April 23, 2005 — A Long Island mother passed malaria on to her fetus in only the fifth known case in the country in five years, and the first in New York, doctors said...
"You would think of malaria in places like Africa, India and Latin America."
The mother, a Guatemalan immigrant who came to New York in 2003, later said she was diagnosed with malaria in her native country.
Malaria is caused by a one-celled organism that is transmitted by mosquito and kills between 1 million and 1.5 million people worldwide annually.
Roughly 1,300 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year, mostly in immigrants and Americans who've traveled to endemic countries.
Muslim Cleric gets 13 yrs' jail for plotting to Blow Up Plane (London - 4/23/05)
Badat "admitted that he was asked to conduct a shoe bombing," according to a U.S. indictment.
London, Apr 23 (PTI) A Muslim cleric has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for plotting to blow up a passenger plane with an explosive device hidden in his shoe, in the first major terrorism prosecution in Britain since the 9/11 attacks.
Saajid Badat, a 26-year-old religious teacher from Gloucester, was sentenced yesterday after he admitted to conspiring with fellow Briton Richard Reid to blow up a passenger jet.
Badat agreed to board and destroy an American-bound flight from Europe three months after the September 11, 2001 attacks killed around 3,000 people in New York and Washington.
Badat bought a ticket to fly from Manchester to Amsterdam on December 17, 2001, and then on to the United States. But he did not take the flight.
Sheik Threatens Aussie troops (Iraq - 4/23/05)
Powerful foe: Iraqi Sheik Muhnad Al Garayi.
A MILITANT sheik has threatened to slaughter Australia's troop contingent in southwest Iraq.
Speaking days before today's scheduled arrival of new Australian troops in Iraq, Sheik Muhnad Al Garayi said Australian troops, such as the Americans and the British, were not welcome. ...
Chlorine Leak Forces Evacuation (Hilton Head, SC - 4/22/05)
About 20 homes in a private residential community and an office complex in Hilton Head were evacuated Friday as a precaution after a chlorine cylinder at a public service plant began leaking, officials said.
20,000 Homes Mistakenly Notified About Dangerous Leak Residents Panic After Hearing 'Terror' On Warning Call (FL - 4/22/05)
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- A mix-up at a 911 emergency dispatch center in Daytona Beach, Fla., notified 20,000 of the wrong people about a dangerous leak in Ormond Beach, leaving many homeowners in harm's way unaware of the leak, according to Local 6 News..
Russians Falling Ill After Chemical Leak (Moscow - 4/23/05)
[World News] Moscow - More than 100 people in the Caucasus region of southern Russia were affected by breathing problems over a six day period earlier this month after what appears to have been a major chemical leak, the Russian emergencies ministry said on Friday. ..
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Offutt Hospital Evacuated After Liquid Oxygen Leak Lincoln Journal Star, NE - Apr 21, 2005 (NE - 4/21/05)
Natural Gas Leak Forces Evacuation of 20 Downtown Residences (WI - 4/22/05)
Mercury Leak at GCHS Poses no Health Hazard (KY 4/21/05)
Chlorine Leak Shuts Down State Park (TX - 4/21/05)
Radioactive Reading from Truck is False (VT - 4/23/05)
A faulty reading by a radioactivity detector created some tense moments Friday morning at the weigh station off Route 4 in Fair Haven.
Vermont State Police said the incident took place around 9:30 a.m. when the state's commercial vehicle enforcement division was conducting truck inspections at the weigh station near the New York border.
Police said they were inspecting a New Jersey tractor-trailer when an electronic monitoring device reported a higher-than-normal level of radioactivity.
Eight Illegal Immigrants Caught (FL - 4/23/05)
As many as 18 made landfall, officials say
Juno Beach · Eight illegal immigrants were apprehended Thursday by Juno Beach Police, who say that as many as 15 to18 may have come ashore near the Seminole Golf Course...