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Reuters reports here at CNN News: That morning cup of coffee may be an antidote to post-exercise muscle soreness, if preliminary research is correct. In a small study of female college students, researchers found that a caffeine supplement seemed to lessen the familiar muscle pain that crops up the day after a particularly challenging workout.
The Washington Post reports here: Apple said yesterday that it set new records for revenue and profit in a single quarter, citing shipments of more than 21 million iPods and brisk sales of Mac computers during the holiday season.
Spiegel Online reports here: More Russia, more Middle East, more integration. German Chancellor’s blueprint for the next six months in Europe is an ambitious one. And along the way, she hopes to find the continent’s soul.
The Washington Post reports here: It may soon be a little easier to scale the U.S. food pyramid: Grocery manufacturers and food producers last week launched a national campaign to help consumers follow the government’s healthy-diet advice.
Spiegel Online reports here: European Union ministers are considering ways to make legal immigration to the bloc easier, in a bid to help reduce massive illegal immigration.
Spiegel Online reports here: France and Britain have competed with each other for territory and power for centuries. Now secret documents reveal that the two old rivals came close to forming a union in the 1950s.
Cloudy apple juice is better for you than clear varieties, BBC News reports here: Polish scientists found the levels of antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer are almost double in cloudy apple juice. The antioxidants, called polyphenols, are also found in red wine, berries and dark chocolate.
The Guardian Unlimited reports here: An appetite-suppressing chewing gum or injection could be used to tackle Britain’s obesity epidemic. Scientists are developing a way to emulate the body’s natural signals for feeling full using a drug based on a natural gut hormone produced after every meal.
BBC News reports here: Chickens that can lay eggs containing cancer-fighting proteins have been created by scientists in Scotland.