Vietnamese sisters may have contracted bird flu from brother
Two Vietnamese sisters who died from bird flu may have caught the disease from their brother, potentially the first human to human transmission. WHO officials noted no identical event elsewhere and urged further testing while China reports new suspected outbreaks as authorities worry about SARS and virus spread.
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China
Xinjiang
Beijing
Guangdong
World Health Organization
Limited stock of flu drugs may slow bird flu pandemic
Prescription flu drugs could buy time against a bird flu pandemic if virus evolves worldwide. U S talks with a maker to supply large quantities for stockpiling but current supplies are scarce and months from wide availability. Tamiflu is the practical brand for mass stockpiling, experts say, with calls to place drugs in national reserves.
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Associated Press
U.S
Arnold Monto
University of Michigan
Rescue Sparks Hope After Crash Finds Girl With Mother
In a rural highway wreck, Sgt. Dave Wander found a green sedan entangled in a tree. A dark-haired three year old, Angel Emery-Wade, emerged from a blanket beside her mother who died in the crash. Angel suffered frostbite but recovered after hospitalization.
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Iran Parliament Sees One Third Resign in Election Crisis
More than 124 of Iran's 290 Majlis members resigned in a protest over the disputed February 20 elections. Speaker Mahdi Karroubi and reformist President Khatami pressed the Supreme Leader to mediate as disqualification of thousands of reformist candidates sparked a national crisis.
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Iran
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Shahr Banu Emami
Fatimeh Haqigattu
Center
Hamideh Edalat
Lopez devastated by split with Ben Affleck
Jennifer Lopez says she is extremely brokenhearted over her breakup with Ben Affleck. She had been planning a wedding and putting great effort into the relationship before the dinner that ended it, according to reports. The statements were given to Star magazine via Victoria Gotti.
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Jennifer Lopez
Ben Affleck
New York Daily News
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Lopez
Star Magazine
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Ben
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Notable today's birthday list across entertainment
Actress Elaine Stritch and actor Robert Mandan join a celebrity birthday roster along with Tom Smothers Graham Nash Bo Hopkins Farrah Fawcett Brent Spiner Christie Brinkley Michael Talbott Robert DeLeo Shakira. The ages range from 7 to 67, marking milestones for each star in film television and music.
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Tom Smothers
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Bo Hopkins
Farrah Fawcett
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Christie Brinkley
Michael Talbott
Robert DeLeo
Stone Temple Pilots
Shakira
Coppola Becomes First American Nominated Female Best Director
Coppola dazzled by Oscar nods and a Golden Globe for Lost in Translation. She discussed casting Bill Murray, revealing he was hard to reach and that she pursued him relentlessly with letters and calls. She thanked Anderson Cooper and shared disbelief at the accolades.
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Knight Ridder
Sofia Coppola
Cnn.com
Francis Ford Coppola
Coppola
CNN
Anderson Cooper
Bill Murray
Scarlett Johansson
Saturday Night Live
Murray
Reba McEntire to Host 39th Academy of Country Music Awards
Reba McEntire returns to familiar turf to host the 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony marks her third straight year and seventh overall as host, airing May 26 from Mandalay Bay Las Vegas and broadcast on CBS.
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Associated Press
Reba McEntire
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Las Vegas
CBS
PETA recruits Pryor in bid to pressure KFC
PETA escalates its anti KFC campaign enlisting Richard Pryor to star in ads urging a boycott of KFC restaurants until the company forces suppliers to end severe abuses of birds. The group pushes for stricter welfare standards and supplier oversight.
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Knight Ridder
PETA
KFC
Richard Pryor
Michael Jackson accused of giving wine to boy on flight
Newsday reports Michael Jackson allegedly gave wine to a 13 year old cancer patient during a February flight from Florida. Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth says Jackson hid alcohol in a Coke can and uses code names Jesus juice and Jesus blood for wine.
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Michael Jackson
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Vanity Fair
Maureen Orth
Orth
Jackson
Jesus
Mark Geragos
Myung-Ho Lee
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