Bangkok - A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a woman with a history of mental disorders to eight years in jail, commuted to four, for stabbing four schoolgirls at a prestigious Bangkok private school in 2005.
The Bangkok Criminal Court found Jitrada Tantiwanichayasuk, 36, guilty of planning in advance a knife attack on four girls at Bangkok's St Joseph's School on September 9, 2005, that left at least one of the victims in critical condition although she later recovered.
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November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging smokers to quit for at least one day in
the hope that this might help them stop permanently. We shall also not forget
that November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising
awareness on the most devastating side effect of smoking: lung cancer.
According to the Lung Cancer Alliance, lung cancer killed
160,390 people last year, an average of 439 people a day. It is the...
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San Francisco - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would hear legal challenges to the recent voter initiative that banned same-sex marriage.
A hearing was scheduled for March, and the court refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling.
The decision was greeted by supporters and opponents of the ban, who want a ruling to clarify the situation once and for all.
Proposition 8 designated that marriage in California can only take place between a man and a...
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Research
conducted by United States scientists has revealed that the
Avastin cancer drug increased the risk of developing blood clots in the
veins by a third when combined with chemotherapy, the mainstay treatment for
cancer patients.
A study involving 15 clinical trials and almost 8,000 people
showed that the popular Avastin, which is marketed by Roche and Genentech,
rendered the risk of blood clots in the veins to go up from approximately 10
percent of cancer patients to nearly 13...
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Los Angeles- The Detroit Pistons are the NBA's latest streak busters.
Allen Iverson scored 23 points, Rasheed Wallace had 21 with 15 rebounds, and the Pistons rallied to cool off the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers' eight-game winning streak, 96-89 on Wednesday night.
After handing the Kobe Bryant-led LA Lakers their first loss of the season, 106-95 out west on the night of November 14, the Pistons returned home and claimed their second scalp by sending the LeBron James-led Cavaliers to...
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