IMF and UN officials killed in Kabul restaurant attack

18 Jan BBC

A senior IMF official and three UN employees were among 14 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a restaurant in Kabul, officials say. Wabel Abdallah, the head of the IMF's Afghanistan office, and the UN civilian staff died in the capital's popular Taverna du Liban,

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Weightlifting cuts diabetes risk in women

18 Jan BBC

Women who pump iron in the gym cut their risk of developing diabetes, say researchers.The findings come from a study that tracked the health of nearly 100,000 US nurses over a period of eight years. Lifting weights, doing press-ups or similar resistance exercises to give the muscles a workout was linked with a lower risk of diabetes,

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Egypt Islamists, police clash ahead of vote results

18Jan AFP

Official results are due Saturday of an Egyptian referendum billed as a popular endorsement of president Mohamed Morsi's overthrow, with tensions high following deadly clashes between his Islamist supporters and police.At least three people were killed in the clashes Friday,

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