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Swine flu continues to spread in New Zealand, 10 dead
Wellington (AFP) Aug 23, 2010
Swine flu is continuing to spread in New Zealand, health officials said Monday as the death toll rose to 10 and some areas reported more people in hospital than during last year's pandemic.
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the global pandemic over, H1N1 "is the most common strain of influenza circulating" in New Zealand, director of public health Mark Jacobs said. ... more
Outside View: Deflation and Obama's legacy
College Park, Md. (UPI) Aug 17, 2010
Deflation is coming and Americans should be alarmed.
Many, though hardly all, prices are falling.
Government regulations, subsidies and sanctioned monopolies make some price increases inevitable - the world may end before doctors' visits, prescription drugs, college tuition, and cable TV rates stop rising. For now, U.S. President Barack Obama has legislated higher car prices and ... more
China mudslide town lacking supplies as rescuers end search
Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2010
Sludge-blocked roads are keeping urgent food and medicine from reaching survivors of deadly mudslides in northwest China, officials said Monday, as rescuers ended the search for hundreds still missing.
Thousands of soldiers sent to Zhouqu, a remote town in Gansu province flattened by landslides over a week ago, have stopped digging for bodies to prevent an outbreak of disease, the local gove ... more
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New landslides in China leave 38 missing
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