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Hugs For Passengers From Pilot Who Safely Landed Jet After Engine Fail

Evena after a mid-air explosion in the aircraft, the pilot maintained her composure.

New Delhi: The heroic 56-year-old pilot Tammie Jo Shults safely landed a Southwest Airlines flight after a mid-air explosion. After making a seamless emergency landing on Tuesday, she hugged traumatized passengers hugged them and consoled them before they
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When the animal control investigator first got the call, he didn't believe it.

"What you're saying is just not computing," Jack Breckenridge replied.

What he'd been told, Breckenridge recalled Tuesday, was that 33 abused
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A Canadian naturopath claims she treated a 4-year-old boy's behavioral problems with a controversial homeopathic remedy - this is, saliva from a rabid dog.

The recent claims have caused concern in the medical community and

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In Fight To End Malaria, Bill Gates Backs Gene Technologies

Gates said that his almost 20 years of efforts to beat malaria had been gratifying and tough (Reuters)

London:  Gene-editing technologies that alter mosquitoes' DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene-modifying
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China's War On Air Pollution At Risk Of Reaching A -Stalemate-

In Beijing, buildings are seen amids smog on a polluted day where a blue alert is issued. (Reuters)

Beijing: China's war on pollution is at risk of reaching a "stalemate", with poor weather conditions undermining the country's efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it would order inspection of some 220 jet engines after investigators said a broken fan blade touched off an engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight, shattering
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