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Foreign media spar with authorities in China quake zone
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009As China marks the first anniversary of the devastating Sichuan quake, foreign reporters say they are being obstructed by authorities keen to keep a firm lid on any embarrassing coverage. Journalists trying to interview residents -- including parents of children who died when schools collapsed like packs of cards -- have been accosted and shooed away by officials in a series of incidents in ... more China's fleeing quake teacher says he made right move 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009A Chinese teacher who made headlines for leaving his students behind during last year's Sichuan earthquake said Tuesday he was at peace with his decision to flee and did not feel "much grief". Fan Meizhong, 37, also known as 'Running Fan', was fired from a school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake in the southwestern province of Sichuan, after he was berated for admitting online ... more China ups swine flu effort as global cases pass 5,000 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009China ramped up efforts to contain swine flu and awaited confirmation Wednesday of a second suspected case on the mainland, as the number of infections worldwide soared past the 5,000 mark. State news agency Xinhua said a man was under treatment in eastern China's Shandong province where he had arrived by train after flying to Beijing from Canada. China has already isolated 349 people ... more China, Hong Kong confirm their second swine flu cases 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009China and Hong Kong confirmed Wednesday their second separate cases of swine flu, both in passengers who flew in from North America, and stepped up the search for those who came into contact with them. In Beijing, authorities said a student who recently returned from Canada and then took a train to the eastern province of Shandong despite feeling feverish, had tested positive for the virus. ... more Swine flu hits China as WHO defends actions 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 11, 2009China on Monday confirmed the first case of swine flu on the Chinese mainland, as the World Health Organisation defended its decision to raise the global alert about the disease. "If countries had not been thinking about what to do in this kind of situation, the fact is we would have had much more confusion," said acting WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda. "In many ways, the sev ... more |
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Beichuan, China (AFP) May 11, 2009Gong Guilin lost both his legs in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake. Now he dreams of becoming a Paralympic tennis player. One year after the quake struck, hope is slowly returning to Gong's life, as it is for millions of other survivors, but for many the will to move on is mixed with a sense of indelible grief. "I like tennis best, but I play basketball and like riding the bike," ... more Quarantine ends at Hong Kong swine flu hotel 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 8, 2009More than 280 guests and staff forced to spend a week quarantined in their Hong Kong hotel over fears of swine flu finally tasted freedom when authorities released them on Friday. The Hong Kong government, with bitter experience of the deadly SARS virus in 2003, had sealed them inside their hotel last Friday after it emerged that a Mexican who tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus had stayed ... more Analysis: A jungle in France 
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 |
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Chengdu, China (AFP) May 7, 2009China said Thursday that last year's massive Sichuan earthquake left 5,335 schoolchildren dead or missing, releasing its first official tally just days before the anniversary of the disaster. The number of children killed in the May 12 quake is highly sensitive as many bereaved parents say school buildings were shoddily constructed and collapsed too easily when the quake struck, while struct ... more Students Design Low-Cost Surgical Lamp For Developing Nations 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 08, 2009Engineering students have developed a low-cost, battery-powered surgical lamp to be used in developing nations where electricity isn't reliable. Earlier this month, members of Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives, or M-HEAL, sent their prototype lamp to Uganda where it will undergo testing. "The power grid is very unreliable in developing countries," said Stephen DeWitt, co-found ... more Scientists Learn Why The Flu May Turn Deadly 
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2009As the swine flu continues its global spread, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have discovered important clues about why influenza is more severe in some people than it is in others. In their research study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology , the scientists show that the influenza virus can actually paralyze the immune systems of ot ... more Mexico bounces back to life after swine flu 
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
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