By FIONA MACRAE The genetic chip would constantly check for fat in the blood and, when someone has eaten too much, release a hormone that sates hunger. In tests on mice, an early version of the device led to obese creatures eating less fatty food and shedding weight. Importantly, the gizmo stopped releasing the diet drug...
November 14, 2026
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Not inconceivable anymore … Saudi women hiring surrogates abroad
JEDDAH: RIMA AL-MUKHTAR Saudi women who are unable to conceive are traveling abroad to enter into financial agreements with surrogate mothers to carry their child — a practice not permitted by the Islamic Jurisprudence Council. The Saudi Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics said these surrogates, also known as “uterus zir,” rent their wombs to carry...
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Somali man found not guilty of piracy in 2008 ship hijack
• Ali Mohamed Ali, 51, negotiated ransom for Somali pirates • Jury in Washington yet to reach verdict on two lesser charges A federal jury Tuesday found a Somali man who acted as a negotiator for pirates aboard a hijacked ship not guilty of piracy, but had not yet reached a verdict on two lesser...
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It’s safe to return home, Somalia assures refugees
By Abigael Sum Nairobi, Kenya: The Somalia Government has assured Somali refugees in Kenya that it is safe to return home. Somalia Ambassador to Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur said the Somalia Government will continue creating conducive conditions for the safe return of refugees to enable them quickly settle and rebuild their lives. “There are places...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta aad maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah:Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo kulan la qaatay Safiirada caalamka ka socday oo ku sugnaa Muqdisho kalana hadlay arimaha Soomaaliya oo ay ugu horeyso arintii is casilaadii Gidoomiyihii banka Soomaaliya iyo warar kale. Warka Raadiyo Wardheer 26-11-2013
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Priority areas chosen for Somali refugees to return home
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has identified three priority areas to which it will help Somali refugees return home from Kenya, a senior official said on Tuesday. The UNHCR signed an agreement with the governments of both countries on Nov. 10, and half a million Somali refugees living in...
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Ethiopia’s foreign land leases fail to deliver food for export
By William Davison Addis Ababa – Gleaming tractors and harvesters are sitting idle five years after Karuturi Global opened a farm in Ethiopia that was hailed as the poster child of the country’s plan to triple food exports by 2015. About 80 percent of the Indian-based company’s land in the southwestern Gambella region is in...
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Minneapolis may rescue Midtown Global Market
By ERIC ROPER , Star Tribune Outgoing Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is seeking nearly $1.8 million in city funds and loan forgiveness to rescue one of his administration’s signature projects: the Midtown Global Market. The privately owned marketplace on the ground floor of the Midtown Exchange building has grown popular as a bustling hub of multiethnic eateries...
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Ethiopian migrants protest in London against brutal crackdown on workers in Saudi Arabia
By Ken Olende The government in Saudi Arabia has launched a brutal crackdown on migrant workers it sees as illegal. The Middle Eastern kingdom has a population of almost 30 million, with nine million migrants making up more than half of the workforce. The government is scapegoating migrants without papers, saying they are to blame...
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Tensions rife in Kenya’s ‘Little Mogadishu’ after Westgate attack
By Katrina Manson in Nairobi In their night-time raids on parts of Nairobi, police regularly arrest dozens of Somalis at a time. One of them, Faid Ibrahim, a 26-year-old ethnic Somali, says they accuse him of being an Islamist jihadist. Then, he says, he bribes them to let him go. “This is like a business...