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People who have long spells of sick leave for psychiatric reasons are twice as likely to die from cancer as healthier employees, research suggests.
The “unexpected” finding could help pick out at-risk groups, the University College London researchers reported in the British Medical Journal.
Among 6,500 civil servants, those who had taken a long period of sick [...]

Kuwaiti investor
MPs had tried to get Kuwait’s exchange closed to save investments
Shares on the main Arab stock markets have fallen sharply amid concern the financial crisis in the US and Europe is spreading to the Middle East.
Egypt’s main index dropped by more than 16%, while shares in Saudi Arabia lost about 8% cent of their [...]