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	03/29/2011
Good Morning Pan LATEST NEWS Radiation from airport scanners very low: study CHICAGO (Reuters) - Airport scanners are an "extremely low" source of radiation exposure that poses virtually no health risk, not even to frequent air travelers, U.S. researchers said on Monday. | Full Article Adolescent death rates outpace child mortality March 28, 2011 07:52 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Medical progress and global efforts to reduce infant and child mortality have reversed historical trends and mean that death rates among adolescents are now higher than in children, researchers said on Tuesday. | Full Article Reliable? Heart studies often exclude the elderly March 28, 2011 07:24 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The vast majority of heart failure cases occur in adults aged 65 and older, but a report out today found that a large number of clinical trials studying the disease exclude older patients, often unnecessarily. | Full Article Radioactive iodine from Japan found in Russia March 29, 2011 09:43 AM ET VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Traces of radioactive iodine from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant have been detected in Russia's Far East but posed no health threat, officials said Tuesday. | Full Article Study looks at ties between firms, heart experts March 28, 2011 07:30 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Half of the experts involved in writing recent treatment guidelines for heart patients reported a conflict of interest, U.S. researchers said on Monday, raising worries about whose interests are being served. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Obama vows U.S. forces won't get bogged down in Libya March 29, 2011 09:04 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Americans on Monday that U.S. forces would not get bogged down trying to topple Muammar Gaddafi but stopped short of spelling out how the military campaign in Libya would end. | Full Article Gaddafi troops reverse Libyan rebel charge March 29, 2011 09:08 AM ET TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's better armed and organized troops reversed the westward charge of Libyan rebels as world powers gathered in London on Tuesday to plot the country's future without the "brother leader." | Full Article Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant March 29, 2011 08:39 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation zone around the plant. | Full Article Soldiers in Afghan killings operated openly: report March 29, 2011 12:29 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Army soldiers accused of killing unarmed Afghan civilians in cold blood did not act clandestinely as the Pentagon has implied but in plain view of their combat unit, Rolling Stone magazine reported on Monday. | Full Article Wal-Mart opposes big sex-bias case at top court March 29, 2011 01:38 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will argue on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should halt the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history by female employees who seek billions of dollars. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street opens flat on investor caution GE continues energy M&A spate with $3.2 billion deal January home prices fall for 7th straight month: S&P Fed should start reversing policy: Bullard BP shares hit by manslaughter report, downgrade RELATED VIDEO Syrian protests Migrants flee North Africa unrest Tsunami kills school children A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS ODDLY ENOUGH Men more likely to overrule satnavs than women Full Article Age of Equality: Who pays on the first date? - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend