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Mon 19 Oct 2009

US finds first case of swine flu in pigs

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Washington - The United States has detected the first case of swine flu in pigs, the Department of Agriculture said Monday. The virus was found in a sample taken from a state fair in Minnesota. More samples were being tested, but the department said ...
 

Mon 19 Oct 2009

Obama relaxes rules on medicinal marijuana

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Washington - US President Barack Obama's administration relaxed rules Monday on prosecuting marijuana users, saying it would no longer target people who get the drug from state-sanctioned medical suppliers. In a new guidelines that mark a reversal of...
 

Mon 19 Oct 2009

Germany warns of dangerous pesticides in Turkish pears

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Stuttgart - The agriculture ministry in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg warned on Monday against eating Turkish pears, after tracing dangerously high levels of insecticide. The problem affected Turkish pears across Germany, the Stuttgart- base...
 

Mon 19 Oct 2009

Red Cross says lawmakers can do more to help ‘disappeared’

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Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross called on lawmakers Monday to take greater steps towards helping people who have been disappeared. The term refers to people who go missing during armed conflicts. In recent decades, making peopl...
 

Mon 19 Oct 2009

Manufacturer of toxic painkiller refused bail in Bangladesh

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Dhaka - A Dhaka court on Monday refused bail to the chief executive of a pharmaceutical company charged with manufacturing toxic painkiller syrup that reportedly killed at least 28 children across Bangladesh. Judge ANM Basir Ullah of the Metropolitan...
 

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