US condemns Syria crackdown , presses Assad for reform Witnesses , human rights groups say 9 killed in protests throughout Syria ; police reportedly open fire , shoot tear gas at demonstrators . WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday condemned Syria 's violent crackdown on anti-government protesters and urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to promptly take concrete steps toward meaningful reform . '' `` The Syrian government has an important opportunity to be responsive to the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people , '' '' Jay Carney , spokesman for US President Barack Obama , said in a statement . '' `` Violence is not the answer to the grievances of the Syrian people . '' '' Syrian security forces killed nine protesters across the country Friday during anti-government protests , Arabic news daily Al-Arabiya reported citing witnesses and human rights activists . Syria 's state news agency acknowledged for the first time that worshippers in Deraa and Latakia , scene of protests and deadly clashes last week , had gathered after Friday prayers to call for accelerated reforms . '' `` A number of worshippers left some mosques in the cities of Deraa and Latakia , chanting slogans in honour of the martyr and calling for speeding up measures for reform ... There were no clashes between worshippers and security forces in these gatherings , '' '' SANA said . Witnesses in the Damascus suburb of Douma said that three of those killed were among at least 2,000 people who chanted '' `` Freedom . Freedom . One , one , one . The Syrian people are one , '' '' when police opened fire to disperse them from Municipality Square . Two weeks of unprecedented unrest in Syria has left more than 60 dead and posed the gravest challenge to almost 50 years of monolithic Baath Party rule . Earlier , civic activists said protest marches had begun in the capital Damascus , Banias and the port city of Latakia against Assad 's authoritarian rule after he stopped short of a clear commitment to meet popular demands for more freedoms . Security forces and Assad loyalists attacked protesters with batons as they left the Rifaii mosque in the Kfar Sousseh district of Damascus after Friday prayers , a witness said . At least six protesters were arrested and dozens were beaten as they made their way out of the mosque , the witness told Reuters by telephone from the mosque complex . Around 200 worshipers chanted slogans in support of the southern city of Deraa where the unrest kindled by pro-democracy uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world first erupted . Online democracy activists had called for protests across Syria on '' `` Martyrs ' Friday '' '' , after a spate of pro-democracy demonstrations challenging Assad 's 11 years in power . His father , Hafez al-Assad , had ruled over the previous 30 years . Activists said security forces and Assad loyalists had earlier gathered in force around the mosques where protests resumed after Friday prayers . In his first public appearance since the demonstrations began , Assad declined on Wednesday to spell out any reforms , especially the lifting of a 48-year-old emergency law that has been used to stifle opposition and justify arbitrary arrests .

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South

Pole

's

First

Building

Blown

Up

After

Years

Only

a

select

few

ever

make

it

to

the

South

Pole

Still

fewer

get

to

blow

things

up

there

And

only

one

man

has

the

distinction

of

blowing

up

a

piece

of

real

estate

at

the

South

Pole

that

he

once

called

home

It

was

a

little

sad

but

the

day

goes

on

said

John

Rand

a

consulting

engineer

with

the

U.S.

Army

's

Cold

Regions

Research

and

Engineering

Laboratory

-LRB-

CRREL

-RRB-

Last

December

the

Antarctic

Sun

recently

reported

Rand

was

part

of

a

crew

charged

with

dynamiting

a

piece

of

history

the

very

first

permanent

dwelling

ever

built

at

the

South

Pole

-LSB-

Related

Extreme

Living

Scientists

at

the

End

of

the

Earth

-RSB-

In

the

decades

since

it

was

constructed

in

the

mid

the

long-abandoned

outpost

was

swallowed

up

by

the

ever-shifting

snows

of

the

frozen

continent

And

after

a

frightening

accident

the

original

South

Pole

station

had

to

go

Rand

a

specialist

in

drilling

ice

cores

long

cylinders

of

ice

pulled

up

from

glaciers

passed

his

first

South

Pole

stay

at

the

station

a

four-month

exercise

in

long

hours

isolation

and

bachelor

living

from

late

to

early

Even

then

the

station

was

or

feet

-LRB-

or

meters

-RRB-

below

the

surface

Chambers

called

top

hats

giant

boxes

with

roughly

the

same

dimensions

as

the

station

's

identical

buildings

had

been

stacked

atop

the

structures

to

keep

their

roofs

above

the

snow

which

tends

to

compact

and

thus

sink

under

a

building

while

snow

blows

in

and

piles

up

around

it

In

essence

the

terrain

is

rising

said

George

L.

Blaisdell

operations

manager

for

the

National

Science

Foundation

's

U.S.

Antarctic

Program

who

explained

that

the

physics

at

work

at

the

South

Pole

makes

building

there

difficult

The

elevation

at

the

South

Pole

has

n't

changed

in

the

last

years

Blaisdell

told

OurAmazingPlanet

but

if

you

put

something

on

the

surface

and

came

back

a

year

later

it

would

be

further

down

in

the

snowpack

That

's

precisely

what

happened

to

the

old

South

Pole

station

By

the

time

Rand

helped

blow

the

station

up

in

December

it

was

feet

-LRB-

meters

-RRB-

below

the

surface

However

the

long-abandoned

station

once

played

a

pivotal

role

in

scientific

and

world

history

First

in

never

out

The

original

station

was

a

no-frills

military

affair

essentially

a

series

of

glorified

boxes

made

from

sturdy

wooden

beams

and

plywood

The

research

base

was

built

by

the

Seabees

the

Navy

's

construction

unit

building

on

the

structure

began

in

late

and

the

station

was

dedicated

in

January

The

project

stemmed

from

the

International

Geophysical

Year

-LRB-

IGY

-RRB-

an

period

of

coordinated

scientific

endeavor

from

July

to

December

when

countries

including

the

United

States

the

then

Soviet

Union

and

several

European

nations

sent

thousands

of

researchers

out

into

the

wild

and

little-explored

regions

of

the

planet

to

push

the

boundaries

of

Earth

science

The

Americans

christened

the

base

the

Amundsen-Scott

IGY

South

Pole

Station

to

honor

the

only

other

humans

to

ever

set

foot

at

the

Pole

ahead

of

the

seminal

construction

People

had

first

and

last

been

to

the

Pole

nearly

five

decades

earlier

in

during

the

famed

race

that

pitted

Norwegian

explorer

Roald

Amundsen

against

doomed

Englishman

Robert

Falcon

Scott

-LRB-

Amundsen

won

the

race

and

Scott

died

on

the

return

journey

from

the

pole

-RRB-

-LSB-

Related

In

Images

Race

for

the

South

Pole

-RSB-

At

the

conclusion

of

the

IGY

when

the

time

came

to

pack

up

and

go

home

the

Americans

decided

to

stay

put

in

their

little

station

at

degrees

south

latitude

Not

only

was

great

science

happening

at

the

South

Pole

but

a

permanent

U.S.

