Archive for April, 2009

Obama asked the Congress $ 1.5 billion in the fight against pork flu

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WASHINGTON, April 29 – RIA Novosti, Maria Tabak. United States President Barack Obama has sought guidance from the Congress additional 1.5 billion dollars to fight with Porcine Influenza, according to the RIA News White House.

As a precaution I have to ask Congress to include in before me earlier this month, the budget report for fiscal year 2009 amount of $ 1.5 billion for enhance the ability of our nation to respond to the potential spread of the virus, – stated in the letter of the President addressed Congress.

total registered in the U.S. by mid-day Tuesday, 68 confirmed cases of influenza infection pork.

According to the White House, Robert Gibbs, the appropriated funds will be aimed at creating a reserve fund required in case of pandemics, the creation of vaccines, to support the American health authorities and the assistance of international organizations seeking to prevent the spread of the disease. read more »

In Kosovo, the Serbian demonstration dispersed tear gas

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In the town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo Police Union has been forced to use tear gas and sound grenades to stop a demonstration of ethnic Serbs. Its members were protesting against the Albanians granted permission to repair homes in the Serb part of city, the TV channel B92.

Police had to intervene when the Serbs came to the line dividing the city into two parts and there was a threat of clashes with Albanians. The city is divided into Serb and Albanian parts, which guards the border between the police and international forces.

In the Albanian part of the Serb settlements there, but the Serbian – Albanian neighborhoods there. The Serbs claim that under the agreements of 2000, the authorization for the repair of Albanian houses in the Serb part of town should be issued only with the consent of the Serb community. read more »

The EU is not waiting for Lukashenko and Voronin at the summit East partnership

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BRUSSELS, April 28 – RIA Novosti, Alexander Shishlov. The European Union does not expect that at the summit of the member countries of the EU Eastern Partnership May 7, will arrive in Prague, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin told RIA Novosti on Tuesday members of the press-service of the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.

It is expected that at a meeting in summit in the capital of the Presidency of the EU the Czech Republic will be officially launched the project Eastern Partnership which aims at political and economic rapprochement between the EU and Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. read more »

In connection with the assassination attempt on Yamadaeva UAE announced a search for four Russians

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United Arab Emirates announced in the international search Russians Marwan Kimaeva and Elimpashu Hatsueva. According to the newspaper Vedomosti, these people are suspected of involvement in the attempted murder of the representative of an influential Chechen clan Sulima Yamadaeva.

Hatsuev was detained by Russian law enforcement agencies on 7 April and is now in SIzo. He was charged with involvement in the 2008 murder of his brother Sulima Yamadaeva, Ruslana.

Newspaper Kommersant says that in addition to Marwan Kimaeva UAE announced a search for his brother Salman. However, at the Interpol website, other than ads on search Marwan Kimaeva can only be found an announcement concerning a Tirpala Kimaeva. This man declared wanted by the UAE, but it is unclear whether it is a relative of Marwan Kimaeva and whether he is suspected of attempted Yamadaeva.

Recall earlier in the media was informed that in connection with the murder of Sulima Yamadaeva in the international search is announced State Duma deputy Adam Delimhanov. read more »

The EU is preparing an urgent special meeting on the swine flu

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health ministers of the EU will meet in an extraordinary way as soon as possible to discuss the possible impact on Europe of the outbreak of swine flu, according to an announcement by the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso.

At this time, the executive level, the shift of the Czech presidency of the EU and member states follow the situation closely, and It works in cooperation with the World Health Organization, said Barroso in a statement.

However, Barroso needed at the moment, the public health warning is limited to the Americas.

Those responsible for Health of the Veintisiete discuss specific situation in each country in a special reunion to be held later this week or early next, according to sources in the Czech presidency.

The Commission will continue with the study of information received from national experts, to assess the hazards and decide together on member states to take measures, aadiaaron Barroso. read more »

Mexico amounts to 103 the number of potential deaths from the swine flu

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Mexico, April 26 (EFE) .- The Government of Mexico today estimated at 103 the number of suspicious deaths have been caused by the swine degripe outbreak affecting the country, by hospitalizadas1.614 people who were, 60 percent of which have been given Dealt.

