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The Washington Post reports here: A new study has found that it is possible to find a large number of "silent" cancers in the lungs of heavy smokers by periodically screening them with CAT scans. When the tumors are then surgically removed, most people live five years or more, in striking contrast to patients whose cancers are found only after they experience symptoms.

The Washington Post reports here: Hackers have been breaking into customer accounts at large online brokerages in the United States and making unauthorized trades worth millions of dollars as part of a fast-growing new form of online fraud under investigation by federal authorities.

WebMD reports here: Piling vegetables on your plate may help save your memory and attention as you age. People aged 65 and older who eat lots of vegetables have a slower slowdown in age-related mental function, researchers report in Neurology.

Spiegel Online reports here: Panama has voted in favor of expanding its canal to allow the passage of ever bigger ships as globalization brings a surge in trade. But critics say the billions of dollars earmarked for the project would be better spent on the 40 percent of Panamanians living below the poverty line.
See also Canalmuseum.com on the history of the Panama Canal.

BBC News reports here: The people of Panama are due to vote in a referendum on an ambitious plan to expand the country’s famous canal and increase traffic.

Spiegel Online writes here: As birth rates in the West decline, children become status symbols — and blank slates for showy, affluent parents. Marketers have jumped on the trend. Their message? When it comes to luxury, no customer is too young.

AP reports here at Yahoo News: "The world especially the Western United States, the Mediterranean region and Brazil will likely suffer more extended droughts, heavy rainfalls and longer heat waves over the next century because of global warming, a new study forecasts." See also: U.S. Climate Extremes Index.

The Telegraph reports here: Cancer sufferers have been condemned to an early death because the Government’s drugs rationing watchdog has rejected a ground-breaking treatment, it was claimed last night.

The Washington Post reports here: A two-month U.S.-Iraqi military operation aimed at stemming sectarian bloodshed and insurgent attacks in Baghdad has failed to reduce the violence, which has surged 22 percent in the capital in the last two weeks, much of it in areas where the military has focused its efforts, a senior U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.