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Osaka sent paper on Tamiflu-resistant virus to journal before announcementnull
The Osaka prefectural government sent a research paper to a U.S. medical journal on the first case in Japan of a genetic mutation of the new strain of influenza A virus resistant to Tamiflu about a week before making the finding public, local officials

Peru: Lima has 54 health facilities prepared to treat AH1N1 cases
Peru's Ministry of Health (Minsa) has designated at present 54 health facilities to take care of the patients with AH1N1 and common influenza symptoms, reported Edward Cruz, People's Health Director of Minsa. Cruz added that in the next few this this

Anti-G8 protesters clash with police in Italy
VICENZA: Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police yesterday in the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's richest nations. Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and

Lorenzo grabs pole at US Grand Prix, crashes
Jorge Lorenzo took pole position for Sunday's US Grand Prix, but ended the qualifying session with a spectacular spill on which he flipped over his handlebars and landed hard on the track. Lorenzo, who took his fourth pole of the year with a fastest lap

MEXICO: Police officers suspended after assaulting journalists
(CEPET/IFEX) - Chihuahua municipal police officers Wenceslao Chávez González and Hugo Abraham Barriga Vega have been suspended from their duties for 21 days, without pay, after they were found to be responsible for assaulting and arbitrarily detaining

Chinese court upholds 11-year jail sentence for senior policeman over deadly nightclub fire
Family accuses police in jail death A Chinese court has upheld an 11-year jail term for a senior police officer in southern city of Shenzhen who was convicted of taking bribes and dereliction of duty in connection with a nightclub fire that claimed 44

Tamiflu resistant H1N1 from Hong Kong more worrying than earlier findings
TORONTO - All cases of Tamiflu resistance are not created equal. So while the first three instances of swine flu infection with Tamiflu-resistant viruses were reported in the past week, it was Number 3, not Number 1 that put influenza experts on edge.

Kenyan churches appeal to global court on election violence
Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one million signature petition urging investigations of post-election violence - writes Fredrick Nzwili. 'I will execute the

Trip to Liberty's crown yields patriotic proposal
After huffing and puffing up 354 steps to the newly reopened Lady Liberty crown, Aaron Weisinger figured it was time to pop the question to his girlfriend Erica Breder.

Japanese voters go to polls in key test (AFP)

AFP - Voters went to the polls in central Japan to elect a new governor in a race seen as a key factor influencing when embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso will call a general election.

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