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17 May 2009 02:47

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U.S., World: A young boy kidnapped in the U.S. was just found in Mexico

  • 3 age of Briant Rodriguez, who was missing for two weeks source
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16 May 2009 22:56

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World: A ton of dudes with guns got their buddies out of a Mexican prison

  • 20 gunmen (a pretty massive crew) showed up with guns at the Central Mexican prison source
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05 May 2009 10:31

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Offbeat, World: It’s Cinco de Mayo! Have a cold one on us!

We wanted to be able to hand this to you though the screen, but the technology isn’t available yet. Ah well, maybe next year. source
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05 May 2009 10:01

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World: Mexico’s swine flu fears seem to be easing up a bit

  • PANIC!!! Close the schools, close the movie theaters and everything else so that we can hold back swine flu! source
  • OK, we think we’ve seen the worst of it. We’ll open everything back up Wednesday. Fingers crossed guys. source
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02 May 2009 12:03

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World: Mexico’s swine flu outbreak isn’t looking quite so bad

  • Apparently the rate of infection is not as widespread as we might have thought.
  • Mexico health minister José Ángel Córdova • On the swine flu (OK, H1N1) outbreak in Mexico. Despite claims that the virus affected over 900 people in Mexico, just 397 of them actually happened to have the virus. As noted previously, Mexican officials remain cautiously optimistic that the outbreak is slowing in their country. • source
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30 Apr 2009 09:17

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U.S., World: World Health Organization: We’ll get the answers

  • It really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic. We do not have all the answers right now, but we will get them.
  • WHO Director-General Margaret Chan • On yesterday’s Phase 5 alert, the second-highest one. We certainly hope they get the answers. Regarding Mexico’s status, part of what caused the high number of deaths is a general distrust of the health care system by the public, along with misdiagnosis of some cases. Part of what helps prevent the most serious effects of the disease is early, rapid treatment. • source
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30 Apr 2009 08:40

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Tech, World: Curious about the Swine Flu outbreak? Google has you covered.

Google Flu, around since last year, has been modified to offer information about swine flu cases in Mexico. source
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28 Apr 2009 20:33

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World: Meet the unlucky kid who got swine flu first

Edgar Hernandez, 4, was victim No. 1 of the outbreak. He’s OK now; he just (unintentionally) got everyone else sick. source
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28 Apr 2009 08:45

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U.S., World: The swine flu death toll has risen significantly

  • 152 deaths have been reported, all of them in Mexico source
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26 Apr 2009 11:22

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World: Thanks swine flu: In Mexico City, everything’s closed, even churches

  • We are all Catholic, so this is a big step. I guess I’ll have to come back later.
  • Johana Chavez • A 22-year-old who went to Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral to get confirmed, only to get turned away by federal police in blue masks. The policemen were there to prevent further spread of the swine flu that’s killed dozens and sickened over a thousand. Most other public places were closed in response to the outbreak, by the way. So, point to take from this: If swine flu hits, not even religion is there for you. • source
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