station

at

the

literal

convergence

of

the

planet

's

longitude

lines

had

enormous

strategic

value

The

U.S.

felt

that

by

being

at

the

geographic

South

Pole

we

would

have

something

of

a

claim

if

you

will

Blaisdell

said

and

having

been

there

longer

than

anyone

else

be

able

to

put

pressure

on

other

people

trying

to

divvy

up

Antarctica

The

Americans

extended

stay

in

Antarctica

and

at

the

Pole

was

one

of

several

geopolitical

circumstances

that

paved

the

way

for

the

Antarctic

Treaty

signed

in

the

world

's

first

nuclear

arms

agreement

and

a

milestone

international

decision

to

leave

the

frozen

continent

free

of

territorial

claims

by

any

country

The

treaty

is

still

in

force

today

Danger

zone

The

original

Amundsen-Scott

station

was

largely

abandoned

in

for

a

newer

station

nearby

constructed

under

a

dome

That

station

in

turn

was

recently

abandoned

for

a

brand

new

Amundsen-Scott

facility

dedicated

in

a

gleaming

construction

perched

atop

stilts

that

can

be

ratcheted

higher

when

the

snow

begins

to

encroach

Rand

said

the

original

station

invisible

beneath

the

snow

was

marked

out

on

the

surface

by

flags

that

covered

an

area

about

by

to

feet

-LRB-

by

to

meters

-RRB-

To

prepare

to

demolish

the

station

Rand

and

his

colleagues

drilled

a

warren

of

holes

down

to

the

topmost

level

of

the

buried

station

and

threaded

dynamite

down

into

the

snow

Over

the

course

of

three

days

in

early

December

the

charges

were

detonated

collapsing

the

roof

of

the

station

and

creating

a

large

crater

in

the

snow

Rand

said

it

was

with

mixed

emotions

that

he

watched

the

explosions

shoot

snow

high

into

the

air

It

was

truly

the

end

of

that

station

The

year

before

it

was

intact

and

now

it

's

put

to

bed

Rand

said

However

he

said

it

had

to

be

done

The

area

was

dangerous

A

year

earlier

despite

the

visible

network

of

flags

marking

the

perimeter

of

the

site

a

giant

tractor

somehow

ended

up

atop

the

former

station

The

snow

collapsed

beneath

the

weight

of

the

massive

machine

which

crashed

through

the

top

roof

of

the

old

station

The

driver

was

n't

hurt

but

ended

up

at

the

bottom

of

a

-LRB-

-RRB-

hole

He

was

quickly

retrieved

by

crews

on

harnesses

but

getting

the

tractor

out

proved

to

be

tricky

The

accident

was

a

wake-up

call

according

to

Blaisdell

and

Rand

and

the

wheels

were

put

in

motion

to

remove

the

danger

Video

Link

A

year

before

a

friend

almost

got

hurt

badly

and

we

needed

to

solve

that

problem

Rand

said

And

that

's

what

we

did

The

giant

crater

that

remains

where

the

station

once

stood

has

already

begun

to

fill

up

with

snow

and

Blaisdell

said

the

area

would

be

safe

for

new

construction

soon

perhaps

as

early

as

With

its

high

altitude

dry

conditions

and

extreme

vantage

point

the

South

Pole

offers

some

of

the

best

observing

conditions

on

Earth

and

the

newly

opened-up

real

estate

is

highly

coveted

among

scientists

brimming

with

ideas

It

's

just

a

matter

of

deciding

which

ones

have

the

best

possible

payoff

Blaisdell

said

North

vs.

