”Man struntar i all kritik mot att patientsäkerheten äventyras”.

”De gamla får knappast någon hjälp alls”.

Omar al-Bashir says price hikes that led to deadly protests were necessary and blames outside forces for ongoing unrest.

En 19-årig man har hittats svårt skadad i sin bil efter en bilolycka utanför Ånge, väster om Sundsvall.

En tennishall i stadsdelen Gottsunda i Uppsala började brinna i kväll.

another random user sends this news from the BBC: "Edward Snowden, the fugitive American former intelligence worker, has made the shortlist of three for the Sakharov prize, Europe's top human rights award. Mr Snowden was nominated by Green politicians in the European Parliament for leaking details of U.S. surveillance. Nominees also include Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head for demanding education for girls. Former recipients of the prize, awarded by the European Parliament, include Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Snowden's nomination recognized that his disclosure of U.S. surveillance activities was an 'enormous service' to human rights and European citizens, the parliament's Green group said."

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Dogged by decades of scandals and recent money laundering allegations, bank releases first report in 125-year history.

Irak har avrättat 23 personer under två dagar i september, meddelar inrikesdepartementet.

En domare i den amerikanska delstaten Louisiana har beordrat att den tidigare Svarta pantrarna-medlemmen Herman Wallace ska släppas fri.

SvD:s Göran Eriksson om den svenska biståndspolitiken.

Att förra biståndsministern Gunilla Carlssons lön betalats med bistånd är förenligt med biståndskommittén DAC:s standard, hävdade utriksminister Carl Bildt tidigare.

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Nate the greatest writes "Scribd threw its hat in the ebook subscription ring today. The site is expanding on its existing ebookstore with a new $9-a-month all-you-can-read ebook subscription service which offers a selection of ebooks from a number of publishers, including HarperCollins, E-Reads, Kensington, Red Wheel/Weiser, Rosetta Books, Sourcebooks, and Workman. That's a better selection of commercial ebooks than the Kindle owner's lending library, but not quite as broad of a selection as the recently-launched Oyster. However, Scribd is charging less and they're offering better platform support. While Oyster is only available on the iPhone, Scribd has apps for both Android and iOS, and you can read the ebooks in your web browser."

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