Eyesight Health

TORONTO - Public health authorities in Canada are investigating a spike in cases of eye inflammation among patients being treated for macular degeneration with the cancer drug Avastin.  

Marshfield Clinic Mosinee Center will offer free screenings Dec. 16 for a pair of conditions that can rob people of their sight, if left untreated.  

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's presidency council has approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for a complete U.S. troop pullout by the end of 2011, a spokesman for the council said on Thursday.  

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Suicide bombers killed at least two people when they attacked two government compounds in the southeastern Afghan town of Khost Thursday, a police officer said.  

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell below $46 a barrel to its lowest in nearly four years on Thursday, extending four consecutive days of falls as continued demand worries minimized bullish draws in U.S. oil stocks.  

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Pakistan to cooperate fully in the probe into the Mumbai attacks but she also warned India against any action that could stoke regional conflict.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of the major U.S. auto companies prepared on Wednesday for make-or-break congressional hearings on their request for $34 billion in government bailout loans, while lawmakers considered options including one or more of the Detroit Three going bankrupt.  

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the idea, an Obama aide said on Wednesday...  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record declines in the vast U.S. and European service sectors and more grim U.S. employment news on Wednesday sparked fear of an economic "free fall," setting up another round of aggressive interest rate cuts.  

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private employers slashed an unexpectedly high 250,000 jobs in November, the most in seven years, while third-quarter labor costs rose less than first thought, in the latest signs the job market is nowhere near a bottom as the U.S. recession enters its second year.  

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly toward wrapping up his cabinet appointments on Wednesday with the selection of rival-turned-supporter Bill Richardson as secretary of commerce.  

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday on a gradual resumption of contacts with Russia, suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said.  

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" to death Tuesday for crushing a Shi'ite revolt after the 1991 Gulf War.  

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell to a 3-1/2-year low below $48 a barrel on Tuesday as signs grew that the global economy was in worse shape than thought and after OPEC opted to delay talks on further output cuts.  

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West Tuesday not to return to "business as usual" with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August.