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The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, recently held an “explosive” meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the country’s presidential election, according to several news reports. At a private lunch held on August 21, one day after the election, Holbrooke reportedly pressed Karzai on widespread state-engineered ballot-rigging alleged …

British surgeons are pioneering a new technique which uses stem cells to repair damaged bones. The procedure could prevent thousands of people from needing to have an artificial hip replacement. Sky News was given exclusive access to one of the first operations, which was done at the Spire Hospital in …

Breathing coal dust worsens emphysema independently of cigarette smoking, suggest results of a study published this month. The current findings, are particularly relevant today given the boom in coal production and the millions of people who are still being exposed to high levels of coal dust, Dr. Benoit Nemery, of …