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A once-a-month pill to help women battle the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis (search) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Boniva will be the first monthly osteoporosis medication, said Dr. Ronald Emkey of Radiant Research in Reading, Pa., which conducted trials of the drug. Current medications are taken weekly. …

MADRID, Spain – An Iraqi-born Spanish businessman kidnapped in Baghdad (search) several weeks ago has been freed after a ransom was paid, Spain’s leading daily reported Thursday. El Pais reported that the kidnapped man, identified only by his initials, U.A.H., was freed Tuesday, El Pais said, citing unidentified government sources. …

GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia – Indonesia’s government acknowledged Thursday it has been slow in delivering food and water to victims of the nation’s latest massive earthquake, as rescuers pulled survivors and bodies out of rubble on two islands. The government lowered its estimated death toll to between 400 and 500 people …