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Mexico declares national emergency amid outbreak

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon declared a national emergency Saturday, authorizing federal officials to quarantine the sick, shut down public events and businesses, and take other measures to contain the virus’ spread.

US pork groups urge hog farmers to reduce flu risk

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. pork groups have issued specific precautions about swine flu after an unusual new strain of influenza killed at least 81 people in Mexico and popped up in the United States and, possibly, Britain and New Zealand.

Drug and vaccine makers on standby over swine flu

LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) - Drugmakers said on Sunday they could supply millions of doses of medicine and were ready to work on a vaccine against a new type of swine flu that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected around a dozen in the United States.

Inside the Home of a Swine Flu Victim

When Patrick Henshaw's son became sick last Friday, little did he know that the 18-year-old had acquired a potentially deadly disease that made its way across the U.S.-Mexico border -- the swine flu.

New swine flu likely widespread, experts say

-Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, - A new and unusual strain of swine flu is likely widespread and impossible to contain at this point, experts agree.

Security Before Politics

-Porter Goss Since leaving my post as CIA director almost three years ago, I have remained largely silent on the public stage. I am speaking out now because I feel our government has crossed the red line between properly protecting our national security and trying to gain partisan political advantage. We can't have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets. Americans have to decide now.

McCanns - someone is shielding Maddy abductor

An intensive publicity campaign aimed at renewing the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann is to be launched in the Praia da Luz area of Portugal where she vanished.

Travel advisory warns of severe respiratory illness in Mexico

Canadians who have recently returned from Mexico should be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to a severe respiratory illness, federal health officials said Thursday in issuing a travel advisory.

Concern Grows Over Possible Swine Flu Pandemic

MEXICO CITY — A strain of flu never seen before has killed as many as 61 people in Mexico and has spread into the United States, where eight people have been infected but recovered, health officials said Friday.

Death of 3 Women at Pennsylvania Glass Factory Deemed Homicide

SALTSBURG, Pa. — Police say they're investigating the deaths of three women at a western Pennsylvania windshield business as a homicide.

FBI Investigates Finances of N.Y. Man Who Allegedly Swindled $20M, Killed His Family

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — William Parente was a successful Manhattan lawyer who apparently had a side business lending money at high interest rates — deals that may have cost his investors as much as $20 million.

Morning sickness leads to smarter kids: study

FOR every woman who has choked down dry toast to quell morning sickness comes new Canadian research suggesting an upside to that nausea: It may lead to brighter children.

The great protest that changed the face of China forever

It was on April 25, 1999, that Falun Gong first gained worldwide attention when some 10,000 adherents petitioned the central government in Beijing. Those gathering asked officials to release 40 practitioners who had recently been subjected to police abuse and unlawfully detained, and called for protection of their right to practice their beliefs in peace.

Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano

U.S. president Barack Obama is highly regarded in Canada, and he returns the sentiment by saying he likes Canada, and that he's impressed by the efficacy of Canada's banking and health-care systems. In view of Obama's knowledge and interest in Canada, it's difficult to understand how he could allow his Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, to be so misinformed about the so-called terrorist threat emanating from here.

U.N. to Celebrate ‘Mother Earth Day’

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - "Mother Earth is not an object or merchandise. Mother Earth cannot be bought or sold," said Bolivian President Evo Morales, speaking at a heavily-attended news conference here at U.N. headquarters on Earth Day.

The present global financial crisis

The present global financial crisis may indicate that the world we live in today has lost stability and is on the brink of changing. Therefore, this "crisis" might be necessary to awaken us to the potential of tomorrow. Just because money has been making the world go round for thousands of years doesn't mean money will be the way of the world forever.

Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project

The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project -- the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever -- according to current and former government officials familiar with the attacks.

Decline of America

After seeing how the Europeans lived, America did evil in the sight of the Lord and He removed wisdom from her leaders. For the first time in her history, she started down the path of socialism. The price of this was a decade of economic hardship and the rise of totalitarianism abroad. America suffered under her first president for life.

Report: US housing market is slightly undervalued

The US housing market is slightly undervalued, and prices have fallen 9.9 percent from their 2007 peak, according to the latest update of a report titled House Prices in America.

Consumers fall prey to Internet scams

As the Internet as a research tool and form of communication it has also become stomping grounds for scam artists.