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BBC News reports here: Aggressive pancreatic tumours may be treatable with a new class of drugs, according to Cancer Research UK

Spiegel Online reports here:  Be it austerity queen Angela Merkel or Socialist François Hollande, European politicians are suddenly in agreement with ECB President Mario Draghi’s proposal to round out the European fiscal pact’s austerity measures with a “growth pact.” But many seem to have a different idea about what this means.

BBC News reports here: Earth’s glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already on their way to losing almost 40% of their volume.

CNN Fit Nation athletic director April Burkey offers tips for staying fit when you are away from home and traveling.

Spiegel Online reports here: Socialist challenger Francois Hollande has beaten incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round of the French presidential election. The result is a sign of how frustrated the French are with the state of their country, and how angry they are with Sarkozy. Hollande now has to appeal to supporters of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen if he wants to win the second round.

Spiegel Online reports here: Germany and France want to weaken Europe’s border-free travel agreement, according to a Friday newspaper report. Berlin and Paris would like to be able to temporarily reintroduce border controls due to concerns about illegal immigration. The move is not, a Berlin official assures, to be seen as re-election campaign help for Sarkozy.

BBC News reports here: A fat tax could raise money and help get people eating more healthily, says a director at the University of Oxford.

BBC News reports here: A new technique to combat early prostate cancer may have far fewer side-effects than standard treatments, researchers say.

Exclusive interview with Sergey Brin here at The Guardian: Principles of openness and universal access under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.