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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 6, 2009 
The World Health Organisation moved to reassure the public about the safety of pandemic flu vaccines on Thursday, emphasising that rigorous precautions were taken despite the speed of their development.
"The public needs to be reassured that regulatory procedures in place for the licensing of pandemic vaccines, including procedures for expediting regulatory approval, are rigorous and do not ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2009The United States plans to double the amount of arms and ammunition it is providing Somalia's transitional government, a US State Department official said Thursday, signalling deeper US involvement in the conflict there. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the plan was to double supplies of arms and ammunition from 40 to 80 tonnes. "That's the idea," the official said. ... more |
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Buenos Aires (AFP) Aug 6, 2009Argentina reported a sharp spike in deaths from swine flu as cases jumped across Latin America and more countries worldwide coped with their first fatalities. In Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday moved to assuage safety concerns over vaccines for pandemic influenza as nations geared up for massive campaigns to try and protect millions of people from the virus. Argen ... more  
Rome (AFP) Aug 7, 2009The last few hundred victims of April's earthquake whose homes were never seriously damaged may no longer stay for free in hotels, Italian officials said Friday. "These people no longer have the right to be housed at the state's expense" since their homes could accommodate them, a civil defence official based in L'Aquila told AFP. About 100 people have already left the hotels and officia ... more  
Kelowna, Canada (AFP) Aug 8, 2009The battle against a wildfire near this western Canadian city was hampered Saturday by strong winds and thick smoke, keeping thousands of evacuees stranded into a second week. But elsewhere in British Columbia, despite the 793 fires still burning across the province, the center of Canada's wine industry, some people who earlier fled their homes were able to return, provincial fire department ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2009 Support for Manuel Jose Zelaya is fading fast at the Obama White House because of the ousted Honduran president's track record as a mercurial character whose past conduct has not helped U.S. interests in Latin America, analysts said. Although officials insist the administration is not softening its position on Zelaya returning to power and the United States refuses to recognize the de f ... more  
Long Beach CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2009Raytheon will provide an electronic patient tracking system to a public health-led team of first responders and hospital personnel in Long Beach, Calif., that will improve the availability of patient information. The EPTS, an information technology solution, facilitates the triage, treatment and transport of victims during mass casualty incidents by providing selected patient data to all i ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Aug 7, 2009 From his self-chosen exile in Berlin, a Swiss-born artist has been battling Switzerland's decision to introduce a biometric passport. Adam Tellmeister places the scalpel on his brand new Swiss passport and cuts right through its blood-red outer fabric. It's the first cut of an operation -- broadcast live on the Internet -- that is aimed at removing the chip from his new biometric passpo ... more |
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