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World Bank aims grant at Haiti's cholera epidemicWashington (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 The World Bank's board of directors on Tuesday approved a $15 million grant to help Haiti fight the cholera epidemic ravaging the impoverished country, the development lender said. The World Bank said the new project "will boost the country's medical response to the disease while expanding its capacity to monitor and prevent such outbreaks." The program is part of the World Bank's $479 million reconstruction support following the devastating earthquake a year ago that left about one million peop ... read more |
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  Disease threat for Sri Lanka flood victims The threat of disease loomed Saturday over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lanka that have left more than 30 people dead and devastated farmland in the island's rice bowl. ... more | .. |
  Disease threat for Sri Lanka flood victims The threat of disease loomed Saturday over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lanka that have left nearly 40 people dead and devastated farmland in the island's rice bowl. ... more | .. |
 Canon to spend $12bn on acquisitions by 2015 Canon plans to spend up to one trillion yen ($12 billion) by 2015 on mergers and acquisitions to expand in the areas of medical equipment and robotics, according to an interview published Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 More Balkan swine flu deaths recorded Five people have died of swine flu in Croatia and neighbouring Bosnia this season, while hundreds have contracted the virus, the authorities in both countries said on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Time for aid groups to 'step aside' in Haiti: MSF A French-based medical charity said Monday it was time for aid agencies to "step aside" in Haiti to allow the government to take a lead in rebuilding the impoverished nation rocked by a deadly earthquake a year ago. ... more | .. |
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  Vietnam War 'secret army' chief dies in US hospital Former Laotian general Vang Pao, who once commanded a CIA-backed "secret army" of Hmong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, died Thursday in a Californian hospital. He was 81. ... more | .. |
 China smoking deaths could triple by 2030, report warns China is failing to deliver on pledges to help its 300 million smokers kick the habit, according to health experts who warned of a sharp rise in tobacco-linked deaths if strong steps are not taken. ... more |
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  Three Iraqis, two US soldiers killed in Iraq Gun and bomb attacks killed three Iraqis and wounded 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the US military said two US soldiers had been killed, the first to die in Iraq this year. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah dies at 79 One of Hong Kong's most influential democracy campaigners, Szeto Wah, has died at 79. ... more | .. |
  Life sentence for Indian doctor condemned Activists slammed a life sentence handed down by an Indian court to an internationally acclaimed doctor who was found guilty of supporting Maoist rebels. ... more | .. |
  Jailed China milk activist free on parole, supporters worry A Chinese father jailed after campaigning for victims of a huge tainted milk scandal has said he was freed on medical parole and regretted his actions, but supporters say his words may have been forced. ... more |
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Two dead as flu cases widen in France French health watchdogs said on Wednesday the country was officially in the grip of a flu epidemic after 176,000 people had fallen sick, two of whom have died. ... more | .. |
Croatia registers first swine flu death this season Croatia recorded its first death linked to swine flu this season as a 60-year-old man infected with H1N1 virus died at a Zagreb hospital, the national public health institute said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Adopted Haitian children fly in to Paris on Christmas Eve A second French government-chartered plane bringing 84 Haitian children to their adoptive French parents arrived in Paris on Friday morning where icy weather had grounded many Christmas flights. ... more | .. |
 Colombian landslide kills 13 A landslide in rain-drenched southeastern Colombia smashed into five homes and a bar Thursday in a town near the Ecuador border, killing at least 13 people, the local mayor said. ... more |
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