https://freerepublic.com/tag/cheesers/ en-us Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:16:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259688/posts Paris, France, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- French officials and politicians are worrying about the pending outcome of next week's U.S. presidential elections, which they fear President George W. Bush could win, prolonging the standoff with France over Iraq and the Middle East crisis. French fear is almost universal as the latest official polls show that 85 percent of the French support Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry. Politicians are raising questions as to how France should react after Nov. 2 if Bush wins a second mandate. Will France need to change its policies vis-à-vis Arab causes, notably Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli... UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259688/posts#comment Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:16:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1254912/posts PARIS A patient who was a frequent blood donor is the eighth confirmed case of the human form of mad cow disease in France, the Health Ministry has announced, setting off new concerns Friday about potential large-scale exposure to the mysterious illness. . Between 1993 and 2003, blood from the patient was used both for transfusions and to make medicines, which were given to thousands of patients, health officials said. All were at least potentially exposing them to mad cow disease, whose route of transmission is still poorly understood, scientists say. International Herald Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1254912/posts#comment Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:45:32 GMT