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Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects, questions remainEarly results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists said on Thursday. More… |
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GM recalls 4.3m vehicles over air bag-related defectGeneral Motors Co said on Friday it will recall nearly 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that can prevent air bags from deploying during a crash, a flaw already linked to one death and three injuries. GM' More… |
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GM recalls 4.3m vehicles over air bag-related defectGeneral Motors Co said on Friday it will recall nearly 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that can prevent air bags from deploying during a crash, a flaw already linked to one death and three injuries. GM' More… |
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GM to recall 26,000 vehicles from Saudi marketGeneral Motors Middle East is set to recall 26,637 vehicles from the Saudi Arabian market for defects, said a report. The defects are described to be different from the ones that appeared in the vehicles sold i More… |
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Former Syrian minister defects; in TurkeyFormer Syrian Defence Minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey, a senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told Reuters on Wednesday. More… |
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Blow to Assad as army general, 20 soldiers defectA brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces is diminishing. Briga More… |
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Syrian army officer defects with soldiersA Syrian military official has defected in protest at a government crackdown on months of demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, footage on Al Jazeera English's website showed on Saturday. Flanked by soldiers brandishing More… |
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Gaddafi's former No 2 defects say Libya rebelsMuammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, has defected to rebel-held territory in Libya's Western Mountains, a rebel spokesman said. Jalloud was a member of the junta that staged a 1969 coup bringing Gaddafi to po More… |
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Philippines embassy awaits word on workers banDiplomats were awaiting official word on whether a ban on new Filipino recruits coming to Bahrain had been lifted. It follows a report by the state-run Philippines News Agency, which said the ban had been lifted for new hires as well as wo More… |
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Libya’s foreign minister defectsLibyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi's closest advisers and a former spy chief, defected and flew to Britain on Wednesday in protest at attacks by Gaddafi forces on civilians, a friend said. A British government so More… |
