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Jamie Foxx’s hallucinogenic drug hell during college

Jamie Foxx’s hallucinogenic drug hell during collegeWashington, April 28 : Jamie Foxx is on a look out for a friend who saved his life from a deadly hallucinogenic drug during college days.

The Miami Vice actor revealed Mark Pobart looked after him when he suffered from horrifying visions and voices provoked by a dose of phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, Angel Dust or moondust.

"When I was in college, someone slipped me PCP. I thought I was losing my mind. I was hearing voices," Contactmusic quoted him as telling the New York Daily News.

Pakistani leadership unable to confront extremist threat: US

Washington, Apr 28 : US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen is frustrated particularly by the Pakistani political leadership's inability to confront the extremist threat and remains "very alarmed by the growing Taliban threat in the country," his spokesman has said.

Admiral Mullen has made two visits to Pakistan in less than three weeks and is "deeply alarmed by what he has found," his spokesman, Captain John Kirby told CNN.

"It is a very precarious security situation." Admiral Mullen is particularly "alarmed by what is going on in the Swat Valley," Captain Kirby said.

Universal influenza vaccine comes closer to reality

Universal influenza vaccine comes closer to realityWashington, Apr 28 : Researchers from Saint Louis University have come a step closer to developing universal flu vaccine that would offer protection against different strains of influenza.

Currently drug companies manufacture a different flu vaccine each year to match the strains of influenza that researchers predict will circulate.

Adding a universal influenza vaccine to a seasonal vaccine would help improve protection against strains of influenza as they change each year.

Novel non-invasive technique to predict, treat heart attacks

Novel non-invasive technique to predict, treat heart attacksWashington, Apr 28 : There''s new hope for potential heart attack victims. Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a new non-invasive technique that would help predict and treat attacks.

The research team led by Dr. Sharon Zlochiver of the Department of Biomedical Engineering has shown that by looking at the electrical activity coupling two types of heart muscle cells one can identify an impending heart attack.

US says Pak Taliban picked up arms after Swat peace deal

US says Pak Taliban picked up arms after Swat peace dealWashington, Apr 28 : US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen is frustrated particularly by the Pakistani political leadership's inability to confront the extremist threat, and remains "very alarmed by the growing Taliban threat in the country," his spokesman has said.

Mullen has made two visits to Pakistan in less than three weeks and is "deeply alarmed by what he has found," his spokesman, Captain John Kirby told CNN.

White House apologizes over Air Force One blunder

White House apologizes over Air Force One blunder Washington - The White House issued an apology Monday after a presidential plane flying low over New York for a photo shoot left people on the ground panicking over worries a terrorist attack was underway. The massive Boeing 747, shadowed by an F-16 fighter jet, was passing over the Hudson River at times at altitudes lower than some buildings in downtown Manhattan. Hundreds of people rushed out of their offices and onto the street, fearing another September 11, 2001-style attack.

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