Cholera Devastates Massive Rwandan Refugee Camp
Aid officials warn cholera has exploded in a refugee camp housing about 1 million Rwandans, with at least 800 deaths and authorities fearing tens of thousands more infections. Doctors Without Borders reports hundreds evacuated to emergency centers as measles, dysentery and malaria appear amid hunger and thirst.
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Doctors Without Borders
Belgium
Joint venture dissolving after false bid claims emerge
Phoenix Recycling Corp moves to dissolve its partnership with Renaissance Environmental Corp after Sun Journal reports that Renaissance president Jeffrey Nolan submitted false information to win a 10 year, 500000 dollar CRSWMA contract for a Havelock C D material recycling center. Nolan’s U S Army Corps of Engineers cleanup figures are disputed.
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PZ Construction
Rob Holland
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Retirees open sports bar after year of legal battles
Gene Daniels and William Franklin, retirees aged 63 and 57, opened Gene O's sports bar at 3613 Old Cherry Point Road on July 1 after more than a year of legal fights. A Craven County judge ordered the ABC to issue a beer permit on June 3, reversing an earlier denial, following a May 24 court ruling.
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Cholera Epidemic Hits Rwandan Refugee Camps
Poor sanitation and crowded conditions spark a cholera outbreak among 460000 refugees in Tanzania and 14 million in Zaire. The disease causes diarrhea vomiting and muscle cramps with dehydration risk. Prompt treatment can restore health if kidney damage is avoided.
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Tanzania
Zaire
Five Senators to Lose Health Coverage Lottery in Mock Test
Washington lawmakers staged a televised mock lottery drawing to illustrate the 5 percent threshold for health coverage under reform. Participants included Sens. Breaux Morgan Dor gan Bumpers Nickles Moynihan, highlighting debate on universal coverage and the impact of lobbying on the process.
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Tobacco and grazing fees spark early budget fight
Senators from Kentucky and North Carolina push to protect tobacco by using a GATT trade provision to raise grazing fees on federal lands and limit imports. The debate centers on who pays the cost of import restrictions as the $68 billion bill advances, with Brown’s amendment failing 63 to 37 while the chamber approves the spending measure 92 to 8.
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