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GOOD NEWS

Gene therapy 'aids youth's sight'

An 18-year-old whose sight was failing has had his vision improved in a pioneering operation carried out by doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

BBC

Iraqi museum celebrates artifact return

The Iraqi National Museum celebrated the return of some 700 artifacts that were looted following the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

Ban Ki-Moon to chair UN task force on food crisis

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will chair a new U.N. task force to counter the effects of soaring food prices.

Bloomberg

UN sets up food crisis task force

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis.

BBC

EU to sign Serbia pact

European Union countries will sign a pact on closer ties with Serbia after overcoming internal differences, days before a crucial parliamentary election in Belgrade.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Ethanol part of food crisis, says Durbin

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said that U.S. ethanol policies may be partly to blame for a global food crisis threatening to leave millions hungry.

The Hill

Amazon seen as food solution

More of the Amazon rain forest should be cut down to make way for farmland to help ease the global food crisis, the governor of a big Brazilian farming state was quoted as saying.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Here come the summer movies

Studio executives hope they've trained their audience well as the season of summer blockbusters arrives.

CNN

'Grand Theft Auto' launches to queues, rave reviews

"Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale, with fans lining up to grab the first copies of the action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to "The Godfather."

Guardian

Coldplay offers free download of new 'Violet Hill' single

Coldplay will make the first single from their new album available as a free download to fans who visit the English band's Web site.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

Schools use cash as an incentive to boost attendance and scores

Baltimore public schools experiment in capitalism-meets-education. Students manage their own stock portfolio while earning money in the hope that it will improve their attendance and grades.

Christian Science Monitor

New study suggests boys might do better in single-sex classrooms

Boys at primary school perform "significantly" better on English tests if they are taught in classes with fewer girls, a new study claims.

Guardian

HEALTH

Study: artificial blood products boost risks of heart attack, death

The products — designed to have a long shelf life, not need refrigeration and not cause infection — have tripled the chance of having a heart attack and raised the risk of death by almost one-third.

USA Today

New worries over blockbuster meds Avandia, Fosamax

Avandia, a diabetes drug, and Fosamax, used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, are widely prescribed drugs that show further evidence of being linked to adverse events.

HealthDay

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