Five Children Die In Rowhouse Fire In Philadelphia
Five young children perished in a fast moving rowhouse blaze in Philadelphia on Sunday morning. Two adults escaped seriously injured after leaping from a second floor window. Neighbors say the victims included a six year old girl and four younger siblings. Safety bars allegedly slowed rescue attempts. The adults escaping are believed to be the children's parents.
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Kuwait names its first woman to Cabinet
Kuwait appoints Massouma al Mubarak as planning and administrative development minister the first female cabinet member. The move comes a month after parliament granted women voting and electoral rights amid opposition from some Islamist and tribal lawmakers.
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Massouma al-Mubarak
Sheik Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah
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Bombings rock Tehran as Iran hits election eve violence
Bomb blasts rocked Tehran and Ahvaz killing nine people and injuring dozens days before Iran’s presidential vote. Police detained a suspect as authorities blamed Saddam-era Baathist groups in Iraq and said attackers infiltrated from Basra. Local centers reported multiple blasts targeting government offices and a provincial TV home.
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Ahvaz
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Gholamreza Shariati
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Government reports show drop in family violence rates
A U S government Bureau of Justice Statistics study finds family violence fell from 5.4 to 2.1 victims per 1000 residents age 12 and older between 1993 and 2002. Simple assault most common. murder under 0.5 percent. Most incidents occur near the home. victims were mainly white women ages 25 to 54.
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Aggressive diabetes treatment linked to healthier babies
A large Australian study finds that pregnant women with gestational diabetes who receive aggressive treatment give birth to healthier babies. Complications were four times lower in the aggressively treated group, with no infant deaths among 490 treated mothers, compared with three stillbirths and two deaths among 510 regularly treated mothers.
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