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Iran Says New US Sanctions Violate Geneva Deal

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A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says new sanctions by the United States on Iranian companies and individuals violate the spirit of a deal made between Tehran and the West over its nuclear program.

Abbas Araghchi told official news agency IRNA Thursday that “this is a game of double standards — it is not in accord with the talks we have had and it is against the spirit of the Geneva agreement.”

He strongly criticized the sanctions, calling them “unconstructive and against good intentions.”

 

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The United States has targeted more than a dozen companies and people for allegedly evading sanctions against Iran.

Last month Tehran agreed to cap its uranium enrichment in exchange for an easing of Western sanctions.

 

Laughter might NOT be the best medicine after all: Study finds it can cause epileptic fits, ruptured hearts and torn gulletsLaughter might NOT be the best medicine after all: Study finds it can cause epileptic fits, ruptured hearts and torn gullets

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Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and could even harm us, new research has revealed.

Despite the known benefits of chuckling, for some people it has proven to be more dangerous than expected.

One woman with racing heart syndrome collapsed and died after a giggling fit, say researchers.

And laughing ‘fit to burst’ has been found to cause possible heart rupture, a torn gullet and epileptic seizures.

A quick intake of breath during laughing can provoke an asthma attack, while some people have suffered from incontinence and even hernias.

Researchers from Birmingham and Oxford Universities used data from 1946 to the present day to study the benefits of laughing on the human body.

During one test clowns were sent into hospitals to entertain patients.

And the results showed a dose of ‘genuine laughter’ for a whole day could help shed the pounds by burning 2,000 calories.

Tittering was also linked with lowering blood sugar in diabetic patients and reducing arterial wall stiffness, which helps relieve tension.

The researchers say their findings challenge the view that laughter can only be beneficial but do add that humour in any form carries a ‘low risk of harm and may be beneficial’.

The paper was published in the Christmas edition of The British Medical Journal.

 

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Ukraine President Proposes Protester Amnesty

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Ukraine’s president proposed an amnesty Friday for all protesters facing criminal charges in the country’s wave of massive anti-government demonstrations.

President Viktor Yanukovych made the offer at a round-table meeting that included three leaders of the opposition that has orchestrated more than three weeks of anti-government protests, flooding the streets of Kiev with hundreds of thousands of people.

There was no immediate reaction from the opposition figures, who earlier had said they were going to the meeting only to state their demands, including that the government resign and early parliamentary and presidential elections be held.

In another possible sign of progress, the deputy prime minister said that Ukraine wants to soon sign the agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the EU.

Yet this economically troubled nation of 46 million is deeply divided over the EU deal. Many people in eastern Ukraine, the country’s rural heartland, are against the protesters in Kiev and want the country to have closer economic ties with Russia.

 

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