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Bird flu may infect 20 percent of world’s population, kill millions

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Past Pandemics have claimed many lives. Disease Year Death toll Spanish Flu 1918/1919 50 million Asian Flu 1957 1 million Hong Kong Flu 1968 1 million The science journal Nature devoted a special section to the Asian H5N1 virus, or “Avian Flu“, highlighting the danger it poses to world populations, andRead More

Bird flu may infect 20 percent of world’s population, kill millions

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Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading toRead More

Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out

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New environmental housing regulations for Western Australia

Friday, May 25, 2007 The Western Australian Government has announced that after September 1, 2007 all construction approvals for new homes must comply with new Environmental regulations. The new regulations known as Five Star Plus will be implemented in two stages. Michelle Roberts, minister for Housing and Works, announced that the first stage would increaseRead More

New environmental housing regulations for Western Australia