Man killed by police not tied to bombings
Police identified Jean Charles de Menezes a 27 year old Brazilian killed at Stockwell station as not connected to the London bombings. Witnesses described him wearing a padded coat as plainclothes officers pursued him and shot him multiple times.
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King’s Cross
London
Stockwell
Jean Charles de Menezes
Ian Blair
Oval
Menezes
England
Gonzaga
Sao Paulo
Nine deaths prompt bird flu probe in Sichuan farms
In Sichuan province nine farmers died and 11 were ill in a June to July cluster near Ziyang. Health Ministry and Agriculture Ministry researchers investigate links to bird flu after farmers slaughtered sick pigs or sheep. Officials say the outbreak’s concentrated pattern warrants rapid assessment of a possible connection to avian influenza.
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Washington Post
Beijing
China
Sichuan
Health Ministry
Ziyang
Health and
Agriculture Ministries
New China News Agency
Mao Qunan
Mao
Asia
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Accordionist Floren, longtime Welk Show star, dies at 85
Floren died of cancer at his Rolling Hills Estates home in Los Angeles County. The accordion virtuoso joined Lawrence Welk's band in 1950 and remained until the show ended in 1982. Born in 1919 on a South Dakota farm, he entertained audiences with polka to Bach and later appeared at music festivals.
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Rolling Hills Estates
Calif
Myron Floren
Lawrence Welk
Floren
Los Angeles County
Margaret Heron
Orchestra
Roslyn, S.D
Clinton launches program to expand pediatric HIV care in Kenya
Former President Bill Clinton opened the Clinton Foundation Pediatric HIV AIDS Initiative to nearly double Kenya’s treated children this year. About 100,000 children are HIV infected but only 1,200 receive care. 1,000 more will gain treatment, as Clinton tours Rwanda and donates ARV supplies for 2,500 children.
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Clinton
Kenya
Nairobi
Bill Clinton
Clinton Foundation
Rwanda
Foundation
NASA aims for Discovery countdown in renewed space attempt
NASA resumes countdown for the Discovery shuttle as managers express cautious optimism about fixing a faulty hydrogen fuel gauge aboard the external tank. Technicians repaired grounding, checked for interference, and swapped wiring while engineering teams narrowed to potential grounding or EMI issues. Pilot James Kelly, a Burlington Iowa native, remains part of the crew for the planned Tuesday liftoff following the two week delay.
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Fila
NASA
Pete Nickolenko
Discovery
Columbia
James Kelly
Burlington
Iowa
Nickolenko
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