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  • Authorities arrest the leader of agricultural workers union

    Authorities arrest the leader of agricultural workers union

    March 3, 2009

    (reposted from US Labor Against the War) This disturbing news (see below) arrived today from the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI). Please contact the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC, and copy Hillary...

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  • Scientists modifies smallpox vaccine to fight bird flu

    Scientists modifies smallpox vaccine to fight bird flu

    March 3, 2009

    A team of scientists from the University of Hong Kong and the United States on Sunday said they have developed a new vaccine strategy against the H5N1 bird flu virus by genetically modifying a smallpox vaccine.

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  • Stem-cell treatments a step closer

    Stem-cell treatments a step closer

    March 2, 2009

    Original source: Safe and ethically uncontroversial stem-cell treatments for a host of diseases came closer to reality on Sunday thanks to a major breakthrough by British and Canadian scientists. Working together, the two teams gave skin...

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  • Kids’ cough medicines don’t work, warns drugs watchdog

    Kids’ cough medicines don’t work, warns drugs watchdog

    March 2, 2009 By Morning Star

    Parents have been warned that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines do not work on children under 12 and can even cause side effects such as hallucinations.

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  • Mugabe’s birthday gift

    Mugabe’s birthday gift

    March 2, 2009

    Original source: Zimbawean President Robert Mugabe pledged to continue land redistribution at his lavish 85th birthday party on Saturday. Mr Mugabe said: 'Land distribution will continue. It will not stop. 'The few remaining white farmers should...

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