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"WHO: 5,000 Birds Die of Avian Flu in China"
Updated: Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2005 - 4:56 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BEIJING (AP) - Avian flu has killed 5,000 wild birds in China's northwest, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, five times the number previously reported by the Chinese government."
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"China: 216 Kids Sick From Bad Vaccine"
Updated: Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2005 - 1:35 AM
BEIJING (AP) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Most of the vaccines were manufactured by the Zhejiang Pukang Biotech Co., Ltd., and purchased from a private vendor, Zhang Peng, who has since disappeared, Xinhua said.
China is battling a surge in counterfeit or shoddy food, medicines and other goods, many of which pose public safety threats."
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Chavez says Venezuelans would repel U.S.
Chicago Tribune ^ | 6/27/05 | Chicago Tribune
Posted on 06/27/2005 6:00:02 PM PDT by freedom44
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez told thousands of troops Friday that Venezuelans would defend the nation's social "revolution" with their lives if attacked by a foreign power such as the U.S.
Chavez spoke while hundreds of demonstrators protested several blocks from the Cuban Embassy in Caracas, burning an effigy of Fidel Castro and saying they rejected Cuba's growing influence in the Venezuelan government. The demonstration eventually broke up peacefully.
Chavez has regularly accused the U.S. government of trying to oust him, including in a short 2002 coup. American officials have denied such claims as ridiculous.
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