Bayer to acquire Schiff; reports Q3 rise

GERMAN drug and chemical maker Bayer AG says it is buying US vitamin and supplement maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc for $US1.2 billion euros ($A1.17 billion) in a cash deal it hopes will bolster the offerings of its consumer health division....

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French official: Arafat to be exhumed

CRIMINAL investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat's remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official says. The official said the team from France will arrive sometime between November 24 and...

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New York devasted by storm horror

NEW York has awoken in shock to a city devastated by deadly superstorm Sandy, which killed at least 10 people and threatened to leave days of chaos in its wake. A record tidal surge thrown up by the hurricane set off an explosion at a power station,...

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Vivienne Westwood to sell Assange T-shirts

BRITISH fashion designer Vivienne Westwood will from Saturday sell T-shirts in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy for four months. The unisex T-shirt, featuring Westwood's face and...

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New Dutch government ditches 'weed pass'

THE incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national "weed pass" that would have been available only to residents and that would have effectively banned tourists from Amsterdam's marijuana cafes. However, under a provisional governing...

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Syria warplanes hit inside Damascus

A SYRIAN fighter jet has hit targets inside Damascus for the first time on Tuesday, a watchdog says, as air strikes pounded rebel bastions around the country and an air force general was shot dead. The warplane dropped four bombs on the eastern...

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Astronauts see superstorm Sandy from space

THE superstorm that's ravaging the US East Coast is enormous, even when seen from space. The commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams, said on Tuesday that she and her crew were able to make out the big swirl at the center...

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