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I work over at Kraft Headquarters. Kraft is in definite disarry. With the recent layoffs people seem to be mostly walking zimbies. I don't think they have a clue on how to recover, their sales are down right now. Kraft hasn't had many new successful products lately.

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9/11 defendant asks for release
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Mounir el Motassadeq, awaiting retrial on charges he is an accessory to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has asked a Hamburg court to release him from prison pending his new trial.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/09/germany.911/index.html

HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME - COLOMBIA

Colombia: First Cases of Hantavirus Infection Reported in the North

Health authorities detected the first cases of hantavirus infection in the
north of Colombia. These first Colombian cases were seen in agricultural
communities of Cotorra and Cienaga de Oro, as well as in Lorica and Cordoba
and in the rural zone of San Marcos in the department of Sucre.

[There is considerable diversity among the hantaviruses present in the
South American region. The rodent host (the cotton rat, _Sigmodon
hispidus_) of Black Creek Canal virus, a hantavirus associated with
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome elsewhere, has been recorded in northern
Colombia. Similarly, the rodent hosts of Rio Segundo virus and Cano
Delgadito virus, _Reithrodontomys mexicanus_ and _Sigmodon alstoni_,
respectively, have also been recorded in the same region, although neither
virus has been associated previously with outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome. Further information would be appreciated concerning the identity
of the hantavirus or hantaviruses responsible for this outbreak.

VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS UPDATE 2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3538697.stm

England: Outbreak of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis at Holiday Park

A holiday park where up to 100 guests have been infected with a [suspected
viral gastroenteritis] says it is business as usual despite the outbreak.
Managers at Center Parcs in Longleat, Wiltshire, said the [illness],
thought to be a [viral] gastroenteritis, was under control. They said 3500
new guests had checked in on Fri 5 Mar 2004 and the 400-acre leisure park
is now fully booked.

The outbreak is [presumed to have been caused by a norovirus infection]
similar to that which affected hundreds of passengers on a cruise ship (the
Aurora) during November 2003. That outbreak sparked a diplomatic row
between Britain and Spain.

Managers said the [norovirus-like infection], which causes vomiting and
diarrhoea, had not deterred holidaymakers. "We are informing everyone of
the situation on arrival, so they have all the information," a spokesman said.

"We've had a few concerned calls to our medical centre, but it's really
business as usual. "We've been in constant contact with the Environmental
Health Agency and it was their advice for us not to shut. "It's a mild form
of a very common virus and hopefully it's now on the decline."

Kraft is in definite disaray

With news that execs are given multimillion dollar bonuses in light of the layoffs, there is likely to be consumer backlash which won't do much to benefit Kraft sales. Those execs, while raising their own standard of living, are destroying the brand name, the people who worked for them, and the company itself. Shame on them.