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REUTERS SUMMIT-Current China bird flu strain can't cause pandemic -CDC
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * Virus could mutate -CDC director * If virus mutates, could cause "severe pandemic" * H7N9 began infecting people in February By Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, China, Vaccines, Epidemics and Plagues, Diseases and Illnesses
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FACTBOX-Vaccine, drugs to fight new bird flu
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) May 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are already working with samples of the new H7N9...Tags: Tamiflu (drug), AstraZeneca Plc, Roche Holding AG, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines
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REUTERS SUMMIT-WHO budget cuts worry bird flu watchers
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * CDC head concerned at WHO ability to respond effectively * Swiss-based U.N. agency hit by Swiss franc strength * WHO official says work being done but...Tags: International Organizations, Government Debt, Finance, Health Organizations, Politics
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 6
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- JERUSALEM/AMMAN - Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian...Tags: Government, FBI, Political Corruption, Sports, Manmohan Singh
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PRESS DIGEST - China - May 6
ReutersMay 6 (Reuters) - Chinese newspapers available in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Monday. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. CHINA SECURITIES JOURNAL The average net profit of all...Tags: China, Suntech Power Holdings Company Limited, Newspaper and Magazine, Warren Buffett
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China probes mutton supplier; govt website says linked to Yum
ReutersSHANGHAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities are testing mislabelled mutton from a wholesaler a government website said supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands Inc, the latest safety scare to taint China's food...Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, China, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry
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World watch
Czech Republic: A gas explosion rocked Prague's Old Town district Monday, injuring 35 people and damaging several buildings. The explosion occurred in an office building on busy Divadelni Street, close to the National Theater and Vltava River, where the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Punishment, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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In China, rat meat is sold as lamb
BEIJING -- Feasting on strips of mutton dropped in a simmering pot is a popular dining pastime in China, but what if the meat served is actually made of rat? That may be on the minds of diners after the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China....Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, China, U.S. Military, Flu
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1645 GMT, May 03
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MEXICO CITY - U.S. President Barack Obama told the Mexican people on Friday that he sees a "new Mexico" emerging, with a deepening democracy and growing economy, and that Mexico and the United States should be viewed as equal...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, Transportation Accidents, Shootings
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 2
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/WASHINGTON - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for crimes against the state, prompting a U.S. call for his amnesty in hopes of avoiding him becoming a bargaining chip between...Tags: Thailand, Labor Legislation, Muammar Gaddafi, Idriss Deby Itno, Career and Workplace
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Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
ReutersBEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, China, Viral Diseases and Infections, Food Industry, Shanghai (China)
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1330 GMT, May 02
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL - North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years' hard labour on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, a move that will likely see him used as a bargaining chip in talks with Washington. -...Tags: Thailand, Government, Muammar Gaddafi, Idriss Deby Itno, Western Africa
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