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WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's...
Tags: Bird Flu, Germany, EMC Corporation, International Organizations, Politics
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Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia. They say the virus has likely already spread person-to-person in...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies, France, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Lima (Peru), Washington, DC, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Chicago lottery winner's body to be exhumed
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago medical examiner says he plans to exhume the body of a lottery winner poisoned with a lethal dose of cyanide. Cook County Medical Examiner Stephen Cina (SEE'-nuh) said Tuesday that paperwork is being prepared for a judge...
Tags: Lotteries, Chicago Police Department, Prescription Drugs, Services and Shopping, Rogers Park
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US seen exceeding Saudi oil production by 2020
The International Energy Agency expects the United States to become the world's largest oil producer by around 2020, temporarily overtaking Saudi Arabia, thanks to increased output achieved by new exploration technologies. The World Energy Outlook 2012...
Tags: Energy Saving, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, International Energy, Energy Resources
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Heroin blamed in deaths of college student, teen
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says heroin overdoses likely killed a 20-year-old student at a northwestern Indiana college and an 18-year-old woman he was with. Police say Abdullah Alqirnas of Saudi Arabia and Rachael Hill were found dead Sunday...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Valparaiso University, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Arab Spring, Egypt, Feminism, Tripoli (Libya), Energy Resources
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"Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas
NEW YORK (AP) — Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Foods and Beverages, Food Industry, Potatoes, Northfield
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Could "Grilled Meat" chips be popular in the US?
NEW YORK (AP) — Chocolate dog food. Old garden hose. Weirdly fishy. Take a panel of seven foodies and ply them with with exotic versions of popular American snacks from around the world, and these are the reactions you get. Tentative nibbles and...Tags: Olive Garden, Red Caviar, Rubber Products Industry, Caviar, Russia
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Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Punishment, Armed Conflicts, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Dark nights in Tunisia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's state news agency says Tunisia's ousted president has arrived in the kingdom. The Saudi Press Agency cites a statement from the office of King Abdullah that says: "we have welcomed in the Saudi kingdom...Tags: Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elections, Heads of State
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Killing of IUSB student in 1998 still unsolved
On Feb. 27, 1998, a decapitated body was found south of U.S. 20 on Sage Road. The body appeared to have been dumped there.
After a month of comparisons with missing persons cases, it was learned through fingerprints that the body was that of Indiana...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Jan 14, 2011
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Feb 20, 2011
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