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Berlin (UPI) May 8, 2009 France may change an immigration law because of a movie about the plight of an Iraqi fugitive trying to get from France to Britain by swimming across the English Channel. "Welcome," the French film that has the country in a controversy over its laws concerning illegal immigrants, is set in Calais, a port city in northern France. It tells the tale of Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurd from northe ... more China says to finish quake reconstruction ahead of time 
Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2009China promised Friday to step up the pace of reconstruction in quake-devastated Sichuan province and said it would complete the process a year ahead of schedule. Mu Hong, a top planning official, said on the eve of the first anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude quake that more than 50 billion dollars had already been invested in projects in the region. Mu said that under initial plans from ... more Always Safely On The Go 
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 11, 2009How can we better protect rescue workers when they are deployed in a catastrophe - or find avalanche victims more efficiently? Fraunhofer researchers are currently working on a localization solution that combines satellite-based positioning with terrestrial guidance tools and situation-based sensor systems (such as integrated toxic gas sensors). The new system is intended to improve ... more China reports first suspected mainland swine flu case 
Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported. The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after returning from the United States via Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Ministry of Health. ... more Japan confirms first three swine flu cases 
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2009A teacher and two students returning from North America have tested positive for swine flu in the first confirmed cases of the virus in Japan, the government said Saturday. Japanese authorities quarantined the 46-year-old man and 16-year-old boys, who had been on a high school trip to Canada, and 49 others who were aboard their flight as it arrived in Tokyo on Friday from the US city of Detr ... more |
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Mexico City (AFP) May 7, 2009World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown. High schools and universities reopened in Mexico, the day after offices and restaurants were cleared to take down the shutters that had been ordered to remain in place for five days in a bid to ... more New Analysis Shows Hobbits Couldn't Hustle 
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2009A detailed analysis of the feet of Homo floresiensis-the miniature hominins who lived on a remote island in eastern Indonesia until 18,000 years ago-may help settle a question hotly debated among paleontologists: how similar was this population to modern humans? A new research paper, featured on the cover of the current issue of Nature, may answer this question. While the so-called "hobbit ... more Keeping swine and bird flus apart top priority: experts 
Paris (AFP) May 7, 2009Preventing the swine flu that is spreading across the globe from infecting patients sick with the deadly H5N1 avian flu should be a top priority, especially in Asia, top experts said Thursday. If both viruses wind up in the same individual, they could mix genes and mutate into a form that is both very pathogenic and easily transmitted among humans, said John Oxford, a virologist at London Qu ... more GE to spend 6 bln dollars on high-tech health sector 
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009General Electric announced Thursday that it will spend six billion dollars between now and 2015 on innovative healthcare technology -- from portable ultrasound machines to low-cost X-ray equipment. "Healthcare is an important industry that is challenged by rising costs, inequality of access and persistent quality issues," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said at a Washington press conference ... more |
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by Staff WritersPerth WA (SPX) May 07, 2009 A disease spread simulation has emphasized that flu interventions must be imposed quickly, if they are to be effective. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have shown that staying at home, closing schools and isolating infected people within the home should reduce infection, but only if they are used in combination, activated without dela ... more 'Humiliating' treatment by Chinese officials: returned Mexicans 
Mexico City (AFP) May 6, 2009Some of 136 Mexicans repatriated from China Wednesday spoke of "discrimination" by Chinese officials who feared they could be carriers of the swine flu virus despite showing no symptoms. "In my case there was discrimination and humiliation," said Myrna Berlanga, one of five repatriated Mexicans who gave a news conference. She complained of the way the Chinese "took us off the plane and ... more Sugar, Spice And Puppy Dog Tails 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 07, 2009A new longitudinal study of children's personality traits and interests tells us that sex-typed characteristics develop differently in girls and boys. The study, by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Purdue University, appears in the journal Child Development. The researchers looked at first- and second-born siblings from nearly ... more China says global flu situation worsening: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China warned Wednesday it faced a growing risk of swine flu infections despite officials elsewhere saying the virus was on the wane, state media reported. "Chinese medical experts believe the global epidemic situation is still worsening and China has to give continued high attention," Vice Health Minister Zhang Mao told a video conference on the prevention and control of the disease, accordi ... more
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