Friday, June 29, 2007
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization recommended Friday that passengers on long flights exercise their legs and resist taking sleeping pills to reduce the risk of potentially fatal blood clots. Although the danger of developing deep vein thrombosis - normally in the form of a blood clot in the calves - is small, it increases if people are immobile for long periods in cramped conditions, the U.N. agency said in a report. Some people are also predisposed to the condition for genetic or...
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Friday, June 29, 2007
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- President Bush's summertime meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bush family's oceanfront estate is about lobsters, legacies and a break from increasing tensions. Relations between Washington and Moscow are strong, but on the skids, and both Bush and Putin want to massage those relations before leaving office. Putin, bolstered by Russia's economic muscle and popularity at home, has adopted an assertive posture on the world stage. He has bluntly op...
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Friday, June 29, 2007
LONDON (AP) -- The Spice Girls wannabe stars again. Following a calculated publicity buildup, the original Girl Power group of the 1990s announced Thursday they had agreed to get together for 11 concerts around the world in December and January. The shows will be their first concerts since breaking up in 2001, and the first with all five of the original group since Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell quit to pursue a solo career in 1998. "Imagine you got divorced and you've got back together with ...
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Friday, June 29, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) ? Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008.
The initial round, which starts Oct. 9, is limited to governments desiring geographical names such as "china.asia" and those with trademarks applied before March 16, 2004, and actively in use. Registrations for other trademarks and for company names begin Nov. 13.
The Internet's key oversight agency for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, approved the ".asia" domain in October.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
He got what he came for, but it was smaller than he preferred.
Damien Hobgood, who all week had his eyes on the furniture-sized globe winner's trophy at the Rip Curl Pro Search Chile surfing contest, settled for a smaller-scale version after finishing second to former three-time world champion Andy Irons of Hawaii, losing 16.84-8.67 in Thursday's final.
The runner-up effort moved Hobgood -- who won the previous event in Tahiti -- into second place in the World Championship Tour standings behind Australia's Mick Fanning (3,984-3,374) heading into the fifth of 10 events at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, on July 11.
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