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  • Far-right groups could exploit Brexit tensions - police

    01/22/2019 10:23:05 PM PST · by Berlin_Freeper · 3 replies
    bbc.com ^ | January 23, 2019 | BBC
    The "febrile" atmosphere around Brexit could be exploited by far-right extremists, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism officer has warned. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said 18 terror plots were foiled in Britain since 2017, four of them far-right. He said a "far-right drift into extreme right-wing terrorism" was a concern but officers were working to ensure groups did not gain a "foothold". Mr Basu added leaving the EU with no deal would be "very bad" for policing. The head of the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism operations was speaking at the launch of a new cinema advert aimed at encouraging people to report...
  • Rare Marburg hemorrhagic fever shows up in Denver

    02/07/2009 10:58:29 AM PST · by george76 · 44 replies · 2,177+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | February 6, 2009 | Tillie Fong
    The first known case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the United States was treated at Lutheran Medical Center in January 2008, it was announced Friday. The disease, which is caused by a virus indigenous to Africa, is transmitted by contact with infected animals or the bodily fluids of infected humans. The patient, who was not identified, had apparently contracted the virus when he visited Uganda. While in that country, he had visited a python cave in Maramagambo Forest in Queen Elizabeth Park, where he came into contact with fruit bats, which are capable of harboring the Marburg virus. The CDC...