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KABUL, May 2 — With less than a week left before candidates must register for Afghanistan’s presidential election, opposition forces remain so divided and appear so confused that the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, is looking more and more like a winner as he heads to Washington for a summit with President Obama and Pakistani President Asif [...]
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Andrew Pekosz, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, answers questions about swine flu. Read more
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JUYUAN, China — After last May’s massive earthquake buried her son under tons of shattered concrete at his collapsed school, Han Xuehua, numb and disbelieving, boiled spicy water every Friday for weeks to prepare hot pot, his favorite dish. “I didn’t want to accept that my child wasn’t coming home,” she said softly. “I still [...]
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A key ally of Nepal’s ruling Maoists withdrew support on Sunday, leaving the coalition unstable after differences over the sacking of the country’s army chief earlier in the day. Read more
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has moved past the peak of an H1N1 flu epidemic and is in the “phase of descent,” the government said on Sunday, although world health officials still say the unpredictable virus could become a pandemic. Read more
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Swine flu in Mexico, the epicentre of the world outbreak, has peaked, the Mexican health minister has said. Read more
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Thirteen East and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Sunday to set up a $120 billion emergency fund for use in an economic downturn, the first independent move by Asia to shield itself from financial crisis. Read more
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Play Video KING5 Seattle  – What parents should know about swine flu Slideshow:Swine Flu Play Video Video:Swine Flu reduces flights into Mexico WCNC Charlotte Play Video Video:Officials say swine flu threat still strong AP AP – Commuters, wearing protective face masks to prevent infection from swine flu, ride in the subway in Mexico … By MARGIE MASON, AP Medical [...]
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SOMEONE living in or near Praia da Luz — the Algarve resort in which Madeleine McCann vanished — knows what happened to the little girl, claim private detectives investigating her disappearance. Read more
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TOKYO (May 2) – When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on another Web site, and a historical map of Tokyo put up in 2006 hadn’t caused [...]
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Gordon Brown’s future as Prime Minister was looking increasingly uncertain last night as his Labour enemies plotted to sack him and install Health Secretary Alan Johnson in No10. Read more
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First case of swine flu confirmed in Ireland 9:28AM Sunday May 03, 2009 Swine Flu Hotels earmarked for swine flu quarantine Fear of illness recedes DUBLIN — Officials say the first case of swine flu has been confirmed in Ireland. Ireland’s Department of Health said that the patient had [...]
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Relatives of the Srebrenica massacre victims attend the funeral of their family members at the Srebrenica Memorial site during the 10th anniversary of the massacre on July 11, 2005, in Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. Read more
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As the swine flu progresses, it will be easy for news consumers to get freaked out by ledes such as this from the AP: “Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out. We’re nowhere close to what government [...]
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Gov. Pat Quinn today announced that he will be commuting Debra Gindorf’s sentence to time served. Officials expect her to be released from Dwight Correctional Center in mid-May. Read more
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6:25am UK, Sunday May 03, 2009 British boxer Ricky Hatton has been knocked out in the second round of his Las Vegas fight against Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao was far too powerful and [...]
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Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick has filmed a guest appearance in the upcoming series of Californication, reports Entertainment Weekly. Read more
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Air power is a vital resource for US, Afghan and coalition forces battling Taliban militants and their al-Qaida associates in Afghanistan, but they can have unintended consequences. Read more
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Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, another band of pirates hijacked a cargo ship, a NATO spokesman said Saturday. Read more
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Now that the Justice Souter has officially told Team O that he’s retiring, let’s start handicapping who might land on the bench. Few better to start than with UC-Davis Law School Dean Kevin Johnson, the… Read more