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GlaxoSmithKline Recalls H1N1 Vaccine in Canada Over 'Life-Threatening' Allergy Risk

The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening allergies.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576526,00.html?test=late...

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Charity Linked to Hamas Offers Monetary Reward for Israeli Soldier Abduction

Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday offered $1.4 million to any Arab citizen of Israel who abducts a soldier. Palestinians have frequently called on Israeli Arabs to abduct Israeli soldiers, but this is the first time that money has been offered.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575560,00.html

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Israel approves new homes near Jerusalem, defies U.S.

Defying the United States, Israel approved on Tuesday the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLH27626

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Somalia still top of corruption list

Transparency International's latest annual report has ranked 180 countries based on perceived levels of corruption in the public sector, and found war-torn nations were the most corrupt.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8365094.stm

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Dutch Drivers to Be Taxed By the Mile

Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers will soon pay a few cents for every mile on the road, in a plan aimed at breaking chronic traffic jams and cutting carbon emissions, the Cabinet decided Friday.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575286,00.html

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China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform

Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions.

Source: http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-...

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Is world uniting in Copenhagen?

International climate treaty feared for impact on liberties

Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=116256

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Internet inches closer to 'internationalisation'

The first applications were accepted on Monday for internationalised domain names (IDNs), in one of the most significant steps to making the Internet more accessible around the globe.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.13ac0d5c8683cde2...

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MILLION HIT BY 'PLAGUE WORSE THAN SWINE FLU'

A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/140492/Million-hit-by-pl...