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Canadians to grow 1918 virus

CanWest MediaWorks (Canada)

by Margaret Munro

November 10, 2005

Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg plan to resurrect the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, a development that has led to calls for international oversight and control of the dreaded microbe.

The Canadian researchers plan to bring the virus to life using pieces of DNA containing the genetic recipe for the virus, said Dr. Frank Plummer, scientific director of the lab. The virus will be recreated inside living cells, then harvested and used to infect animals in an attempt to identify what made the virus so virulent.

Dryer balls cut dryer time

Blogging Baby

by Melissa Summers

October 30, 2005

My mother gave me these funny balls a few weeks ago. She'd been going on and on about them for a few weeks.

I take it all back. These little balls actually do cut my laundry's drying time and my clothes feel softer without a dryer sheet. I hate dryer sheets with all the fury of a housewife.

Avian flu man 'made £4m from smuggled birds'

Times Online (UK)

by Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Steven Swinford

October 30, 2005

CUSTOMS officers claim that the businessman at the centre of Britain's first avian flu case made up to £4m from an alleged bird-smuggling operation.

Officers working under cover found that Brett Hammond secretly imported thousands of exotic birds using fake documents more than a decade ago, according to court records. Despite the discovery of the illegal trade, Hammond was allowed to continue to run one of Britain's 83 quarantine centres, which are a key defence against an avian flu pandemic.

Is Avian Flu another Pentagon Hoax?

Global Research

by F. William Engdahl

October 30, 2005

No sooner are indictments being handed down to Scooter Libby, for lies and coverup of information, but a new scandal is surfacing every bit as outrageous and ultimately, likely also criminal.

Against all scientific prudence and normal public health procedure, the world population is being whipped up into a fear frenzy by irresponsible public health officials from the US Administration to WHO to the United States Centers for Disease Control. They all warn about the imminent danger that a malicious viral strain might spread from infected birds, primarily in Vietnam and other Asian centers, to contaminate the entire human species in pandemic proportions. Often the flu pandemic of 1918 which is said to have killed 18 million worldwide, is cited as an example of what "might" lie in store for us.

APEC to meet in Brisbane on bird flu

Seven News (AU)

October 30, 2005

International health experts and disaster management coordinators will discuss cooperation in the event of a bird flu outbreak at a major conference to begin in Brisbane.

Delegates at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on Monday are expected to consider issues such as border closures, anti-viral drugs and how to maintain essential services during an outbreak. The two-day "Avian and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response" conference follows reports last week of China's third bird flu outbreak in two weeks.

The Avian Flu Fright is Politically Timed

ReliableAnswers.com

by Leonard G. Horowitz

October 25, 2005

If avian flu becomes more than a threatened pandemic, it will have done so by political and economic design.

This thesis is supported by current massive media misrepresentations, profiteering on risky and valueless vaccines, gross neglect of data evidencing earlier similar man-made plaques including SARS, West Nile Virus, AIDS and more; continuance of genetic studies breeding more mutant flu viruses likely to outbreak, inside trading scandals involving pandemic savvy White House and drug industry officials, curious immunity of these pharmaceutical entities over the past century to law enforcement and mainstream media scrutiny, and published official depopulation objectives.

Roche makes a killing

The Observer (UK)

by Nick Mathiason

October 25, 2005

As panic spreads over avian flu, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant is accused of putting profits before people.

For the obsessively guarded, conservatively dressed and unflamboyant Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families, avian flu could be good news. Over the next two years, the heirs of Fritz Hoffman, founders of Roche, one of the world's most powerful pharmaceutical companies, and who already rank as among the world's richest families, could see their combined £10 billion fortune reach giddy heights.

A Bait-and-Switch Charity

Counter Punch

by Joe Allen

October 20, 2005

The Scandalous History of the Red Cross

In recent years, the image of the Red Cross has been tarnished. The worst scandal came after the September 11 attacks, when it was revealed that a large portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars donated to the organization went not to survivors or family members of those killed, but to other Red Cross operations, in what was described by chapters across the country as a "bait-and-switch" operation.

I'm convert to homeopathy, says minister

Guardian Unlimited Politics (UK)

by Sarah Boseley

October 13, 2005

The Welsh secretary, Peter Hain, yesterday became the first cabinet minister to advocate openly for more complementary therapy within the NHS.

Mr Hain revealed to a gathering of GPs who integrate complementary and conventional medicine in their practice that he had become a "true convert" after using homeopathy on his first baby, Sam, who suffered from eczema and asthma.

8-year-old boy committed

Orlando Sentinel (FL)

October 13, 2005

PANAMA CITY -- An 8-year-old boy charged with a felony for allegedly kicking a teacher has been committed to a mental-health facility after he tried to stab a Children's Home Society worker at a psychiatrist's office.

After the boy was arrested last week at a school for children with emotional and behavior problems, she said she hoped it would lead to treatment he had previously been unable to get.

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