South

Poles

Wild

Differences

Extreme

Living

Scientists

at

the

End

of

the

Earth

The

Coldest

Places

on

Earth

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William Hague statement : Diplomats expelled from Libyan embassy in London The Government has expelled five diplomats from the Libyan embassy in London because they '' `` could pose a threat '' '' to national security . The move was revealed by William Hague in another emergency statement on the military action to the Commons this afternoon . The Foreign Secretary told MPs the five included the military attache as he updated the House on yesterday 's summit in the capital . His statement came after David Cameron said during PMQs that Britain had not ruled out providing arms to rebels in the country . British warplanes have now flown more than 160 missions over Libya as they police the no-fly zone enforced against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi . More than 350 planes from 15 nations have been committed to the effort , with vessels from 10 countries supporting the arms embargo . Mr Hague said : '' `` The situation on the ground remains fluid . Regime forces have intensified their attacks , driving back opposition forces from ground they had taken in recent days . '' `` Misrata also came under heavy attack yesterday , with further loss of civilian life , including children , from mortars , sniper fire and attacks on all sides from regime tanks and personnel carriers . '' `` One obstacle to humanitarian support for the people of Misrata has been regime vessels trying to blockade the port . These vessels were attacked by coalition aircraft yesterday . Four of them were sunk and one vessel was beached . '' '' It was confirmed that a British diplomatic mission , headed by UK ambassador to Italy Christopher Prentice , visited Benghazi on Monday and Tuesday to meet opposition groups including the INC and its military council . Mr Hague said : '' `` The London conference showed that we are united in our aims - seeking a Libya that does not pose a threat to its own citizens or to the region and in working with the people of Libya as they choose their own way forward to a peaceful and stable future . '' `` And it demonstrated that clear international support for the people of Libya . With that support there is every prospect of focused and sustained assistance to the people of Libya as they seek to determine their own future . '' '' Earlier , Mr Cameron said the UN resolution permitting action in Libya '' `` would not necessarily rule out '' '' arming rebels fighting Gaddafi . The PM was asked by Labour leader Ed Miliband whether the terms of the resolution 1973 override the arms embargo imposed by the earlier resolution 1970 . He replied : '' `` I have said before in the House that we must do everything to comply with both the Security Council resolutions . '' `` The arms embargo applies to the whole of the territory of Libya , but at the same time UN Security Council resolution 1973 allows all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas . '' `` Our view is that this would not necessarily rule out the provision of assistance to those protecting civilians in certain circumstances . We do not rule it out but we have not taken the decision to do so . '' '' Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell warned that '' `` extreme caution '' '' must be taken on the issue . Mr Cameron said any decision to supply arms would have to be considered with '' `` due care '' '' as there were some '' `` very strong arguments '' '' on both sides . US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , in London for the summit , suggested yesterday that it would be legal to arm the rebels . '' `` It is our interpretation that 1973 amended or overrode the absolute prohibition on arms to anyone in Libya , so that there could be a legitimate transfer of arms if a country should choose to do that , '' '' she said . Meanwhile , Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini confirmed that Rome was in discreet contact with a number of countries over the possibility of Gaddafi going into exile overseas . '' `` I hope there will be a certain number of states ready to host him - maybe under the auspices of the African Union , which can have leverage over them , '' '' he said . He '' `` categorically '' '' ruled out Italy offering Gaddafi a bolt-hole . Mr Cameron 's official spokesman said : '' `` We have got a clear view , which is that he should go . We also think people should be held accountable for their actions . '' `` We are not engaged in looking for somewhere for him to go , but that does n't exclude others doing so . Our priority is that he should go as soon as possible . '' `` I do n't think exile necessarily precludes someone being held accountable by the ICC . '' '' Mr Hague , asked last night about the possibility of exile , said : '' `` That is up to him . There is no doubt that if Colonel Gaddafi left power - wherever he went - there would be a major change in the situation , and that is what most of the world , and probably most of the Libyan people , want to see . '' ''

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Slovenian president undergoes operation of prostate tumour LJUBLJANA , Slovenia - Slovenia 's President Danilo Tuerk has undergone an operation to remove a prostate tumour . The president 's office said Thursday that Tuerk is recovering well after the surgery , which was carried out Tuesday in neighbouring Austria . The statement says that the tumour was detected at an early stage and successfully removed . It says that the president will return to work next week . The statement added that Tuerk paid for the operation himself .

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India Orders More Boeing Maritime Planes BY NIKHIL GULATI AND SANTANU CHOUDHURY NEW DELHI -- India 's federal government has approved the purchase of four more P-8I long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Boeing Co. , a senior executive ...

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Reisch takes over as commander of SD National Guard RAPID CITY , S.D. - The South Dakota National Guard made some leadership changes on Saturday . Brig. Gen. Timothy Reisch -LRB- rysch -RRB- was installed as state adjutant general in charge of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard . He replaces the retiring Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen in the top spot . Col. Jeffrey Marlette replaces Reisch as assistant state adjutant general . Both change-of-command ceremonies were in Rapid City .

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Vegetarians may be at lower diabetes , heart risk By Kerry Grens NEW YORK -LRB- Reuters Health -RRB- - A new study finds that a meat-free diet seems to lower a person 's likelihood of having certain risk factors for diabetes or heart disease - and therefore may lower the risk of one day developing those illnesses . Researchers measured a suite of factors - blood sugar , blood fats , blood pressure , waist size , and body mass - that when elevated add up to '' `` metabolic syndrome , '' '' and found that vegetarians were lower than non-vegetarians on all counts except cholesterol . Having metabolic syndrome puts people at a greater risk of developing diabetes or heart disease in the future . In the study , 23 out of every 100 vegetarians were found to have at least three metabolic syndrome factors , compared with thirty-nine out of every 100 non-vegetarians and 37 out of every 100 semi-vegetarians . '' `` I was expecting there should be a difference , '' '' said Nico Rizzo of Loma Linda University , the lead researcher on the study . '' `` But I did n't expect that it would be that much . '' '' Rizzo and his colleagues analyzed the diet , health and lifestyles of more than 700 adults . Using questionnaires on eating habits , the researchers categorized participants as vegetarians -LRB- eating meat of any kind less than once a month -RRB- , semi-vegetarians -LRB- eating meat or poultry less than once a week -RRB- , and non-vegetarians . The researchers also measured sugar , fat and cholesterol in the subjects ' blood as well as blood pressure , waist size , and body mass index -LRB- BMI - a measurement of a person 's weight relative to height -RRB- . Vegetarians ' average BMI of 25.7 was four points lower than that of non-vegetarians , who , on average , had BMIs close to 30 . A BMI greater than 25 is considered overweight , and greater than 30 is considered obese . Semi-vegetarians fell in the middle , with a BMI and waist size smaller than non-vegetarians , but larger than vegetarians . The pattern held when the measurements were combined to determine the presence of metabolic syndrome . Rizzo told Reuters Health he is not sure what 's behind the differences . '' `` Is it primarily the meat intake , the plant food intake or a combination of both ? '' '' Rizzo said . It 's also possible that diet is not the cause ; the research showed only an association between food choices and health factors , not cause-and-effect . High BMI , for instance , one of the traits that make up the metabolic syndrome profile , itself contributes to high blood pressure , and indirectly , blood sugar , and thereby potentially raising a person 's risk of heart disease and diabetes . The current study , published in the journal Diabetes Care , also did not follow the subjects over the long term to see whether those who abstained from meat actually had lower rates of diabetes or heart disease . The data for this research , which was funded by the National Institutes of Health , came from the Adventist Health Study 2 , a long term study of Seventh Day Adventists . This religious group has considerably more vegetarians than the general population . In this study , 35 percent of the subjects did not eat meat , whereas only about five percent of all Americans are vegetarian . One of the differences Rizzo discovered between the groups was age . Vegetarians , on average , were 3 years older than the meat-eaters . '' `` Even though they 're older , they 're in better shape , '' '' Rizzo said . '' `` That 's something I found quite interesting . '' '' SOURCE : bit.ly / goHGBG Diabetes Care , online March 16 , 2011 .

