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Travel more than doubles risk of blood clots: study

Reuters - 2 hours 4 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who travel have nearly triple the normal risk of developing a dangerous blood clot, with a measurable increase for every two hours spent sitting in a car or wedged into an airline seat, researchers reported on Monday. More »

US Vietnam war architect Robert McNamara dies
AFP - 2 hours 16 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Robert McNamara, the US secretary of defense whose broad career as an industry leader and a global financial aid revolutionary was overshadowed by his role as key architect of the Vietnam war, died Monday aged 93. More »
McNamara remembered as brilliant, troubled patriot
AFP - 4 hours 1 min ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A 1960s White House colleague, US diplomats and the maker of an Oscar-winning documentary about Robert McNamara remembered the US defense secretary as a patriot who agonized and eventually repented over his role as architect of the most divisive US war in history. More »
Main deals at Obama-Medvedev summit
Reuters - 4 hours 8 mins ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States and Russia reached agreements on Monday on arms cuts and Afghanistan during talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev. More »
Honduras isolated, Clinton to meet ousted leader
Reuters - 5 hours 44 mins ago
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States on Monday condemned violence against protesters in Honduras and called for President Manuel Zelaya's reinstatement as the Central American country faced growing isolation over last week's coup. More »
Clinton to meet Zelaya says U.S. official
Reuters - 5 hours 51 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to meet ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in Washington on Tuesday, a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Monday. More »
Former US defense secretary McNamara dies
AFP - 9 hours 34 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Robert McNamara, the US defense secretary who was one of the main architects of the US war in Vietnam, died Monday, The Washington Post reported. More »
Dollar, climate top India's G8 summit agenda
Reuters - 9 hours 58 mins ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will be receptive to debate about replacing the dollar as the world's global reserve currency when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends this week's G8 summit in Italy. More »
Biden: Israel has right to deal with nuclear Iran
Reuters - Today, 11:40 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday. More »
SNAP ANALYSIS-Calderon's party loses Congress vote in Mexico
Reuters - Today, 06:57 am
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican voters punished President Felipe Calderon on Sunday for a deep recession and rampant crime, dealing defeat to the ruling party in mid-term congressional elections. More »