Morales nationalises fuel supplier: "I want to ask the Bolivian armed forces along with YPFB [the Bolivian state energy company] to gain control of Air BP, the multinational that sells jet fuel. With this decree, Air BP is now nationalised," he said in a speech.
Republican Party 'in very deep trouble': Former US presidential candidate Bob Barr has sharply criticized the GOP after Republican Senator Arlen Specter joined Democrats.
Study reveals true extent of 'old boys network' between Government and banks: The research looked at so-called "revolving door connections", when a company employs former or current politicians, civil servants or members of regulatory bodies, or where individuals move from the financial sector into politics, Government or regulatory bodies.
World on alert after pigs found infected with H1N1 virus: ·It was highly probable the estimated 200 pigs caught the virus from a Canadian returning from Mexico.
Swine flu broke out in California: CDC: As early as March, patients were diagnosed in California with a new type of viral infection resulting from the A(H1N1) -- the new strain of the swine flu virus, H1N1 which is apt to affect humans and pigs and resist antiviral treatment.
California, Cases Suggest Border Origin Growing evidence in California suggests that early flu cases had no apparent origin in Mexico. Many of the early California victims -- including the first two cases -- say they hadn't traveled to Mexico and had no contact with pigs. Some may have fallen ill before the first Mexicans did.Those cases contradict the conventional understanding of how the strain originated.
Expert says 'just another flu virus,' so why the fear?: In an average flu season, 36,000 Americans die from the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And between 5 to 20 percent of all Americans get the flu.
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