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Revised plan by WHO to eliminate TB.

WHO Endorses Action Plan to Fight Dangerous TB Spreading in Europe

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday multidrug-drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading at an alarming rate in Europe and they are prepared to endorse what they call an ambitious and rigorous action plan to fight multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB).

Peruvian Mining Company Workers Launch Strike

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Workers at Peru's Cerro Verde mine, which accounts for about 2 percent of global copper output, started an indefinite strike for better pay and benefits on Wednesday, a union leader said.
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WHO Reports Alarming Rise of TB in Europe

In a recent report published by WHO, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis has been diagnosed as a disease which can take the form of a pandemic in the Western Europe if not dealt with properly.
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Guinea Launches Review of Mining Contracts

Guinea is launching a comprehensive review of mining contracts to root out 'unconscionable provisions' granted by previous administrations in the West African state, Mines Minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana told Reuters.
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Former MI5 Chief Justifies Dialogue with Gadhafi

Terming the dialogue initiated by the British government with Colonel Gaddafi in 2003 as right decision, the former MI5 chief Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller today acknowledged that though it was difficult, but the decision to engage in dialogue with Gaddafi in 2003 was right.
A man standing near broken window

What are Flash Mobs?

Flash mobs: from the Haka Mob to the Arab Spring, using social media to stage large events is a 21st century phenomenon that is not going anywhere. This trend is especially true in the United States, where recent flash mobs in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa have turned violence and angry.
A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo

World Bank to Invest in New Hedge Fund

The World Bank is investing in a hedge fund in order to help banks reduce capital that new rules will force them to set aside against loans to small companies in emerging markets, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Audience Stars in Britain's Last Night of Proms

Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang wowed them, Wagnerian soprano Susan Bullock got a laugh as a British Brunnhilde, but the stars of the Last Night of the BBC Proms were standing in the middle of the Royal Albert Hall.
Fans attend a tribute ceremony outside Michael Jackson's boyhood home in Gary

Jackson Fans Angry at Tribute Concert Price Cuts

Michael Jackson fans were up in arms on Thursday over reports that promoters of a planned tribute concert had slashed ticket prices and apparently offered 2-for-1 ticket deals to the October event.

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