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Syria Completes Second Handover of Chemical Arms

(Global Security Newswire) Syria on Monday placed its second load of warfare chemicals on foreign ships for removal and destruction, international authorities said. “The chemical materials were verified by [international] personnel before being loaded in Latakia port onto Danish and Norwegian cargo vessels,” the United Nations and the world’s chemical-arms watchdog agency said in a Read More »

January 27, 2014
| Filed under Middle East and International
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After smallpox, now Guinea worm disease to be eradicated

(Times Of India) There were just 148 people worldwide in 2013 with the highly debilitating Guinea worm disease going by provisional estimates. This is a historic low, which holds out the promise that this could be the first disease to be eradicated after small pox.

January 27, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, International, and Public Health
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Anthrax scares worry Sanral

(IOL News) The evacuation of the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral) central operations centre in Centurion on Friday, for the second time this week, was concerning, said Sanral CEO Nazir Alli. “Sanral is extremely worried about the impact this kind of behaviour is having on the people who work at the centre,” he said Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Bioterrorism, and International
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WHO Board Addresses Substandard Medicines, Flu Pandemics, Regulatory Systems | Intellectual Property Watch

January 24, 2014
| Filed under International and Policy & Initiatives
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Foreign fruit fly found in Whangarei – Latest National News – Keep up with Newstalk ZB

January 22, 2014
| Filed under Agriculture and International
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