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Airlift of critically injured Haitians resumes: US militaryPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 Flights for critically injured Haitian quake victims to US hospitals "have resumed," the US operations officer for the Joint Task Force Haiti said Monday. "The resumption of flights was based on identifying locations where the injured could go to, where they wouldn't overwhelm the capacity of the states where they were being evacuated," Colonel Gregory Kane said outside the US embassy in Port-au-Prince. The White House said a C-130J aircraft was scheduled to arrive in Haiti from a US air base in ... read more |
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Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 26, 2010After a decade of remarkable growth, total annual funding for biomedical research in the U.S. has decelerated and may have even fallen when adjusted for inflation. That is the conclusion of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The era of rapid expansion in biomedical research funding that began in the 1990's has ended," said Ray Dorsey, M.D., a neurologist ... more  
Altus AFB OK (SPX) Jan 26, 2010The 97th Air Mobility Wing launched six C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 58th Airlift Squadron Jan. 17 and 18, here, to assist with the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti, Operation Unified Response. Altus AFB officials answered the call for help with 50 aircrew personnel who will deliver aid in the form of medical evacuations and life sustaining supplies. Accompanying the aircrew are 13 C- ... more  
Kinshasa (AFP) Jan 25, 2010A Chinese construction group is inflicting "unacceptable" working conditions on its Congolese labourers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a leading African human rights group charged Monday. It said workers were employed without contracts, hours were not respected, salaries were paid at less than the official rate, people were unfairly fired and there was no security and little medical ca ... more |
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Leak at German nuclear plant, man hospitalised: firmBerlin (AFP) Jan 22, 2010 A leak in a uranium enrichment plant in Germany exposed an employee to a high level of radiation but posed no danger to people outside the facility, the firm operating the plant said on Friday. The employee was taken to hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the German subsidiary of British nuclear firm Urenco said. None of the radiation escaped, the company added. "There is no danger to the public. The necessary authorities were informed straightaway," Urenco said in a statem ... read more |
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