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Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep out the disease. […] Australia’s similar move was slammed Thursday by Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, who said closing borders will not stop spread of the Ebola virus. …

It is hard to think of a more embarrassing endorsement of President Obama’s health care reform bill than that offered this week by the United Nations. The UN, probably the most corrupt and ineffective multilateral body on the face of the earth, which devotes much of its time trying to undermine American global power, has officially given its blessing to Barack Obama’s hugely controversial and unpopular legislation. The United Nations is increasingly disliked in the eyes of the American public, and continues to empower some of the most odious anti- American tyrannies across the world. World Health Organisation Director Margaret...

A sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization says. For that to happen, officials would have to verify that the disease had become established outside North America, where the crisis began. "Once I get indisputable evidence, I will make the announcement," said WHO director general, Margaret Chan. More than 1,200 people have contracted the virus in Australia - none fatally. The total means Australia has seen a four-fold increase in a week. Less than a month ago the country had only a handful of cases of the...