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18 min ago | The Post Chronicle

Don't Kiss Santa, He May Have The Flu: Hungary Government

Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Epidemic

Mon Nov 23, 2009

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Wildfire Erupts in La Brea Heights

L.A. County firefighters have gained the upper hand on a small brush fire in La Habra Heights.

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Related Topix: Wildfire, Fire, Brea, CA, La Habra Heights, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, CA

The Journal Newspaper Online

Cumbrian town is cut off as bridge is at risk of collapse

THE unprecedented rainfall which devastated parts of Cumbria "would have overwhelmed any defence" the Environment Agency said last night as residents faced up to the damage caused by the floods.

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Related Topix: Weather, Flood

Reuters

China quake activist jailed for three years

A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge." The court decision is another sign that China is in no mood to ease political controls after last week's visit by U.S. President ...

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Related Topix: Activism, World News, China, Asia, Earthquake,

BreakingNews.ie

Authorities continue to respond to floods in Co Clare

Flood response efforts continue across County Clare with local authority staff, Clare County Fire and Rescue, the Army and Gardai providing 24-hour cover to the flooding crisis.

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Related Topix: Flood

The Independent

Swine flu vaccine effective despite mutations: experts

Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A virus, health experts in Europe and North America said Saturday.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze

Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Wildfire, Fire,

National Post

Clean-up underway in Britain after floods, record rainfall: 'Things are getting desperate'

Clean-up efforts were underway Sunday in flood-hit towns following the heaviest downpours ever recorded in England, as fears mounted for a woman thought swept into a swollen river in Wales.

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Related Topix: Weather, Flood, World News, United Kingdom, Cumbria County, England

Charleston Daily Mail

3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock.

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Related Topix: Big Bear Lake, CA, Earthquake, Geology, Science, Big Bear City, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Sky News

Canoeist Dies After Stormy River Rescue

A canoeist pulled from a river during stormy conditions has died, the fire service has confirmed.

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Related Topix: Flood, Devon County, England, United Kingdom, Entertainment

Independent Online

1 000 flee as volcano erupts in Colombia

A thousand people were evacuated and traffic was stopped after the Galeras volcano erupted in southern Colombia without causing casualties, officials said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, South America, World News, Colombia, 9, Geology, Science

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Gulf Times

Brown visits scene of massive flooding

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks to residents at a rescue centre in Cockermouth, northern England, yesterday British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds in the heaviest rainfall on record in England.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Cumbria County, England, Europe, World News, Weather, Flood, Brian Cowen

WZZO

Swine flu may be peaking in U.S.

The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CBC News

Vancouver Island floodwaters recede

Residents of Duncan, B.C., rescued a car from the flooded streets Friday. The flood situation on Vancouver Island has improved dramatically as floodwaters recede, but officials warn more rain is on the way.

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Related Topix: Canada, Flood, Weather

Canada.com

Water levels dropping in flooded B.C. communities

Emergency crews ran pumps through the night and into the early morning Saturday in an effort to combat massive flooding that had prompted the communities of North Cowichan and Duncan on Vancouver Island to declare a state of emergency.

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Related Topix: Flood

Salisbury Journal

Flood residents braced for deluges

The emergency services are searching homes as residents braced themselves for more rain after England's wettest day on record caused chaos, flooding homes, sweeping away bridges and claiming the life of a policeman.

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Related Topix: Flood, Weather

WHNS

WHO Investigating Norway Swine Flu Mutations

The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic

Fri Nov 20, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Hurricane Briefing for November 20

FOX 26 meteorologist Mike Iscovitz and Russell Hubbard, deputy director Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, present several items to help MyFoxHouston.com visitors prepare for the 2010 hurricane season.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Video

WCBS-TV New York

4 N.C. H1N1 Positive Patients Resistant To Tamiflu

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Duke University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic

Donside Today

Flood chaos after torrential rain

Parts of Scotland have remained under flood water after a month's rain fell in just 36 hours in some places.

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Related Topix: Weather, Flood, Dumfries and Galloway County, Scotland, United Kingdom,

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