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Potbellied men more likely to go blind A new study has found that piling on pounds in middle age could significantly raise a man 's risk of blindness later in life . Researchers at the University of Melbourne have said that an expanding waistline puts men in danger of developing age-related macular degeneration -LRB- AMD -RRB- , reports the Daily Mail . Even small increases in waist size seem to raise the risk of AMD by up to 75 % . But women do not appear to be affected . The difference between the sexes is thought to be due to the female hormone oestrogen . Abdominal fat releases oestrogen into the body and animal studies suggested the hormone could cause inflammation in blood vessels at the back of the eyes . Women have higher levels of oestrogen all their lives and so seem less sensitive to its effects . The researchers monitored changes in the waistlines of more than 21,000 men and women , aged between 40 and 69 , over several years and tracked how many went on to develop AMD . '' `` There is evidence that chronic inflammation is involved in AMD and obesity is a pro-inflammatory state , '' '' said the scientists . The results showed that even small changes in a man 's waist/hip ratio led to a sharp increase in risk . A healthy score is usually anything below a ratio of around 0.95 . Anything above that raises the risk of diabetes and heart disease . But the Australian team found that for each increase of 0.1 in the waist/hip ratio , a man 's chances of developing AMD soared by 75 % .

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Ethiopia : Group claiming to be Jewish clashes with police About 80 people injured , 80 arrested in demonstrations outside Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa as group demands right to immigrate to Israel . The complicated issue of Ethiopian Jewish heritage and eligibility for aliya came to the fore again on Wednesday morning as thousands of demonstrators clashed with police outside the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa , local media there reported . '' `` I can confirm that about 80 people were injured in the demonstrations , four were taken to hospital and all but one person , who is serious condition , has been sent home , '' '' Asher Seyum , the Jewish Agency for Israel representative in Ethiopia , told The Jerusalem Post . While the majority of reports from the scene described the demonstrators as '' `` Ethiopian Jews '' '' and said they were '' `` demanding that the Israeli Government consider their applications to travel to their homeland to rejoin their families , '' '' Seyum and other Ethiopian Jewish sources denied that this community is actually Jewish . '' `` They live illegally in a former Jewish Agency compound near the Israeli Embassy and they claim that they have Jewish roots , '' '' explained Seyum , adding '' `` most of them have been checked for eligibility by the State of Israel and most of them have been turned down for aliya but they refuse to give up . '' '' In an interview in the Africa Review , one young demonstrator described how police had '' `` tore up an Israeli flag and desecrated our synagogue . '' '' Even though this specific group does not fit the criteria to make aliya under guidelines originally laid out by the Israeli government in 2003 and approved again last November , it still chooses to follow Jewish tradition and religious practices . Many of the men wear kippot and the group prays daily in a makeshift synagogue . According to Ethiopian Knesset Member Shlomo Molla , a vocal advocate for continuing eligibility checks for one specific group of Ethiopians that claims Jewish ancestry -LRB- referred to as Falash Mura -RRB- , the Israeli government working with the Jewish Agency closed its compound in Addis Ababa six years ago after completing background checks of some 10,000 Falash Mura . '' `` Roughly 2000 people did not meet the criteria and were turned down for aliya , '' '' he explained , adding that among the community in Gondar a further 3000 were also not approved to immigrate to Israel . Both Molla and Seyum said they believed that those are the people who often protest outside the Israeli embassy for the right to move to Israel . '' `` The problem is that if you widen the criteria then there will be no end to the aliya from Ethiopia , '' '' said Seyum , adding '' `` I have worked out that from one person who is accepted for aliya you could trace another 60 people who might be able to argue that they have the right to come too . '' '' The issue of Ethiopian Jewish aliya has become particularly controversial in recent years with the government backtracking regularly on its position regarding the Falash Mura Jews . There have also been fierce debates among the Ethiopian community in Israel over who should be allowed to move to the Jewish state and who should not . Four years ago , the government announced plans to wind up its aliya operation in Ethiopia and by the start of 2008 the Interior Ministry had recalled its Gondar-based staff . However , subsequent protests from local community members , representatives of North American Jewry and several key Israeli legislators insisted that up to 9000 Falash Mura still needed to be assed for immigration according to a 2003 resolution that was based on a national census - the Efrati list - compiled by then Interior Ministry Director General David Efrati in 1999 . To be eligible , aliya applicants must appear on this list , have relatives to sponsor them living in Israel and be able to trace their maternal lineage back seven years to Jewish roots . In September 2009 , the Interior Ministry announced that its representatives would be returning to Ethiopia to continue eligibility checks but less than a year later the matter came under doubt again when the treasury claimed the process was too costly . Further pressure from the pro-Falash Mura lobby , soon reversed this decision and last November , the cabinet finally gave approval for eligibility checks to be carried out on 8700 people with a view to ending the organized aliya for good . At the core of the debate over this complicated African immigration story is the government 's willingness to recognize the 1999 Efrati list , which originally included three volumes : Falash Mura living in Addis Ababa , those in Gondar and others from outlying villages . Interior Ministry officials at the time decided to focus only on those from the two cities , ignoring the list from the villages . However , as people left the cities , more Falash Mura Jews arrived from the villages and those are the people who today are waiting in Gondar to immigrate to Israel . '' `` It is important to wrap up this issue as fast as possible , '' '' MK Molla said Wednesday . '' `` The longer we wait the larger these groups claiming Jewish heritage will grow and then this story will never end . '' '' Jewish Agency spokesman Haviv Rettig Gur told The Post that even though organized aliya from Ethiopia will soon be over '' `` Any Jew and any aliya eligible person can make aliya , including from Ethiopia . '' '' '' `` What is changing is that the special aliya track that goes beyond the regular aliya absorption package is ending , '' '' he said , adding '' `` If Jews remain in Ethiopia they 'll still be able to make aliya . Those deemed ineligible for either track are not eligible for aliya . '' '' Gil Shefler contributed to this report .

