Slain Canadian Trooper Caswell Remembered by Friends
Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan mourn Trooper Darryl Caswell who died in a roadside bombing near Kandahar. Friends Steve Davidson and Wade Wick recall shared plans for a future, a house, a didgeridoo band, and a dive trip to the Great Barrier Reef. They describe Caswell’s humor, leadership, and lifelong love of life as the Royal Canadian Dragoons press on in Sha Wali Kot amid insurgent activity.
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Kandanhar
Afghanistan
Darryl Caswell
Steve Davidson
Corp
Wade Wick
Australia
Caswell
Great Barrier Reef
Kandahar
Wick
Davidson
Fife
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Recce
Rob Walker
Royal Canadian Regiment
Cpl
Allan Stewart
Patrick James Pentland
Sha Wali Kot
Walker
WHO vaccine donors pledge H5N1 stockpile doses
WHO director general said several vaccine makers including GlaxoSmithKline will donate adjuvanted H5N1 vaccine totaling 50 million doses over three years for a virtual pandemic stockpile. Indonesia pushes for affordable access while other firms Baxter, Sanofi Pasteur, and Omninvest join. Dose range 40 to 60 million eyed. shelf life three to five years.
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World Health Organization
UN Global Health Agency
British Pharma Giant
GlaxoSmithKline
Margaret Chan
WHO
Indonesia
Baxter International Inc
Deerfield
Ill
Sanofi Pasteur
Lyon
France
Omninvest
David Heymann
Bomb-rigged car kills an anti-Damascus legislator in Beirut
A bomb-rigged car exploded on Beirut's seafront killing Walid Eida and nine others, wounding eleven. Eida, 65, an anti-Syrian lawmaker, was allied with Saad Hariri. The blast shattered windows, burned a car, and occurred near a waterfront district, amid ongoing Lebanese conflict and calls for a UN tribunal.
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Beirut
Walid Eida
Damascus
Eido
Saad Hariri
Rafik Hariri
Manara
Lebanese Broadcasting Corp
Hariri
UN Security Council
Tebeoui
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