Archive for October 3rd, 2009

Aid push to villages wiped out by Indonesia quake (Reuters)

Written by on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 in Latest News.

Reuters – Rescuers and aid workers were fanning out on Monday into the hills of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, where hundreds of people were buried in landslides triggered by an earthquake that may have killed 3,000.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

North Korea’s Kim woos China’s Wen (Reuters)

Written by on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 in Latest News.

Reuters – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il made a rare appearance to personally greet visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the start of a trip likely to feature top-level talks on the North’s nuclear weapons program.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

US rolls out massive swine flu vaccination campaign

Written by on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 in Latest News.

AFP/Getty Images/File – A nurse fills syringes with influenza vaccine at a drive-thru flu shot clinic in Napa, California. US … WASHINGTON (AFP) – US health authorities are hoping to contain what they say is an intensifying swine flu pandemic with a massive A(H1N1) vaccination campaign starting t…

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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