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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051026/hl_afp/russiahealthterrorism_051026215217;_ylt=Auu2JDKhkZD7f9jhUHQHQH6JOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Russian scientists working on vaccine against smallpox
Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 at 11:33am
Russian scientists are working on an oral vaccine against smallpox,
fearing that terrorists could use the virus as a weapon, the head of the
Russian Association of Biotechnologies Experts said. Vaccination against
smallpox, which the World Heath Organisation (WHO) discontinued in
1980, must be resumed "because of the growing threat posed by
bioterrorism," Anatoly Vorobyov was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS
news agency.

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Tajik authorities plan to regulate visits of mosques by youth
Regnum - Moscow,Russia
At a session of Ulem Council of Tajikistan, that took place on October 28, the question of mosques visits by youth

http://www.regnum.ru/english/cultura/536106.html

Mosque closures will be 'collective punishment'
The Muslim News - UK
"For Muslims, mosques are at the heart of communities, doing essential and basic charitable work and as such

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