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 Golestan, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 
Military interpreter "Rocky" has the combat record and desert camouflage gear of a US Marine, having already survived eight bomb attacks while on patrol in rural southwest Afghanistan. The last explosion threw him from an armoured vehicle and wounded his leg, putting him in a military hospital for two weeks. But for the 24-year-old whose real name is Salim Jawed Stanikzai, there is no qu ... read more 
Kiev (AFP) Oct 31, 2009Ukrainians emptied pharmacies of masks and flu medicines on Saturday after the government ordered a three-week closure of schools and cinemas to combat swine flu. In Lviv in the western region, some pharmacies ran out of flu medicines and masks after worried customers made bulk purchases. Residents complained pharmacies were profiting from the panic caused by the announcement on Friday ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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London (AFP) Oct 29, 2009Britons with the highest risk of catching swine flu should receive vaccinations by mid-December, the government said Thursday as the numbers catching the illness rose. Health workers, pregnant women and people suffering from cancer, diabetes, heart disease and asthma are first in line for the injections. Ian Dalton, the national director for flu resilience, said all family doctors in ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Iran will deliver on Thursday its much-awaited response to a UN-brokered nuclear deal under which it would export low-enriched uranium for conversion into fuel for a medical research reactor, the Mehr news agency said. The report quoted an unnamed informed source as saying Tehran's "final response" would propose some modifications in the draft of the Western-backed plan but accepts the ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Russia came under fire from international AIDS campaigners on Wednesday for refusing to provide drug users with drug substitution therapy to stem a spreading HIV epidemic. Russia's chief medical official Gennady Onishchenko told a major AIDS conference that Moscow opposed providing methadone -- a synthetic drug that is not injected -- to heroin users. He said that Russia preferred to ... more |
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Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 14, 2009The United Nations said Wednesday it would help to protect Nepal's schools and hospitals against earthquakes as it launched a scheme to reduce the impact of natural disasters in the country. The UN said the risk of natural disasters in Nepal was growing as the population grew and climate change increased flooding and landslides. Last week, dozens of people died in landslides and flash fl ... more  
Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Oct 12, 2009 U.S. medical researchers say they've identified a molecule that plays a key role in the formation of brain synapses. The Stanford University Medical Center scientists said their discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance science's understanding of how children's brains develop, as well as point to new approaches toward countering brain disorders in adults ... more 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 4, 2009In quake-hit Indonesia, the flooded Philippines and typhoon-ravaged Vietnam, troops are evacuating the wounded and stranded, distributing food and medicines - and gaining the public's admiration. As countries across Southeast Asia clean up and count the dead following a series of devastating natural disasters, the militaries engaged in relief work have seized the moment to burnish their som ... more |
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