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The Yahoo Newsroom reports here: Today, a meeting of Asian leaders in Thailand turned into the set of “Mean Girls”: North Korea called the Secretary of State a “funny lady” who “looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping.”
AP reports here at Yahoo News: ADELAIDE, Australia – The world’s first human trials of a swine flu vaccine have begun in Australia, drug company officials said Wednesday, with the aim of controlling the virus that has so far killed more than 700 worldwide.
Antibodies trigger the release of toxic chemicals in cancer cells, BBC News reports here: A new way of making cancer cells die has been discovered by UK scientists, raising hopes of potent new treatments.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – Ten years after a government crackdown drove it underground in China, Falun Gong is trying to position itself to get U.S. government funds to help defeat Internet censors worldwide.
Could moon landings have been faked? Some still think so, CNN reports here: Forty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon, a small cult of conspiracy theorists maintains the historic event — and the five subsequent Apollo moon landings — were staged.
And BBC News reports here: A US spacecraft has captured new images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface.
Spiegel Online reports here: Chocolate is just as much a part of Switzerland as the Alps. Now, global market leader Barry Callebaut has developed the product that competitors have been hopelessly puzzling over for 60 years — chocolate that doesn’t melt and is low in calories.
BBC News reports here: “Microsoft’s latest offering of Windows is available for pre-order, with sales exceeding those of Vista.”
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BBC News reports here: H1N1 swine flu attacks the respiratory system in a more sustained way than the standard seasonal virus, research in animals shows.
BBC News reports here: Older people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of dementia, a US study suggests.