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LIMA, Peru – A women’s rights group is putting up wanted posters around the capital for one of President Alejandro Toledo nephews, who fled his rape trial in November. The posters, bearing the name and photo of 36-year-old Miguel Toledo state: “Wanted” and “Accused of rape.” Gina Yanez, president of …

WASHINGTON – Health care officials applauded new federal regulations announced Tuesday that provide national standards for Medicare coverage of obesity surgery. Previously, the rules concerning reimbursement for such operations, known as bariatric surgery, varied across the United States. But under the new regulations, a handful of gastric bypass and banding …

WASHINGTON – President Bush believes the Dubai Ports World deal was thoroughly scrutinized and should go forward, but welcomes the additional 45-day review so that Congress can get comfortable with the sale, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday. “The additional time and investigation at the request of the company, …