Four members of a Vietnamese family have been hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu after eating sick chickens in the country's south, where the disease re-emerged in poultry earlier this month.If confirmed, they would be the first reported human infections from the H5N1 bird flu virus in Vietnam since late 2005. The mother and her three children, aged between 3 and 13, all suffered from high fever, coughing and lung infection. They are being treated at Nam Can Hospital in the southern province of Ca Mau. "Their samples have been sent for bird flu tests in Ho Chi Minh City and results should be available soon," an official at the Ca Mau Provincial Animal Health Department said on Saturday. ... http://abcnews.go.com censor News |
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Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq |
| Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location outside Baghdad's Green Zone for crimes against humanity. The news was confirmed to the BBC by the Iraqi deputy fore.. full News |
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Police: N.C. Woman Charged With Malicious Castration After Attacking Man |
| A woman attacked a man in his genitals during a Christmas party, injuring him badly enough that he needed 50 stitches, authorities said Friday. Rebecca Arnold Dawson, 34, was charged with malicious castration i.. full News |
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3 Marines killed in Anbar December becomes the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq in 2006 |
| Three more U.S. Marines were killed in battle in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, making December the deadliest month this year for American troops in the war-wracked nation with the toll reaching 106. The .. full News |
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Mixed Arab-American Reaction To Execution Some Say Saddam's Hanging Will Bring Peace, Others Say It Will Increase Violence |
| Iraqi-Americans gathered at a mosque in anticipation of Saddam Hussein's execution, praying for the death of the former Iraqi dictator. Dave Alwatan, one of about 20 men at the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Cent.. full News |
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Guatemalan leader pledges to revive constitutional reforms promised in peace deals |
| Guatemala's president pledged Friday to revive constitutional reforms promised in peace deals that ended the country's civil war a decade ago, saying Guatemalans must conquer the social inequalities that helped.. full News |
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