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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Italy's most wanted drug trafficker caught in Colombia Soccer-Gascoigne arrested after alleged drunken assault Wisconsin governor signs into law new abortion restrictions Appeals court rules California healthcare limits invalid Woman heard "be not afraid" before cure sealing John Paul II's sainthood

Italy's most wanted drug trafficker caught in Colombia  Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 12:15 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - A suspected Italian mafia boss described as Europe's most wanted drug trafficker and the world's biggest cocaine importer was arrested in Colombia on Saturday and deported to Italy. Roberto Pannunzi, compared to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar by Colombian authorities, was caught in a Bogota shopping center carrying a false Venezuelan identity card, Colombia's Defense Ministry announced on Twitter. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) worked with Colombian police to find and arrest Pannunzi, the ministry said. ... Full Story	Top
Soccer-Gascoigne arrested after alleged drunken assault  Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 04:01 AM PDT LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been arrested following an alleged drunken assault at a train station, British media reported on Saturday. The 46-year-old, who in March returned to Britain from the United States where he was being treated for alcoholism, was held at a police station in Hertfordshire, north of London, after the incident. "Police were called to Stevenage rail station around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, following a report of a man being drunk and disorderly," a spokesman for the British Transport Police said. ... Full Story	Top
Wisconsin governor signs into law new abortion restrictions  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 06:34 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law on Friday new abortion restrictions that opponents said could lead to the closing of two of the state's four abortion clinics. Opponents of the law, which goes into effect Monday, July 8, filed a federal lawsuit challenging it. The law requires women to undergo an ultrasound before they get an abortion and doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics. ... Full Story	Top
Appeals court rules California healthcare limits invalid  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 02:12 PM PDT By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's state law ending government coverage of adult dental, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic care and other healthcare services for the poor cannot stand, a federal appeals court on Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Medicaid program for the poor prohibits the changes imposed by a California law. The decision could have budgetary implications for the nation's most populous state. ... Full Story	Top
Woman heard "be not afraid" before cure sealing John Paul II's sainthood  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 01:17 PM PDT By Isabella Cota SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Suffering a potentially fatal swelling in the brain, Costa Rican grandmother Floribeth Mora says a voice spoke to her through a photograph of the late Pope John Paul II, miraculously curing her and sealing the late pontiff's sainthood. The Vatican said on Friday Pope Francis had approved Mora's cure as the requisite second miracle for the sainthood of John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. ... Full Story	Top

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