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April 16, 2010
SHAKE AND BLOW
China quake toll tops 600 as rescuers struggle
Xining, China (AFP) April 15, 2010
Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble Thursday to hunt for survivors of a quake in a remote area of China which killed over 600 people and made thousands homeless. A huge relief effort was under way to send vital aid such as tents and medical supplies to the disaster zone, where doctors set up makeshift hospitals and rescuers battled freezing weather and a lack of oxygen. Thousands spent the night without shelter in freezing temperatures following the 6.9 magnitude quake whi ... read more

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China quake toll tops 600 as rescuers struggle
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INTERN DAILY

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Haiti's new burns unit kept busy as fire hazards rise
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SPACE TRAVEL

IV Water Filter May Open Medical Options For Astronauts
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TECH SPACE

Engineers Turn Noise Into Vision
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EPIDEMICS

Viral immunity failure explained
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THE PITS

Nine rescued alive from flooded China mine: state TV
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INTERN DAILY

Internet connects deepest Nepal to 'telemedics'
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INTERN DAILY

Indian outsourcers eye bonanza from US healthcare bill
SHAKE AND BLOW

Garbage boy beats the odds at Haiti slum hospital
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IRAQ WARS

Iyad Allawi: Iraq's comeback kid
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IRAQ WARS

Secular strongman Allawi back on rungs of Iraq power
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EPIDEMICS

Uzbek doctors infected some 150 children with HIV: report
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TECH SPACE

Spider Silk Reveals A Paradox Of Super-Strength
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EPIDEMICS
Swine Flu Far Worse For Pregnant Women Than Thought
Paris (AFP) March 19, 2010
Pregnant women may be far more at risk from swine flu than thought, according to a survey published on Friday that was carried out in Australia and New Zealand. An investigation carried out among American women between April and May last year, in the first month of the H1N1 virus' outbreak, suggested pregnant women were four times likelier to develop severe illness requiring hospitalisation ... more

EPIDEMICS
Vietnam records second bird flu death this year
Hanoi (AFP) March 17, 2010
A three-year-old girl on Wednesday became the second person to die of bird flu this year in Vietnam, a doctor said. The child succumbed after about a week in a Ho Chi Minh City pediatric hospital with a severe lung infection, said Phan Van Nghiem, of the city's health department. The girl, from southern Binh Duong province, was Vietnam's 59th human fatality from bird flu, also known as H ... more


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CYBER WARS
Lockheed Martin Delivers First JLTV Technology Development Vehicles For Testing

Northrop Grumman Launches Next Generation of Wheelbarrow Bomb Disposal Vehicle

First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems F-35 Enters Flight Test

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Missile Defense System Continues Integration With Contract Modification

Medvedev renews warning on missile defense

Lockheed Martin Completes Live Tracking Aegis Exercise

CYBER WARS
US concerned Syria may supply Scuds to Hezbollah

India delivering sub-sonic cruise missile

LockMart JAGM Undertakes Limited Dirty Battlefield Countermeasure Tests

CYBER WARS
EADS 'moving ahead' in tanker bid: exec

Sarkozy confident on French plane sale to Brazil

Kuwaiti Islamists spurn French jet deal

CYBER WARS
A Cyborg Space Race

Japan unveils humanoid robot that laughs and smiles

Japan unveils always-willing dental patient - a robot

CYBER WARS
Pandemic not over, WHO flu probe hears

WHO pandemic probe focuses on media, Internet role

Death toll from contagious disease in China doubles in March

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EPIDEMICS
Tougher Australian asylum policy backfires

Governments 'too busy' to discuss pygmy rights: Congo official

Dig Looks At Society Just Before Dawn Of Towns

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EPIDEMICS
New Study Investigates Infection Of Human Cells In Space

NASA Studies Nanomechanics Of Inner Ear For Motion Sickness

AWI And DLR To Conduct Joint Health Research In The Antarctic

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EPIDEMICS
Long-running crisis divides Madagascar army

Imperfect elections better than delay in Guinea: rights group

UN force can start leaving from DRCongo in June: report

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EPIDEMICS
China quake survivors endure second night in freezing cold

Relief operations struggle in tornado-hit India

Rainy season to spark 'minor disasters' for Haiti: ICRC

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EPIDEMICS
Pandemic not over, WHO flu probe hears

WHO pandemic probe focuses on media, Internet role

Death toll from contagious disease in China doubles in March

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