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Five Stories We Wish Were April Fools ' Jokes What a day . Most media outlets took the April Fool 's day opportunity to post a few gag stories that -- well , sometimes -- seemed remotely plausible . It was sometimes tough to figure out the real stories from the jokes . What 's even funnier is that some of the stories that might as well have been jokes turned out to be the real . Here 's a list of the top stories from today -LRB- and a few others -RRB- that the VentureBeat staff has agreed should have been just an April Fools ' Day prank . A corporate development employee at Facebook was terminated for purchasing shares of Facebook on secondary trading markets . Michael Brown was fired from Facebook after purchasing shares on a secondary market , which the company considers insider trading . TechCrunch reported that the trading was related to a deal in which Facebook raised $ 500 million from Goldman Sachs . Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tried to hide his political contributions from Google Search . Schmidt asked the Google Search team to remove information about a political donation from the Google Search results , according to BusinessInsider . The information came to light in journalist Stephen Levy 's new book , `` In the Plex : How Google Thinks , Works and Shapes Our Lives . '' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have signed off on a $ 5 billion deal in a Mexican restaurant in Palo Alto . A patron of Palo Alto Sol on California Avenue told VentureBeat that Zuckerberg sat at a table in the back of the restaurant with one other man and appeared to be signing papers Tuesday . At one point , Zuckerberg was overheard saying , `` So we 'll do it at $ 5 billion ? '' Microsoft files an antitrust complaint against search giant Google . Oh , how the tables have turned . Microsoft and other companies claim that Google has undermined its competition when it comes to search , its Android mobile software , and online advertising . In particular , Microsoft says that Google prevents other search engines from fully indexing information from its services like YouTube . Social photo app Color raises $ 41 million in its first round of funding from Sequoia Capital . Okay , so there 's a lot of money and an all-star team . What does the app actually do ? The goal was to create a social experience that 's `` native '' to mobile and really takes advantage of smartphone technology rather than simply transferring a Web-based experience to the phone . That 's worth $ 41 million . Tags : april fools ' day , wtf Copyright 2011 VentureBeat . All Rights Reserved . VentureBeat is an independent technology blog . Read More '' ''

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Specialists say stats on self-injury are alarming She could n't cope . More than that , she could n't feel . The teenage girl was a victim of incest , and all that she endured , all the emotional damage that she carried , she buried . '' `` She just had bottled up her emotions , all this pain . She just could n't feel anymore , '' '' said Jeff Johnston , a psychotherapist with Cape Girardeau-based Associated Counseling Services . By the time the teen came to Johnston , she had been in and out of home placement , removed from her family . By the time she came to Johnston , she had discovered a dangerous relief . The girl was a cutter , tearing her flesh with a paper clip or a razor blade to achieve a kind of curious release , a bloody catharsis . '' `` She resorted to hurting herself so she could feel something , '' '' he said . Johnston has worked in counseling services for nearly a quarter-century , and this cutter was the worst case of self-injurious behavior he said he 's seen . He said he has seen more clients battling self-injury in recent years , most of them young , more female than male . He sees them as young as middle school , and the incidents of cutting tend to get worse as they get older . While there are conflicting statistics on prevalence , there are signs that self-injury , or self-mutilation as it also is called , is on the rise , according to research analysis from Cornell University and the University of Rochester . Guidance counselors and mental health specialists in Southeast Missouri say the numbers are n't epidemic but that the incidents are alarming . In her first few years as a counselor at Perry County Middle School , Barb Macke learned of a group of boys who were cutting themselves . She had never heard of such behavior , and it was terrifying . Macke did some research and found behavioral science theories suggesting cutting might be an indicator of suicidal thoughts . The boys were recommended for counseling , and the four friends did n't appear to have any subsequent problems . It seemed more of a machismo thing , young teens trying to show how tough they were . For several years , Macke said cutting seemed to disappear from the list of adolescent problems . It has resurfaced , she said . This year , she has worked with the parents of a sixth-grader who was cutting himself with the wire from his loose-leaf notebook . She has seen others who have cut deeper , most for similar reasons . When confronted , some have claimed their marks and scars are cat scratches . '' `` These are very uniform , almost parallel marks , obviously not a cat scratch , '' '' the counselor said . After seeing a half a dozen cutters last school year , Macke said she knows of only a couple of confirmed cases at the middle school this year . The numbers are difficult to track ; there are few comprehensive studies on self-injury , and the research often is contradictory . Broad estimates indicate about 1 percent of the total U.S. population , perhaps as many as 3 million Americans , show signs of self-injurious behavior . Another study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology reported rates of 4 percent . A 2004 British study , '' `` Young People and Self-Harm , '' '' estimates 10 percent of people ages 11 to 25 self-injure . Research suggests females are only somewhat more likely to self-injure than males , according to the New York universities fact sheet . While it may seem paradoxical , cutters see self-injury as a coping mechanism - an unhealthy coping mechanism , Johnston said , but a way to relieve stress , anxiety , frustration , fear , nonetheless . '' `` It appears these kids have a lot of internalized emotions they have n't coped with , and they are looking to express the pain , '' '' he said . It 's often about control , mental health care professionals say . Cutters often feel like hurting themselves is one of the few actions over which they have control . Some seek to purify themselves or to re-enact a trauma . Cutters come from all backgrounds . Ruth Ward , social worker for the Jackson School District , said she has seen the stereotypical '' `` good student '' '' struggling with cutting issues . What most have in common , she said , is they are looking for something . '' `` I think it can be a cry for help , '' '' Ward said . '' `` I think a lot of times , if a person is a true cutter , they are doing it to get a sense of relief from the anxiety or the built-up emotions . '' '' Johnston said some kind of dysfunction - abuse , divorce , a bitter custody battle - is a common thread among self-abusers . Cutting , research suggests , can become addictive . As painful as it may seem to carve or mutilate the skin , cutters come to depend on the release of endorphins , clinical experts say . The progression to sharper instruments and deeper cuts becomes part of the demanding high . '' `` The process can be likened to that of a growing drug addiction , where at first , small amounts provide a sense of calm and well-being , '' '' says the Self-Injury Fact Sheet from the New York universities . '' `` As tolerance builds , the user needs increasing amounts to achieve the same effect . '' '' '' `` I had a student who had scarred her body , '' '' Ward said . The teen received psychiatric help , she said , and appears to be doing better . While there is debate in the psychiatric community , Johnston said self-injury appears to decrease suicidal thoughts and action . For most it serves as a temporary release , he said . Though he said he hates to use the word in the context of cutting , Johnston sees some self-injury among teens almost as a fad . '' `` Some kids even identify around it , like it 's cool to be a cutter , '' '' he said . '' `` That 's always a scary thing when you see a child falling into that category , where they feel affirmed because they are a cutter . '' '' Ward said Jackson Middle School dealt with a copycat situation a couple of years ago , when a true cutter experiencing emotional problems was imitated by friends . On another occasion , a number of students tried cutting after reading a book detailing a young person 's struggle with self-mutilation . They used the book as a manual to injure themselves . '' `` It was very scary , '' '' Ward said . '' `` We had to address that with the whole group of students involved . '' '' Johnston believes cutters , like alcoholics , are always in a state of recovery . The tendency is always there . Johnston employs cognitive behavior therapy , helping clients recognize emotional triggers and correcting distorted forms of thinking . For many teens , particularly girls , he said journaling is an effective and positive form of coping . And he encourages self-abusers to openly express their emotions with safe people in their lives . It is important to substitute a more positive coping strategy and not just eliminate the self-injury , according to the Self-Injury Fact Sheet . Cutters will sometimes replace self-injury with other self-destructive behaviors , such as drug abuse . Anti-depressants also have been found to reduce some of the urge to self-injure , the fact sheet says . Ultimately , there must be recognition , Johnston said . '' `` They have to realize this is an unhealthy behavior , '' '' he said . ___ Information from : Southeast Missourian , http://www.semissourian.com Advertisement

