 7-year term * Rights groups said election marred by repression By Kezio-Musoke David KIGALI, Sept 6 ( ...

Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click [ID:nAFPAK]) KABUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to ...