So informed the secretary (minister) of Health, Jose ГѓВЃngelCordova in an interview with the Televisa network.

The latest reports tell us that we have 1614 cases con103 deaths, and we still have about 400 pacienteshospitalizados in different hospitals in Mexico and algunosestados inside the republic, said Cordova.

According to the minister, the authorities continue with lacontingencia outlines all the actions of prevention and withthe wide distribution of the drug for people with WARRANTY that treatment, at a good time in first 48h is very effective. read more »

Swine flu continues to spread in Mexico, killed 68 people

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MOSCOW, April 25 – RIA Novosti. The outbreak of swine influenza in Mexico, which killed 68 people, continues to spread, said on Saturday Reuters.

According to the agency, so health experts suggest the United States and Mexico. According to them, there are signs by which you can see what is going on the new spread of infection in the country.

Mexican authorities closed the school in the contaminated areas and began to mass vaccination. While medeksperty are in the step from being declared the pandemic spread of the infection. The official confirmed that the porcine influenza killed 20 people, 48 people died from the disease with symptoms similar to influenza, and these victims still considered to the main list of the dead pig influenza.

Total in Mexico more than a thousand cases man. Doctors have warned that cases of infection will increase as the infection spreads among people. read more »

Kazakhstan increases the sanitary control of a pig flu

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ASTANA, April 27 – RIA Novosti, Olga Kovalenko. Kazakhstan strengthens it up on the state border to prevent the country falling into the pig virus influenza reported in the Monday press service of the Ministry of Health.

According to the latest figures, 103 people died from swine flu in Mexico, 1614 hospitalized with symptoms of the disease. In the United States infected 20 people in Canada – six. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan said that the outbreak in Mexico has the potential pandemic.

In the field of crossing the state border (international airports, rail and road crossings) strengthened sanitary and quarantine control (visual survey and inspection of passengers and crew members, if necessary, a thermometry) for arriving from foreign countries, – said the Health Ministry.

In therapeutic and prophylactic institutions established stock of medicines for the treatment of patients with suspected influenza pork, ensured the continued willingness of the health and medical services in case of delivery or the occurrence of highly flu, round-the-clock readiness of the laboratory of particularly dangerous infections. read more »

Latvian opposition to the elections will lead Medvedev, Putin and Suvorov

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RIGA, April 23 – RIA Novosti, Vadim Radionov. A list of the Latvian opposition party For the Motherland! in elections to the Riga Duma, which will be held June 6, the lead однофамильцы President, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the legendary military commander, told the RIA Novosti member of the party, the Riga Duma deputy Sergei Zhuravlev.

According to him, to the list Party included citizens of Latvia on the last name of Putin, Medvedev and Lavrov. Also on the list included однофамильцы Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, the Ambassador of Russia in Latvia, the former head of the CEC of Russia Alexander Veshnyakova full namesake and legendary military leader Alexander Suvorov. read more »

Spain ruled out vaccine Gardasil has caused convulsions

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MADRID (Reuters) – A committee of Spanish experts denied that the batch of vaccines against human papilloma virus suspected of having adverse effects create quality defects, reported a statement issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Health.

In February, authorities in Spain temporarily withdrew a batch of vaccine brand Gardasil, Merck, after hearing about the case of two teenagers from Valencia who suffered seizures after receiving injection.

Two months later, the committee formed by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) to study the case issued its conclusions, which denies that the problems presented by the two girls were related to quality defects in the product.

The AEMPS and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) discard the batch of vaccine administered to adolescents in Valencia is defective in quality, stated in their communique to the experts, who studied all the cases registered at the Spanish and European convulsions which were mentioned after the application of this vaccine.

It was also studied in particular the two cases that caused the alarm and the one reported in Balearic Islands. read more »