SIEMENS RECALLS CLINICAL PREGNANCY TESTS

Siemens has recalled 15 batches of clinical pregnancy tests because some of them incorrectly showed a positive result, a spokesman for the company said on Friday. According to Reuters, he said the recall affects several hundred hospitals around the world, which were told as early as mid-December to destroy pregnancy tests from the batches. Until the cause of the malfunction has been found, Siemens will not be supplying any such tests, he said.

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Headlines for December 31, 2011

IRAN LAUNCHES WIDE-RANGE MISSILE IN PERSIAN GULF
The Iranian military test-launched a wide-range missile on Saturday, Fars news agency reported. The Iranian Navy launched the live missile during exercises in the Persian Gulf in a zone of some 2,000 ...
SIEMENS RECALLS CLINICAL PREGNANCY TESTS
Siemens has recalled 15 batches of clinical pregnancy tests because some of them incorrectly showed a positive result, a spokesman for the company said on Friday. According to Reuters, he said the recall ...
ARMENIAN MARKET SEES 4.7% INFLATION IN DECEMBER
Armenia's market has seen a 4.7% inflation in December which is twice less compared to the same period last year. According to a report on consumer prices index by the National Statistical Service the ...
IRAN DENIES TEST-FIRING LONG-RANGE MISSILES IN GULF
Iran has denied reports by state media that it test-fired long-range missiles during military exercises in the Gulf,a ccording to BBC News. "The exercise of launching missiles will be carried out ...
KARABAKH DEFENSE MINISTER CONGRATULATES ON NEW YEAR
Defense Minsiter of the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh Movses Hakobyan has congratulated compatriots on the occasion of New Year. In a message issued by the ministry's press service on Saturday Hakobyan, ...
JIM MORRISON'S HOME DAMAGED IN HOLLYWOOD ARSON ATTACKS
A Laurel Canyon home once inhabited by Jim Morrison was damaged in one of the 19 overnight arson attacks that plagued Hollywood and West Hollywood early Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...
NEW YORK TIMES SENDS WRONG EMAIL TO 8.6 MILLION PEOPLE
The New York Times has mistakenyl sent a wrong e-mail to 8.6 million people. It was an email that should have been sent to only 300 subscribers, but with the click of a mouse, it went out to millions. ...
BAVARIAN VILLAGE BUILDS CHURCH OUT OF ICE, SNOW
A 54-foot-long church built entirely of ice and snow has opened in Bavaria, Germany, according to Dispatch.com. The church at Mitterfirmiansreut, near the Czech border, is made up of 49,000 cubic feet ...
PHILIPPINE FIREWORKS, REVELRY GUNFIRE INJURE 200
More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless New Year revelries, officials said Saturday, ...
CANADIAN COUPLE CELEBRATES BIRTH OF 100TH GRANDCHILD
A Canadian couple have celebrated the birthday of their grandchild 100th grandchild, according to ABC News. Viktor and Aneta Urich of Grande Prairie welcomed the birth of their 100th grandchild earlier ...
INDIA CYCLONE DEATH TOLL AT 49
At least 42 people including a French national were killed when a cyclone hit southern India, reports said on Saturday as engineers rushed to restore power supplies knocked out by the gale. The Press ...
ARAB LEAGUE OBSERVER 'CONCERN' AT SYRIA SNIPERS
Arab League observers have expressed concern about government snipers firing at Syrian protesters from rooftops, BBC News reports. Violence in Syria has continued unabated despite the monitors' mission ...
MOSCOW POLICE SEAL OFF SITE OF EXPECTED '31' PROTEST
Police in Moscow cordoned off Triumfalnaya Square on Saturday in anticipation of an unsanctioned opposition protest at 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. Triumfalnaya is the ...
UKRAINE GAS TRANSIT SYSTEM PRICE TO FALL SEVERELY IN 2012 - MILLER
Ukraine's gas transit system that Kiev presently estimates to cost $20 billion may become significantly cheaper, the head of Russia's gas giant, Gazprom, Alexei Miller said, according to RIA Novosti. ...
EU-IRAN OPEN TO TALKS WITH IRAN, WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS
The European Union is open to meaningful talks with Tehran provided there are no preconditions on the Iranian side, an EU foreign policy spokesman said on Saturday, accordin to Reuters. Iranian Oil Minister ...
NEW YEAR'S EVE 2012: CELEBRATIONS START IN PACIFIC
Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012, BBC News reported. Sydney heralded the New Year with a 15-minute multi-million dollar firework display at midnight. ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dear readers, Tert.am congratulates your New Year and wishes all the best. May the coming 2012 bring only health, joy and happiness to your families. May 2012 be a year of welfare, achievements and peace! ...
DOZENS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA NEW YEAR PROTESTS
Russian riot police arrested dozens of people on Saturday in Moscow and Saint Petersburg who tried to stage unsanctioned New Year's Eve protests against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, AFP reported. ...