[JustPiper]

Thanks for the new thread Ian!

CALIFORNIA - Man Jailed for Threatening Baby Food

"a jar of Gerber carrots that contained glass splinters, a can of baby orange juice that was 50 percent hydraulic fluid, and a can of Similac infant formula and a jar of horseradish, both containing boric acid"

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/040205_nw_ralphs_extortion.html
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UNITED KINGDOM - Aflatoxin detected in UK spice trail

http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=58948-aflatoxin-detected-in

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UNITED KINGDOM - Police killer and his plot to poison Britain

"• Al-Qaeda suspect jailed for policeman's murder during arrest for poison plot
• Kamel Bourgass planned attack on buildings and consumer goods in London
• Laboratory to make ricin, cyanide and botulinum found at his home"

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=391582005
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GLOBAL - Seafood industry put on alert

"FDA has stated that shipments from 13 firms in India, China, Malaysia, Peru, Venezuela, Thailand and Vietnam were found to contain Chloramphenicol, a banned antibiotic in the US"

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13717523

[JustPiper]

LIBYA - Libyan Doctors Say Qaddafi Staff Caused AIDS Outbreak - Web

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=46614

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GLOBAL - Flu alert as killer strain is sent to labs by mistake [strain H2N2]

"anyone now aged under 36 would be unlikely to have immunity"

"an influenza expert at the World Health Organisation, warned that if the virus was not handled properly "it can easily cause an epidemic. If [it] were to infect one person it would spread very rapidly."

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=629165

Also:

Opinions conflict on why flu strain sent
CDC head 'sure it was not an inadvertant use'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal officials are still at a loss to explain how a potentially deadly strain of influenza could be sent to more than 4,000 labs around the world.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is operating under the presumption that the H2N2 strain was purposefully included in the panels designed to test the labs' proficiency in identifying viruses.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/04/14/flu.recall.ap/index.html
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Ho Chi Minh City - 1000's of Children in Ho Chi Minh City with Bird Flu Symptoms

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04110502/H5N1_1000_HCM_City.html

Also:
VIET NAM - Vietnam finds HIV carrier infected with bird flu [H5N1 virus]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&u=/nm/20050414/hl_nm/birdflu_vietnam_dc_1&printer=1

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UNITED KINGDOM - TOXIC TERRORIST: ONE GRAM KILLS 80,000

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15399884&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=toxic-terrorist--one-gram-kills-80-000--name_page.html

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NORTH CAROLINA - Area students fight mysterious rash

"Children and adults in several county schools and daycare centers are dealing with the rash, located on the back of the neck just below the hairline and described as red and bumpy"

http://www.rrdailyherald.com/articles/2005/04/11/news/news2.txt
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ZAMBIA - Zambia issues Marburg outbreak warning

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1113452647310Z515

[Recombinomics] ANGOLA / LUANDA - Marburg Toll in Angola Rises to 237 - 11 in Luanda

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04120503/Marburg_Angola_Toll_237.html

[VOA News] EHTIOPIA - Ethiopian Officials Battling Meningitis Outbreak [ 40 dead 430 infected ]

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-14-voa49.cfm

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NORWAY - Bacteria outbreak under control [MRSA]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1017480.ece

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[Medical News Today] GLOBAL - Climatic factors may trigger outbreak of tularaemia (rabbit fever)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=22768
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[WTNH] CONNECTICUT - Stomach virus hits the state, hospitals combating virus [Norovirus]

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3207481&nav=3YeXYdZB
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MISSOURI - Embalmers prepare for bioterrorism

http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=13218