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows WASHINGTON -- Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows : ABC 's '' `` This Week '' '' -- Retired Gen. James Jones , President Barack Obama 's former national security adviser ; Sens. Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y. , and Jeff Sessions , R-Ala . ___ NBC 's '' `` Meet the Press '' '' -- Sen. Dick Durbin , D-Ill. , and Rep. Mike Rogers , R-Mich . ___ CBS ' '' `` Face the Nation '' '' -- Sens. Harry Reid , D-Nev. , and Lindsey Graham , R-S.C . ___ CNN 's '' `` State of the Union '' '' -- Jones ; Sens. John Cornyn , R-Texas , and Mark Warner , D-Va . ___ '' `` Fox News Sunday '' '' -- Rep. Paul Ryan , R-Wis. , and Sen. Marco Rubio , R-Fla . © Copyright 2011 Associated Press . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .

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Sean Parnell Appointee Who Wants To Criminalize Sex Outside Of Marriage Faces Pushback The Anchorage Daily News : The Senate Judiciary Committee today took the rare step of urging the Legislature to vote down Gov. Sean Parnell 's appointee to the Alaska Judicial Council because , among other issues , he believes that sex outside of marriage should be a crime .

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China quarantine watchdog detects 10 radioactive contamination cases BEIJING , April 2 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- - China has detected 10 radioactive contamination cases among passengers , planes , vessels and containers entering China since March 16 , said Li Yuanping , spokesman of the General Administration of Quality Supervision , Inspection and Quarantine on Saturday .

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Japanese dog : survival saga Copter-borne emergency workers have rescued a mongrel dog from a rooftop in a tsunami - hit area in north eastern Japan . The dog survived three weeks without food , and in air temperatures which often dropped below freezing . The entire nation was watching the rescue on TV .

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Radioactive water leaks from crippled Japan plant RIKUZENTAKATA , Japan -LRB- AP -RRB- - Highly radioactive water spilled into the ocean off a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant Saturday , as Japan 's prime minister surveyed the damage in a town gutted by the wave . The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex has been spewing radioactivity since March 11 , when a magnitude-9 .0 earthquake and ensuing wave knocked out power , disabling cooling systems and allowing ...

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Are Some Kids Overscheduled ? Experts debate pros , cons of highly programmed childhood THURSDAY , March 31 -LRB- HealthDay News -RRB- - From sports practices to music lessons to community service , American kids always seem to have plenty to keep them busy . But whether they 're actually too busy - reaching a tipping point detrimental to their mental and physical health - remains a topic of debate . The subject of overscheduled children has been on scientists ' radar for at least a decade , said Andrea Mata , a doctoral student at Kent State University whose recent study on highly involved children was scheduled for presentation Thursday at a symposium in Montreal run by the Society for Research in Child Development . '' `` I think it 's a hot topic right now , '' '' Mata said . '' `` There 's definitely a mix of viewpoints . So I think a lot more research is needed to find out what 's going on . '' '' The SRCD symposium will examine which children and adolescents become overscheduled , what happens at high levels of extracurricular involvement , and how factors such as school grades and aggression levels are affected . Between 70 percent and 83 percent of American children and teens claim to take part in at least one extracurricular pursuit , spending an average of five to nine hours per week in structured activities , according to the SRCD . Only 5 percent to 7 percent , however , devote more than 20 hours per week to these activities . Jean Twenge , author of the book Generation Me and a professor of psychology at San Diego State University , said data gathered between the 1950s and the 1990s indicated overscheduling rose during that period and then leveled off . '' `` Are kids really overscheduled ? It 's not the average experience , but that does n't mean it 's not a problem , '' '' Twenge said . '' `` Parents worry about keeping up , but it 's certain types of parents who worry about it . '' '' Twenge said the ever-mounting competition for admission to the nation 's top colleges compels some parents and kids to fill every spare hour with impressive-looking endeavors . Mata 's study followed 1,354 children from birth through age 15 , dividing them into groups based on how involved they were outside of school and home . The 43 children in the highest activity level averaged 129 minutes per week of structured activities at kindergarten , which increased to 254 minutes weekly by fifth grade . Highly involved children were more likely to be girls from more affluent families , Mata said , and their mothers had attained higher education levels . This group had higher grades and lower levels of delinquency , among other behavioral and academic measurements , compared to less-involved children , she said . '' `` We 're looking at it in a much more positive way , '' '' Mata said . '' `` These highly involved kids are highly adaptive and high-functioning . '' '' Linda Balog , former executive director of the Child and Adolescent Stress Management Institute at State University of New York at Brockport , said parents should ask their children how they feel about their extracurricular pursuits and whether they feel overwhelmed and stressed . '' `` We see some kids forced into organized sports at early ages and then get so burned out that they opt not to play in high school , '' '' said Balog , an associate professor of health sciences who 's teaching a course on child and adolescent stress . '' `` Sometimes parents live through their children - a sort of surrogate self , '' '' she added . '' `` I think we have to err on the side of backing off a bit ... as opposed to everything being organized and structured . '' '' Experts note that research presented at meetings is considered preliminary until it is published in a peer-reviewed journal .

