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A white man and a black woman have become the extremely rare parents of twins of different colours.

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A woman was given a chemical abortion tablet by mistake after a nurse mixed up two patients with the same first name, a misconduct hearing has heard. Ann Downer gave the drug to a woman who had gone into the clinic for an initial consultation. When staff realised what had happened the distraught woman, named only as patient A, was called back to...

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The best leaders are often known to have buoyant energy levels that make them excellent speakers. Here's how to follow in their footsteps.

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Apple promised that iPhone 3G and its iPhone 2.0 software would be more suited to business, but a severe shortage of the device could force companies to wait as long as two weeks before they see their orders, and is forcing many home customers to go without at the same time.

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Indications are that Obama has attracted a massive number of new $5, $10, $20 donors after the primaries ended. Going forward, the sustained growth of this small-sum base is by far Obama's biggest advantage over McCain.

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.If Obama is going to be in Iraq this weekend, this is a major breach on McCain's part.

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Why are we so much fatter today than we were 30 years ago? Even as researchers try to refine the eat-too-much-move-too-little theory, some are entertaining other ideas (obesity virus, anyone?). Read on for some of their theories, as well as a weigh-in from our panel of obesity researchers.

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