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Drama Queen: Berlusconi takes refuge in office

Agence France-Presse
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:29 EST

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent two nights sleeping at the office amid reports he was on a hit list of politicians held by an alleged terrorist, the Italian press said on Saturday.

The Italian government has refused to comment on or confirm the reports.

The newspaper Corriere Della Sera said it was rare for Berlusconi to sleep at his government office apartment and linked the move to the investigation of alleged terrorist Mohamed Game.

Press TV
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:52 EST

A leaked memo reveals that the British government has been seeking reconciliation with Taliban's leadership council based in the Pakistani city of Quetta.

The leaked memo proposes that "reconciled" Taliban should be removed from the UN sanctions list, Britain's state television BBC reported. The proposed plan calls for a reintegration of Taliban foot soldiers, their commanders and shadow governors.

The memo was first reported by the German magazine Stern and by Hasht-e Sobh, a newspaper in Kabul.

Britain's Foreign office has refused to comment on the document, two sections of which was obtained by BBC - the first one on regional relationships and the second one on peace in Afghanistan.

City vigil supports Awol soldier

British Broadcasting Corporation
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:25 EST

L/Cpl Joe Glenton went Awol in 2007

A demonstration is being held in the home city of a soldier who is facing a jail term for protesting against the war in Afghanistan.

L/Cpl Joe Glenton has been charged with disobeying a lawful order after joining an anti-war march in London last month.

The 27-year-old, from York, has already appeared before a court accused of being absent without leave (Awol) after refusing to return to Afghanistan.

York Against the War are staging a protest in the city at 1300 GMT.

The protest is starting from the the York Against the War stall on Parliament Street.

Media International Group News
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:13 EST

The best laboratory for free diagnosis of the influenza virus A/H1N1 at Eurolab clinic has been closed in Kyiv today, UNIAN quotes founder and president of the foundation Eurolab, head of headquarters Kyivers against influenza Andriy Palchevskyi.

"I think it is caused by the fact that we fix the real scope of epidemics of swine influenza. In recent days more than 100,000 people have appealed to us. Many of them could do tests free of charge. It is simply unacceptable and crime to close the laboratory during the epidemic. We believe it is score-settling," said Andriy Palchevskyi.

Media International Group News
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:26 EST

All victims of the virus in Bukovyna (22 people at the age of 20-40) died not from bilateral pneumonia, as was previously thought, but as a result of viral distress syndrome, i.e the total destruction of the lungs.

At first the cardio-pulmonary insufficiency comes, and consequently cardiogenic shock is developed, which causes cardiac standstill and death, told the chief of bureau of the Chernivtsi regional forensic examination, doctor of science, Professor Viktor Bachynsky, UNIAN reports.

"During a bilateral pneumonia some morphological picture is observed. As of date of deaths, there is no such morphological picture. The virus, which causes death, is very aggressive, it does not strike the trachea, but immediately gets into the lungs and causes heavy swelling and solid hemorrhage. Mixed types of parainfluenza and influenza A/N1N1 lead to this state. This is a very toxic strain, which has not yet answered to the treatment of the Ministry of Health," said Viktor Bachinsky.

Associated Press
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30 EST

China's health ministry says two people who received vaccinations for swine flu have died though at least one of the death appears to be unrelated.

A statement posted on the ministry's Web site late Friday says an autopsy showed one of the two people suffered a heart attack. An autopsy on the other is still to be conducted.

It says experts have "basically ruled out the possibility" that the heart attack victim's death was the result of an allergic reaction to the flu vaccine.

But it adds experts are waiting for more lab results.

Steve Gutterman
Associated Press
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:20 EST

© AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Natalia Melnik
Fire erupts at the arsenal near Ulyanovsk, 720 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, while ammunition was being destroyed at the arsenal near Ulyanovsk. Provincial governor Sergei Morozov said 35 people who were working at the facility were considered missing, the Interfax, RIA Novosti and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported, also saying 3,000 people were being evacuated.

Huge explosions and flames ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours on Friday, killing two firefighters and sending personnel fleeing to a bomb shelter to wait out the worst of the firestorm, officials said.

The dozens who took refuge in the shelter were at first feared trapped in the conflagration, but later emerged safe - dispelling initial worries of a high death toll. But a subsequent report said 11 others were unaccounted for.

Russian TV broadcast footage of orange flames and thick smoke clouds rising from the naval munitions facility in Ulyanovsk, a city 720 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow.

Frequent explosions set off firebursts high in the night sky. The blasts broke apartment windows near the facility and set off car alarms miles (kilometers) away, residents told Russian media.

Behold Media
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23 EST

MIGnews
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:19 EST

The head of the State Inspectorate for Quality Control of drugs in the Odessa Region Vasyl Fesenko was hospitalized as a result of knife wounds inflicted by unknown people in Odessa on November 3 in the evening. This is reported by Ukrainian News, citing a representative for the General Directorate of the Ministry of Interior in the Odessa Region.

He specified, according to witnesses, Fesenko was attacked by 3 or 4 men in masks. "The attack happened near the office of Inspectorate, which is located in the Primorsky district of Odessa on Gagarina Avenue," - said the representative.

FTO
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:17 EST

Authorities in the town of Kiev, Ukraine denied any spraying of "aerosolized medication" by aircraft over the city. This after it was reported that light aircrafts were seen flying over the forest market area that sprayed a aerosol substance to fight h1n1 or swine flu.

5 Sources confirms this and the local newspapers of Kiev also received hundreds of phone calls from residents and business owners close to the area the planes were spraying the suspicious substance. Not only that but local businesses and retailers were "advised" to stay indoors during the day by the local authorities.

As if that is not enough, the government authorities also pushed the radio stations in Kiev to deny the reports. Online on forums, websites and blogs reports came in about eye witness accounts that confirms this. There was also reports of helicopters spraying aerosols over Kiev, Lviv, Ternopil and throughout Ukraine.

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