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Merkel Imbau Myanmar Bebaskan Tahanan Politik Berlin -LRB- ANTARA News -RRB- - Kanselir Jerman Angela Merkel pada Kamis mendesak pemerintah baru Myanmar membebaskan tahanan politik , saat ia berbicara dengan aktivis pro-demokrasi Aung San Suu Kyi melalui telepon , kata pihak Berlin . '' `` Keduanya menyampaikan harapan pemerintah baru , yang mengambil alih pemerintahan dari militer penguasa pada Rabu , namun tetap didominasi petinggi militer , membebaskan seluruh tahanan politik , menjalankan proses rujuk dan perdamaian , serta secara penuh mengakui keberadaan partai politik , termasuk Liga Bangsa untuk Demokrasi , yang dipimpin Aung San Suu Kyi , '' '' kata pernyataan kantor kanselir Jerman itu , demikian AFP melaporkan . Suu Kyi mengatakan kepada Merkel tentang keinginannya berdialog dengan pemerintah baru , sementara Merkel menyampaikan dukungannya kepada tokoh oposisi berusia 65 tahun itu , yang dibebaskan dari tahanan rumah pada tahun lalu , serta proses demokratisasi di Myanmar . Sekretaris Jenderal Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa Ban Ki-moon pada Rabu meminta dialog tertutup terkait reformasi politik dan ekonomi , serta mengatakan pemerintah baru harus menjawab aspirasi rakyat Myanmar untuk rujuk nasional , yang tertunda sejak lama , demokratisasi serta penghormatan terhadap hak asasi manusia . Serah terima kekuasaan pemerintah pada Rabu tersebut merupakan proses politik menyusul pemilihan umum pertama di Myanmar dalam 20 tahun terakhir pada November lalu , yang dikritik banyak pihak , karena indikasi kecurangan penguasa serta pembatasan hak pilih terhadap kelompok oposisi . Suu Kyi tidak ikut dalam pemungutan suara itu . Uni Eropa pada April akan memutuskan apakah melanjutkan atau menghentikan sanksi terhadap Myanmar . -LRB- PPT/B002/K004 -RRB- Editor : B Kunto Wibisono

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Japan official says highly radioactive water is leaking from crippled nuclear plant into ocean Japan official says highly radioactive water is leaking from crippled nuclear plant into ocean -LRB- AP -RRB- TOKYO -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Japan official says highly radioactive water is leaking from crippled nuclear plant into ocean .

