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AP Exclusive: Obama aunt anguished by separation BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she described her anguish over no longer having contact with him and his family after the revelation that she had been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing.
Dec 1, 2009 at 18:29
Day 2 for Demjanjuk in German court MUNICH (AP) — John Demjanjuk is heading back to court where prosecutors will lay out their case accusing him of being accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp.
Dec 1, 2009 at 10:12
White House: Obama Copenhagen visit to aid climate deal WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopes his decision to attend the United Nations' climate conference in Copenhagen next month will help to bring participants to the brink of a deal, the White House said on Monday.
Nov 30, 2009 at 22:54 | Reuters
Somali pirates seize Greek tanker near Seychelles ATHENS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized a Greek-flagged oil tanker near the Seychelles, more than 700 miles (1,125 km) off the coast of Somalia, Greece's coastguard said on Monday.
Nov 30, 2009 at 22:49 | Reuters
Demjanjuk trial on Nazi death camp charges opens MUNICH (AP) — John Demjanjuk sat in a wheelchair wrapped in a light blue blanket, his eyes closed and his face pale as his trial opened on charges he helped kill 27,900 Jews as a Nazi death camp guard.
Nov 30, 2009 at 21:09
United Nations: Number of HIV sufferers in Eastern Europe, Central Asia grown since 2001 The estimated number of adults and children living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia has grown by 66% to 1.5 million since 2001, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS said in its 2009 AIDS epidemic update.
Nov 25, 2009 at 13:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
WHO probing spread of drug-resistant swine flu GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is looking into reports in Britain of the likely spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the U.N. agency said on Nov. 24.
Nov 24, 2009 at 16:52 | Reuters
WHO and UNAIDS say 33.4 million worldwide infected with AIDS virus HONG KONG, Nov 24 (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a statement issued by the World Health Organisation and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). That figure is up from 33 million in 2007.
Nov 24, 2009 at 11:13 | Reuters
Experts: Europe H1N1 flu deaths doubling every 2 weeks LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in Europe has doubled almost every two weeks since the middle of October and 169 people died of the virus in the past week, disease surveillance experts said on Nov. 23.
Nov 23, 2009 at 17:09 | Reuters
WHO: Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A small number of people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations have shown that the deaths are not due to the vaccines, a senior official at the World Health Organisation said on Nov. 19.
Nov 19, 2009 at 14:22 | Reuters
Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu LONDON (AP) — Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease.
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:11 | Associated Press
WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says doctors shouldn't wait for lab confirmation before giving anti-viral drugs to pregnant women and other at-risk groups with suspected swine flu.
Nov 12, 2009 at 15:41 | Associated Press
4,000 Americans die of swine flu ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials now say that 4, 000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they've been using.
Nov 12, 2009 at 05:51
WHO: H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter GENEVA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine fluvirus has picked up steam in the northern hemisphere and is expected to cause more serious infections and deaths as cold weather sets in, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
Nov 5, 2009 at 19:04 | Reuters