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/ 12 January 2008
United States tobacco companies have been hit with thousands of new lawsuits in Florida from smokers and their families seeking compensation before Friday’s court-imposed deadline for filing individual claims in what is shaping up as a major challenge for the industry.
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/ 24 November 2007
New York City, once widely feared for its mean streets scarred by random violence, is on course for its lowest murder rate in four decades with this year’s total expected to be below 500. A steady decline in the Big Apple’s violent-crime rate has left the city basking in a new-found glow of safety.