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'Deadly bombings' strike DamascusAftermath of explosion in Damascus (Screengrab from Syrian state television 23 December 2011)

Syrian state television says several people have been killed in two suicide car bombings outside security service facilities in the capital, Damascus.


Speaker of the House John Boehner on Capitol Hill on 22 December 2011House Republicans retreat on payroll tax

Top US Republican John Boehner bows to pressure from within and outside his party to accept a short-term extension of a tax cut for workers.

A defective silicone gel breast implant, which was removed from a patient and manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese France recommends implant removal

The French government says there is no cancer risk but recommends that 30,000 women have faulty breast implants removed as a precautionary measure.

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