Archive for January, 2008

Number Of Russian Women Smokers Has Doubled Since Soviet Collapse

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Russian women who smoke has more than doubled since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to new research.

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Pakistan roiled by flour and electricity shortages, food price rises

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Pakistan’s US-backed military dictatorship has mobilized more than six thousand paramilitary troops to guard flour mills and distribution points and escort supply-trucks, as it seeks to staunch a flour shortage that has resulted in breadlines and spiraling prices.

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New Hampshire primary foreshadows protracted contest for US presidential nominations

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

The outcome of the Democratic primary suggests that Clinton benefited from a growing concern among working class voters over the state of the US economy. Clinton was the only candidate to raise the growing danger of recession in Saturday’s televised debate, and exit polls showed that the economy was the number one issue of those who turned out to vote, whether they cast a Democratic or a Republican ballot.

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