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The number of global swine flu deaths has spiked by 700 in a week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says, as Ukraine closed schools and cinemas in the toughest measures taken in Europe over the virus. Oct 31, 2009 at 11:08 |
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to Ukraine to look into reports of severe H1N1 disease there, a spokesperson for the global health agency said Friday. Oct 31, 2009 at 09:06 | Wire reports |
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BEIJING (AP) — China's Health Ministry says two more people have died of swine flu on the mainland, bringing its death total to six. Oct 31, 2009 at 08:07 |
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Ukraine's president defied warnings of the International Monetary Fund and approved an increase in social spending that will balloon the government deficit. The move will likely lead to a suspension of IMF lending to one of Europe's most fragile economies. Read the story here. Oct 31, 2009 at 08:00 |
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A new law to boost minimum wages and pensions by 20% in Ukraine is a threat to the crisis-stricken country's economic stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday. Read the story here. Oct 30, 2009 at 23:54 |
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UEFA said on Friday that it did not have any immediate plans to postpone next week's Champions League match between Dynamo Kiev and Inter Milan due to swine flu restrictions in Ukraine. Oct 30, 2009 at 23:43 |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a bill on Friday that would raise the minimum wage by over 20 percent -- a move the International Monetary Fund chief said pushed its $16.4 billion bailout "off-track." Oct 30, 2009 at 23:38 |
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BONN, Germany (AP) — German medical authorities are reporting the country's first swine flu death in a person with no other known health problems. Oct 30, 2009 at 23:04 |
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MOSCOW (AP) — President Dmitry Medvedev told Russians Friday that there can be no justification for the Soviet government's crimes against its own people, lamenting millions of deaths and "maimed destinies" in some of the strongest criticism of the Communist era to come from the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin came to power a decade ago. Oct 30, 2009 at 22:53 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. Oct 30, 2009 at 22:48 |
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And as the disease has spread from country to country, reports have emerged of people purchasing all sorts of products on the internet. But while the scramble is understandable, experts are sceptical about just how useful they are. Oct 30, 2009 at 22:04 |
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Ukraine could again have problems paying for Russian gas, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday, raising the spectre of new supply interruptions to Europe this winter. He said Ukraine had sufficient funds due to its assistance package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and blamed pro-Western Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for preventing the transfer of funds. Read the story here. Oct 30, 2009 at 21:55 |
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David L. Stern writes:The slogans — pithy, powerful and simple, just black and red lettering on a white background — first appeared this summer and are now plastered throughout the country on street banners, billboards and posters. Read the story here. Oct 30, 2009 at 21:40 |
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Swine flu has spread across the world since emerging in Mexico and is now officially the first flu pandemic for 40 years. Experts fear millions of people will be infected. What is swine flu and what are the symptoms? Oct 30, 2009 at 21:23 |
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As 81,000 are diagnosed with flu in Ukraine and over 2,000 hospitalised, Poland’s health authorities are monitoring the outbreak carefully and ready to tale emergency measures. Read the story here. Oct 30, 2009 at 21:15 |