WHO seeks access to Turkish villages for bird flu study
The World Health Organization asked Turkey for permission to send teams to villages to collect blood samples, swab throats, and interview families. They aim to determine if H5N1 is mutating to enable easier person to person transmission amid 18 confirmed Turkish cases and three sibling deaths.
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Gueneal Rodier
U.N. Agency
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Bus Train Collision Kills 21 In Southern Russia
A bus carrying 27 workers from Kontsentral factory collided with a train at an unguarded crossing near Voronezhskaya in heavy fog, killing 21 and seriously injuring six. The train was en route from Mineralnye Vody to Krasnodar. region declares days of mourning.
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Sergei Kozhemyaka
Rostov-on- Don
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Voronezhskaya
Viktor Belisov
Mineralnye Vody
Krasnodar
Moscow
Interfax
U S airstrike in Pakistan hits al Qaida hideout
An airstrike in Damadola Pakistan killed at least 17 people in a remote village near the Afghan border. U S networks and officials suggested the target was a suspected al Qaida safe house possibly linked to high level operatives including Ayman al Zawahri though no confirmation was given by Pakistani or U S authorities. Local officials noted explosions and rescue efforts as villagers buried victims and searched the rubble.
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Sharon Still Unconscious Nine Days After Stroke in Induced Coma
Doctors express increasing concern that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon shows no signs of waking from an induced coma nine days after his Jan six stroke. Hadassah Hospital reports the condition as critical but stable with only slight movements in response to pain. A brain scan shows absorbed blood remnants and removal of skull-pressure tube. no fixed wake-up timeline given. Kadima polls show the party strengthening lead under Ehud Olmert amid questions about governance if Sharon remains unconscious.
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John Martin
University College In
London
Martin
Kadima Party
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