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  • As H1N1 spreads, Thais take cover behind surgical masks

    As H1N1 spreads, Thais take cover behind surgical masks

    July 22, 2009

    BANGKOK, Jul 15 (IPS) - Pattadol Piboonsak was gripped with fear last week when he fell ill with a high fever, displaying the usual symptoms of influenza. 'I thought I had fallen ill with the new...

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  • Changes afoot for US global AIDS policy

    Changes afoot for US global AIDS policy

    July 22, 2009

    CAPE TOWN, 20 July 2009 (PlusNews) - Just three weeks into his new appointment, United States Global AIDS Coordinator Dr Eric Goosby outlined on Monday some of the changes that President Barack Obama’s administration will make...

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  • Obama hands Africas responsibilities back to Africans

    Obama hands Africas responsibilities back to Africans

    July 22, 2009

    Translated by Claire Scammell (l’Humanite) Before parliament in Accra, Ghana’s capital, the American president disposed of the role played in Africa by the major powers and called for the continent to take charge of itself in...

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  • Thousands of British steelworkers march to save jobs

    Thousands of British steelworkers march to save jobs

    July 21, 2009

    Original source: Thousands of steelworkers and their families have marched through Redcar in a campaign to save the Corus steel plant. Over 5,000 workers and their families sent a powerful message to the government with the...

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  • E-books publishing on the rise

    E-books publishing on the rise

    July 20, 2009

    Publishing houses or newspapers specializing in printed books have slipped into e-book publishing. This fact became evident at the recently concluded 'Digital Publishing Expo' in Beijing. By the end of 2008, ninety-percent of 578 publishing houses...

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