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The Aggressive and Promising New Jeep Cherokee Now in Malta

Friday, 19 December 2014, 10:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Aggressive and Promising New Jeep Cherokee Now in Malta Launched at this year's Geneva International Motor Show and introduced throughout Italy and the major European markets in April, the...

A fresh setback for efforts to cure HIV infection

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar to one that cured a man known as "the Berlin...

14 charged in deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:21 Last update: about 12 years ago

Mold and bacteria were in the air and on workers' gloved fingertips. Pharmacists used expired ingredients, didn't properly sterilize them and failed to test drugs for purity before sending them to...

Irish face new abortion row over brain-dead woman

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:13 Last update: about 12 years ago

Ireland is debating its ban on abortion again as doctors keep a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support, awaiting a judge's verdict on what do to with the living fetus. Irish media reported...

Merck buys Swiss biotech with promising cancer drug

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:10 Last update: about 12 years ago

Drugmaker Merck says it's bought a Swiss biotech company developing cancer drugs as part of its strategy to be a top player in cancer, one of the hottest pharmaceutical research areas. Merck...

McDonald's in Japan limits orders of fries

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 20:26 Last update: about 12 years ago

Only small fries with that? McDonald's in Japan is limiting the serving size of fries as stocks run short due to labor disruptions on the U.S. West Coast. McDonald's began rationing its fries...

Horse trots into hospital: It's therapy, no joke

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 15:47 Last update: about 12 years ago

Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital. Doctors and patients did double-takes when the equine visitors ambled down long corridors in the pediatric unit at Chicago's Rush University Medical...

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