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World watch
Czech Republic: A gas explosion rocked Prague's Old Town district Monday, injuring 35 people and damaging several buildings. The explosion occurred in an office building on busy Divadelni Street, close to the National Theater and Vltava River, where the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Prague (Czech Republic), Flu, Vaccines, Blackmail and Extortion
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In China, rat meat is sold as lamb
BEIJING -- Feasting on strips of mutton dropped in a simmering pot is a popular dining pastime in China, but what if the meat served is actually made of rat? That may be on the minds of diners after the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China....Tags: China, Flu, U.S. Military, Kentucky Fried Chicken
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In China, let a thousand blogs bloom
China employs an army of censors. As many as 50,000 well-trained monitors police the Internet, and 12 government departments are empowered to search and seize information and shut down users and sites. They work fast: A recent study conducted by two...
Tags: Government, Google Inc., Brad Pitt, Corporate Crime, Barack Obama
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Newport News surgeon C. Waldo Scott prevailed through perseverance
Two decades after his death in 1993, the memory of Newport News surgeon and civil rights activist C. Waldo Scott still remains strong among many residents of the city he worked so long to transform. Not a month goes by without some past patient or...
Tags: Riverside (Southampton, New York), Anglicanism, Colleges and Universities, Hampton Roads, Civil Rights
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Pre-emption fever threatens local control and economies
Small-business owners have a big stake in the unfolding debate in the Legislature over pre-emption of local workplace measures (HB 655, SB 726). Some politicians have apparently caught pre-emption fever and are all too eager to undermine our...Tags: Sales, Labor Legislation, Local Government, David Simmons, Smallpox
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Bird flu more difficult to detect this time around
China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu before, but the virus that has now infected more than 100 people across eastern China and Taiwan is different in several important ways, according to scientists and researchers. The new virus is H7N9, a different...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Food Industry, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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China's H7N9 bird flu death toll likely to rise
Chinese health officials are warning that the death toll from the H7N9 bird flu is likely to rise in the weeks and months ahead. In a report on the outbreak that began in China in February, doctors and researchers from from several public health...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Health, China, Flu, Wildlife
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Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China
BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats. On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, United Nations, Consumer Goods Industries, Flu, Nanjing (China)
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Chinese officials urge calm as seventh bird flu victim dies
The toll from China’s new strain of bird flu climbed to seven on Monday with the death of a 64-year-old retiree in Shanghai and the number of cases spread to 24, but officials expressed confidence the outbreak could be contained. The World...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, China, Flu, Wildlife, Pneumonia
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Bird flu deaths among Chinese reach 6
BEIJING -- A new form of bird flu has infected more than a dozen people and caused six deaths in China in the last two months, according to official Chinese media reports. As of Friday, Chinese media reported 14 people were infected with the virus, a...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, China, International Organizations, Flu, Health and Safety at School
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Kate Atkinson's 'Life After Life' is a clever creation
There's a bit of Edward Gorey-esque glee in the way Kate Atkinson keeps knocking off her main character in "Life After Life." And yet, she manages to invest these repeated deaths with poetry and emotion. This ingenious narrative conceit — the...Tags: Literature, Authors, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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CDC chief: No cases of H7N9 avian flu found in U.S.
There have been no reported cases of the new H7N9 avian flu in the U.S., officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Friday. In China, however, the numbers of victims continue to creep up, with 16 people in four provinces having been...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Flu, Health Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines
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