 China's Ministry of Health said on Friday a woman had died of bird flu in the central province of Hunan, the eighth person killed by the virus in the country, the Xinhua news agency reported. The victim was a 20-year-old farmer, who had shown symptoms of fever and pneumonia on Jan 27 after culling poultry raised in her home. She died on Feb 4, the ministry said.She was confirmed to be infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu by both the provincial and national centers for disease control and prevention. Her case had not previously been reported. China has reported 11 previous bird flu cases among its people.Health experts fear that the virus could mutate to spread easily from human to human, potentially unleashing a global pandemic. Victims currently contract it through direct contact with infected birds.Some Chinese cases have occurred in areas with no known outbreak among birds, which Chinese health officials on Friday attributed to "environmental contamination."...
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 Climate 'warmest for millennium' |
In the late 20th Century, the northern hemisphere experienced its most widespread warmth for 1,200 years, according to the journal Science. The findings support evidence pointing to unprecedented recent warming of the climate linked to greenhouse emissions. University of East Anglia researchers measured changes in fossil shells, tree rings, ice cores and other past temperature records or "proxies". They also looked at people's diaries from the last 750 years. Timothy Osborn and Keith Briffa of UEA analysed instrument measurements of temperature from 1856 onwards to establish the geographic extent of recent warming. Then they compared this data with evidence dating back as far as AD 800. The analysis confirmed periods of significant warmth in the Northern Hemisphere from AD 890 - 1170 (the so-called "Medieval Warm Period") and for much colder periods from 1580 - 1850 (the "Little Ice Age"). The UEA team showed that the present warm period is the most widespread ...
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| Rebels 'attack' Nepal army convoy |
At least seven people have been killed and scores wounded in clashes between government troops and Maoists in Nepal, reports say. The fighting took place on Thursday when the rebels attacked an army convoy in south-western Nepal. The BBC's Sushil Sharma says the clashes appear to be one of the heaviest in recent months. The violence follows Wednesday's controversial local elections in which 20% of voters cast their ballots. The Nepalese army says two of its soldiers died in the latest fighting which is also said to have claimed the life of a civilian. "Clashes began in Nawalparasi district Thursday afternoon and lasted until around 7pm," an unnamed army official is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency on Friday. The rebels have confirmed the loss of four fighters. Our correspondent says details are awaited from the site amid fears of heavy casualties on both sides. ...
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| Dad Slams Attack On Bush At King Rite |
Former President George H.W. Bush has expressed dismay and anger at attacks on his son, President Bush, at the funeral for Coretta Scott King. "In terms of the political shots at the president who was sitting there with his wife, I didn't like it and I thought it was kind of ugly frankly," the former president said in an exclusive radio interview with CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer. "Anybody that shoots at the president of the United States at a funeral, I just didn't appreciate that," Mr. Bush added. Former President Carter and the Rev. Joseph Lowery criticized the president during remarks they made at the King funeral in Atlanta. The Rev. Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., drew a roaring standing ovation when he said: "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor" a takeoff on a line from a Stevie Wonder song. The comment drew head shakes from Mr. Bush and his father as theysat behind the pulpit...
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| China bankers deny US scam charge |
Two former Bank of China managers and their wives have pleaded not guilty to charges in the US of stealing $485m (£272m) and attempted money laundering. Xu Chaofan, Xu Guojun and their wives were charged in Las Vegas with 15 counts, including racketeering and fraud, the US Justice Department said. The two men tried to launder the Bank of China's money through Hong Kong, Canada and the US, the department said. The alleged scam, which ran from the early 1990s, was uncovered in 2004. If convicted of all charges, they each face a maximum of 70 years in jail and a $1.5m fine. Authorities in the US said the fraud scheme also involved the brother-in-law of one of the bankers, Kuang Wa Po, who is currently described as a fugitive. A sixth man, Yu Zhendong, was detained but later sent back to China to face racketeering charges after agreeing to cooperate with the investigation. ...
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| Visions of victim inspire murder accusation Over 5 years after man enters politics solely to accuse, suspect is arrested |
More than five years ago, Rod Spraggins made a sensational charge at a candidate forum, publicly accusing a political opponent of murder with nothing to back up the allegation except, it turns out, a vision.Now police say Spraggins was right.Barry Waites, Spraggins' opponent in the 2000 race for Lanett City Council, was arrested this week on murder charges in the 1998 slaying of his wife, who was found dead in their split-level home in this sleepy town of 8,000 along the Georgia line. In 2000, Spraggins, a bail bondsman, stunned a crowd of 100 when he accused Waites of killing his wife and dared the man to sue him for slander if he was wrong. Waites was not at the forum, never responded publicly to the accusation and never sued.In an otherworldly turn to the saga Friday, Spraggins disclosed that he never had any evidence to make the accusation and that it was based entirely on the victim's appearing to him in a series of dreams....
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