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"We are a separate 18th Marine Battalion of the 35th Brigade, appealing to the public for help, to influence the top leadership of the brigade for their criminal orders, sending us to attack with the enemy under their shelling. We are suffering heavy losses, over the past four days, according to our doctors, there were 80 people killed and wounded, and according to our data, there are much more killed and wounded, there are also missing and captured. Those who try to tell the truth are taken away in an unknown direction. During these 4 days of the offensive, we...

The Russian Federation is ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine to reach a peace agreement, said Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. This was reported by the Russian agency Interfax on Tuesday, May 31. Matvienko accused the Ukrainian side of disrupting the negotiations, talking about the "civil" war in Ukraine. "We are open to negotiations. We need diplomatic, peaceful solutions, but this requires the will of the two countries. We are ready for negotiations, signing an agreement that would end the civil war in Ukraine and lead to peace, but we do not see such...

Enlarge Image Sharp thinking. The iKnife sucks surgical smoke into a mass spectrometer, which then indicates whether the cut tissue is cancerous or healthy. Credit: J. Balog et al., Science Translational Medicine (2013) When surgeons can't determine the edges of a tumor, it's a problem. Cut too much, and they risk hurting the patient. Cut too little, and they may leave stray cancer cells behind. Now, researchers have developed a surgical knife that can sniff the smoke made as it cuts tissue, almost instantly detecting whether cells are cancerous or healthy. The souped-up scalpel works by analyzing lipids, the...

Laura Ingraham underwent what has been called successful surgery yesterday, Veteran radio talk show host Barry Farber filled in for Laura on Wednesday and during the first half hour of the show gave this update: "Laura Ingraham, thank God, is fine [and] resting comfortably after successful surgery." Farber also mentioned that the surgery was "performed early." He also confirmed that Laura will be back on the air live on Thursday.

We've just gotten word that Tony Snow's cancer surgery has been a complete success and he is on the road to recovery.Tony said last week that he could actually feel your prayers and it made him feel better.