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Witness says Wis. mother thought illness was sin (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - A mother accused of rejecting medical treatment and relying on prayer as her 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes believed people got sick because they sinned, a former friend said Tuesday at the woman's homicide trial.

Canada sees isotope cooperation during shutdown (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada, reacting to the month-long shutdown of a nuclear reactor in Ontario that produces a third of the world's medical isotopes, said on Tuesday that major isotope producers were addressing the problem of a possible supply shortage cooperatively.

US ups pressure for halt to Jewish settlements (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:48 AM PDT

AFP - The United States Tuesday stepped up pressure on visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt Jewish settlements as a step towards reviving the peace process with the Palestinians.