HARARE, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The death toll from Zimbabwe's worst recorded cholera epidemic has risen to nearly 500, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, in a sign of the rapidly deepening crisis. ... > full story
BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — China has lifted to six the number of babies believed killed from drinking toxic milk formula and raised the number affected to 294,000, months after a scare that has battered confidence among local and foreign consumers. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations on Monday urged countries across the world to expand screening of newborn infants exposed to the virus that causes AIDS, saying it could save the lives of countless children. ... > full story
HARARE, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Hundreds of angry Zimbabweans attacked soldiers carrying out a crackdown on illegal foreign currency trading in the capital Harare on Monday in a further sign of the country's collapse. ... > full story
ZENICA, Bosnia, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Daniel Marinic, a convicted murderer, is a victim of Bosnia's ethnic rivalries: he must remain in a prison unit for convicts with psychiatric disorders even though his imprisonment is against the law. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker. ... > full story
HARARE, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — The Zimbabwean capital, Harare, is offering free graves for victims of a cholera outbreak sweeping the southern African state, which a United Nations agency says is only the tip of a health crisis. ... > full story
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's opposition vowed to resist any compromise that would leave it sidelined in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party at new talks on Tuesday. ... > full story
BERLIN, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — German authorities have quarantined a British ship cruising the river Rhine after an outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus, a spokeswoman for the German Red Cross said on Tuesday. ... > full story
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's opposition vowed to resist any compromise that would leave it sidelined in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party at new talks due to start on Tuesday. ... > full story
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Cholera outbreak claims 500 lives in Zimbabwe Dec. 2, 2008 (Wicklow People, Ireland) — A cholera outbreak has killed almost 500 people in Zimbabwe over the past four months, according to the UN.. . Almost 12,000 cases of the disease ...
Cholera kills 484 in Zimbabwe: WHO Dec. 2, 2008 (The Raw Story) — A cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has killed 484 people since it broke out in August, according to World Health Organization figures released on ...
Cholera-hit nation cuts water supplies Dec. 1, 2008 (The Mercury, Australia) — ZIMBABWE has cut water supplies to the capital Harare, state media said on Monday, as the health minister urged the public to stop shaking hands in ...
Cholera worsens in Zimbabwe Nov. 28, 2008 (Nebraska.tv) — Humanitarian groups are scrambling to get a grip on Zimbabwe's cholera problem, which has killed more than 400 people amid the country's political ...
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