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Has Emissions Cap and Trade Created Toxic Hotspots ? A New Study Says No Despite concerns that date back to the early days of emissions trading , a U.S. EPA program that lets coal-fired power plants buy and sell the right to pollute has n't hit poor people and minorities with dirtier air than everyone else , according to a new study -LRB- pdf -RRB- . Long before greens rallied around cap and trade as their preferred way to slow global warming , many of them raised doubts about Congress ' plan to let companies swap allowances for the emissions that form acid rain . Environmental justice advocates worried that the free market could lead to toxic '' `` hotspots , '' '' cutting pollution overall but concentrating the rest of it in vulnerable areas . Over the first 15 years of U.S. EPA 's Acid Rain Program , the opposite has occurred , says Evan Ringquist , a professor at Indiana University 's School of Public and Environmental Affairs . Past research shows that poor people and minorities are more likely to live in places with dirty air . But under the trading program , industrial plants in those neighborhoods bought fewer licenses to pollute , according to Ringquist 's new study , which will appear in the upcoming issue of Social Science Quarterly . Market-based programs have generally been more efficient than command-and-control rules , and the new study adds to the evidence that those savings do not come at the cost of greater inequality , Ringquist said . '' `` In general , the research shows that most of the early fears have n't come to pass , '' '' he told Greenwire . Emissions that lead to acid rain have fallen across the board since EPA started trading programs for sulfur dioxide -LRB- SO2 -RRB- and nitrogen oxides -LRB- NOx -RRB- under the Clean Air Act . Data released by the agency last week show that the coal plants in the programs released 5.11 million tons of SO2 and 2.05 million tons of NOx last year - down 67.5 percent and 69.2 percent , respectively , from 1990 levels . Both types of pollution are also linked to health problems . When released into the air , SO2 forms fine soot that is linked to breathing problems , heart attacks and death , while NOx is one of the chemicals that typically causes smog problems in urban areas . Since trading began , some critics have predicted that minority neighborhoods would see fewer health benefits today because nearby companies would buy pollution credits rather than add equipment to control their emissions . In a 1999 article , several legal scholars decried Southern California 's trading program for SO2 and NOx as a '' `` failed experiment '' '' for that reason . '' `` Pollution trading in Los Angeles has led to concentrated toxic air emission hotspots that have shackled low-income and minority communities with the region 's air pollution , '' '' they wrote in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum . But the new study says the nationwide trading program may have narrowed the pollution gap between whites and minorities , especially Latinos . It adds to the findings of groups such as the Environmental Law Institute , Environmental Defense Fund and Resources for the Future , all of which looked at the trading program about a decade ago and concluded it was not causing hotspots . Based on an empirical analysis of all swaps that took place between January 1995 and March 2009 , Ringquist found that for every 10 percent increase in the percentage of Hispanic households in a certain ZIP code , there was a 4.1 percent decrease in the chance that a nearby facility would buy more SO2 allowances than it sold . If the proportion of black households within a mile of an industrial plant increased by 10 percent , the facility was 0.8 percent less likely to be an '' `` importer '' '' of pollution credits . '' `` If there is an equity effect from allowance trading in this model , it works to the advantage of communities of color , '' '' the study says . Still , a trading program does not require the air to be equally clean in all areas . Industrial plants bought more credits than they sold in places where large percentages of people did not finish high school , Ringquist found . Surprisingly , the same was true in areas where homeowners - rather than renters - made up a larger share of the population . Wider implications Though the acid rain program has been widely touted as a success and embraced by most environmental groups , concerns about toxic - and discriminatory - hotspots have lingered as policymakers have debated ways to cut pollution . The fear of hotspots was often raised by critics as the George W. Bush administration tried to take a market-based approach to mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants . In 2005 , before the Clean Air Mercury Rule was thrown out in federal court , EPA 's inspector general released a report saying that the agency had not done enough to ensure that the emissions trading plan would not lead to mercury hotspots -LRB- E&EN ews PM , May 5 , 2005 -RRB- . And while there is no worry about local emissions of carbon dioxide , because it is n't toxic , the idea that trading programs will lead to hotspots has regardless been raised as governments have tried to limit the greenhouse gases that are linked to climate change . When the state of California 's cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide was stalled in court last week , it was because of a challenge from local activists , who say the trading program will have the side effect of exposing their neighborhoods to other types of toxic pollution . San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled that the Air Resources Board had not given enough attention to the idea of putting a tax on every ton of carbon released into the air . Neither option would guarantee cleaner air in Wilmington , Calif. , a city with three refineries nearby and a population that is about 87 percent Latino , said Jesse Marquez , executive director of Coalition for a Safe Environment . '' `` Even if you put in a tax , a tax still allows refiners to continue polluting , '' '' Marquez said . '' `` They 'll just spend millions to offset their pollution . The only way to offset refiner pollution is to eliminate refiner pollution '' '' -LRB- Greenwire , March 24 -RRB- . If the new analysis of the acid rain programs are any indication , there is n't necessarily a tension between efficiency and fairness , said Michael Livermore , a law professor at New York University and executive director of the school 's Institute for Policy Integrity . That is promising for market-based efforts , but it is not a guarantee that future cap-and-trade systems will turn out the same way , he said . '' `` We do n't need to trust in our luck , '' '' Livermore said . '' `` We can design our programs to reduce the risk of hotspots . '' '' Click here -LRB- pdf -RRB- to read the study . Copyright 2011 E&E Publishing . All Rights Reserved . For more news on energy and the environment , visit www.greenwire.com . Greenwire is published by Environment & Energy Publishing . Read More '' ''

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J-Power halts construction work on Ohma nuclear plant TOKYO , March 31 -LRB- Reuters -RRB- - J-Power said on Thursday it has temporarily stopped construction work on the Ohma nuclear plant in northern Japan . Japanese utilities are starting to review their nuclear plant construction plans after a devastating earthquake and tsunami this month crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex in northeastern Japan . -LRB- Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori ; Editing by Edmund Klamann -RRB-

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When the floods came : Australia and Pakistan - video Photographer and film-maker Gideon Mendel visited the Sindh province in Pakistan six weeks after the floods hit in 2010 , and Queensland and Victoria in Australia during early 2011 . Here he presents a unique split screen view of the disasters and the people whose lives they destroyed

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Half a Million Die From Smoking Yearly in U.S. Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S. , killing slightly more men than women , new statistics show . The rates of smoking-related deaths in men were comparable to what 's been found in other recent analyses . The numbers for the women , however , were higher than expected . The study , published in the journal Epidemiology , is '' `` an important reminder that this huge epidemic ... needs ongoing measurement , '' '' said Dr. Prabhat Jha , who studies smoking mortality and heads the Center for Global Health Research at St. Michael 's Hospital in Toronto . '' `` We just ca n't assume that we know enough about where this epidemic is going , '' '' Jha , who was not involved in the current study , told Reuters Health . For the new report , Dr. Brian Rostron , then of the University of California , Berkeley , used data from a national health survey that asked nearly 250,000 people if and how much they smoked currently and in the past . Participants were tracked for 2 to 9 years after filling out the survey . By the time the study ended , in 2006 , about 17,000 of them had died . Rostron , who now works at the Food and Drug Administration , calculated the odds of dying for smokers and non-smokers of different ages and genders . Then he applied the extra risks due to smoking to the total U.S. population . According to his calculations , there were an average of about 290,000 smoking-related deaths in men each year between 2002 and 2006 and 230,000 in women - a total of over half a million deaths . In all , about 2.5 million people in the U.S. die every year , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Among all current and former smokers , the greatest increase in risk of a tobacco-related death was seen between the ages of 65 and 74 . Once other factors such as weight and alcohol consumption were taken into account , people in that age group were three times as likely to die from any cause if they currently smoked between one and two packs of cigarettes a day , compared to if they had never smoked . As evidence of the risks of smoking has accumulated and spread , the number of current smokers in the U.S. has dropped over the past few decades . A new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association confirms that trend : about 7 percent of adults in the U.S. were heavy smokers in 2007 , compared to 23 percent in 1965 . The researchers on that study , led by Dr. John Pierce of the University of California , San Diego , defined '' `` heavy smoking '' '' as 20 or more cigarettes a day . Despite that good news , Jha said the new estimates show the need for more information on how smoking affects women . '' `` It might well be that in women the effects are greater and more severe , but we need more evidence , '' '' he said . Jha added that while rates of smoking and deaths from smoking have been falling over the long term in the U.S. , they 've been rising in low-income countries . Because of that , '' `` overall the number of smoking-related deaths worldwide is bound to increase , '' '' Jha said . Currently , there are about 5 to 6 million smoking-related deaths each year worldwide , he said .

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