
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema.

LONDON (AFP) - A man who fatally strangled his wife during a nightmare about an intruder has walked free from court on Friday after he was acquitted of her murder.
The provinces are being asked to hold back a batch of swine flu vaccine that appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions.
Saskatoon's French immersion school L'École Henry Kelsey is dealing with a water main break and has cancelled classes until at least Friday and possibly into next week.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.
Two people are dead after a high-speed car chase by RCMP near Hinton township ended in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon.

UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
HALIFAX, N.S. - The Transportation Safety Board says a small, high-powered fire boat that capsized in Halifax harbour last fall had limited stability and it took only a small amount of force to tip it over, dumping eight passengers into the water.
OTTAWA - The Federal Court says the refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted from the U.S. army and fled to Canada.
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