The World Health Organization scheduled an emergency meeting for Thursday to decide whether to declare a global swine flu pandemic as confirmed cases of H1N1 virus continue to soar worldwide. By early Thursday morning, the U.N. health agency had recorded more than 27,700 cases in 74 countries, with 141 deaths.
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In Russia, a Recession-Plagued Town Revolts
After waiting half an hour in a line of 20 people at the dusty ATM, Eduard Markov finally walks away with his old leather wallet bulging with rubles. Like thousands of others in the northern Russian industrial town of Pikalyovo, the 44-year-old clay quarry worker had not been paid in three months. But now he at least has enough to buy the basics — meat, vodka, noodles, oil and fruit — from shops that just a few days ago were empty of customers.
GM’s New Ad Campaign: Will It Restart the Engines?
Imagine you’re a huge American company that has built its reputation on durability, reliability and being the biggest damn dog on the street. Then let’s say you get into horrible, disastrous debt and have to go begging to the government, like a sad little stray
China’s Crackdown on Internet Porn Sows Anger, Confusion
“This is flat-out corruption,” wrote one infuriated netizen on China’s popular website Tianya.com.
Envoy: N. Korea claims on U.S. aggression ‘groundless’
The United States will consider expanding its options in dealing with North Korea amid rising tensions, said President Barack Obama’s envoy to the secretive communist state. Three suicide attackers shot their way onto the grounds of the Pearl Continental Hotel, which is often frequented by foreigners and diplomats and set off a car bomb Tuesday night
At least 15 dead in Pakistani hotel blast
The death toll from a suicide attack on a five-star hotel in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar rose to at least 15 people Wednesday, including two U.N.
24 hurt in Hong Kong’s third acid attack in 6 months
Authorities in Hong Kong were reviewing surveillance tapes Tuesday to determine who tossed a bottle of acid from the top of a building, injuring 24 pedestrians in a busy shopping district.
Cartoon Clicks: How was Obama’s Muslim speech?
A 3 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew seemed to be holding, and both sides in the bloody episode said they wanted dialogue, not bullets.
Clashes in Peru leave more than 30 dead
A nervous calm settled over Peru on Monday night, three days after clashes between indigenous citizens and national police left more than 30 dead and 50 wounded. A 3 p.m.-to-6 a.m.
Slave soldiers honored, called ‘national treasures’
Hobbled with age, weathered with time, the World War II veterans stood at attention. One by one, a two-star general delivered flags flown over the Pentagon in their honor