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Study: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Works

The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (search) found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, drug maker Merck & Co said. Gardasil (search), a genetically engineered vaccine, blocks infection with two of …

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Ney Spends $136,000 in Legal Expenses for Abramoff Probe

WASHINGTON – House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney (search) has spent nearly $136,000 from his campaign fund on legal expenses over the past six months in connection with what his lawyer calls “unfounded allegations” of favoritism involving indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s re-election campaign paid the law firm of …

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Saddam Lawyer Seeks Three-Month Adjournment

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The lawyer for Saddam Hussein said Tuesday he will ask a tribunal for a three-month adjournment of the former Iraqi dictator’s trial for a 1982 massacre. Saddam and seven senior members of his 23-year regime go on trial Wednesday to face charges they ordered the killings of …

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