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Will the world economy start to recover from the current economic crisis in 2009? (Dec. 28, 2008) Yes. Not yet. Don't know.

FOCUS: Japan eyes proactive climate diplomacy in 2009 6 Jan 2009 00:17 GMT
... he acknowledges that China, India and other emerging economies would not join a post-2012 regime ... such as water scarcity, coastal flooding and infectious diseases. ==Kyodo ...
Majority of Teens Discuss Risky Behaviors on MySpace, Studies Conclude 5 Jan 2009 21:51 GMT
... quickly narrowing, but a new one is emerging rapidly: the 21st century digital divide separates ... advancing discoveries in cancer, genetics, immunology, pathology, infectious disease, injury prevention and bioethics. In its quest ...
GUEST COLUMN: Breaking new ground in Ohio agriculture 5 Jan 2009 19:31 GMT
... on store shelves, to testing for deadly diseases like anthrax, West Nile virus, and avian ... capacity to respond to chemical emergencies and emerging concerns including melamine contamination of food products. ... hospital disinfectants against a variety of bacterial infectious agents and spores. And to add to ...
Scientists map epidemic trigger zones 5 Jan 2009 06:51 GMT
... of global hot-spots where new and unknown diseases are most likely to erupt - and ... of Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC). "We're in the front line ...
Human, animal plagues 'could threaten Top End' 4 Jan 2009 23:50 GMT
... biosecurity research group says. A study by the Australian Biosecurity Co-operative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC) shows global disease hot-spots, where new and unknown plagues are most likely to ...

Australia surrounded by plague hot-spots 4 Jan 2009 08:03 GMT
... new plagues. Image: Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infection Disease Australia is surrounded to its north by ... Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC) chief executive officer Dr Stephen ...
Australia surrounded by disease hot-spots 4 Jan 2009 07:24 GMT
... new plagues. Image: Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infection Disease Australia is surrounded to its north by ... Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC) chief executive officer Dr Stephen ...
Five years after the avian influenza strain H5N1 started killing poultry and people in Southeast Asia, researchers still don't know what to make of the dangerous and unpredictable virus. 2 Jan 2009 16:20 GMT
... and prevention for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. "I believe it's still a threat. ... for what was feared to be an emerging pandemic. "There was truly a sense that ... of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Prevention. So it is ...
Whatever happened to avian flu? 2 Jan 2009 15:52 GMT
... and prevention for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. "I believe it's still a threat. ... for what was feared to be an emerging pandemic. "There was truly a sense that ... of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Prevention. So it is ...
Understanding how infectious diseases spread depends on unlocking secrets held in existing data 2 Jan 2009 11:30 GMT
... Understanding how infectious diseases spread depends on unlocking secrets held in ... also heard how genotyping was helping identify emerging pathogens more quickly than previously, and their ...

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China Focus: Leading tobacco company accused of undermining China's anti-smoking 2 Jan 2009 03:31 GMT
... public attention from secondhand smoke issues towards diseases unrelated to smoking, such as liver problems. ... to put priority on the No. 1 infectious disease, or hepatitis, in China, the thesis ... in Western countries as well as in emerging economies. The 76-year-old American Chinese has been ...
Leading tobacco company accused of undermining China's anti-smoking efforts 2 Jan 2009 02:30 GMT
... public attention from secondhand smoke issues towards diseases unrelated to smoking, such as liver problems. ... to put priority on the No. 1 infectious disease, or hepatitis, in China, the thesis ... in Western countries as well as in emerging economies. The 76-year-old American Chinese has been ...
China Focus: Leading tobacco company accused of undermining China's anti-smoking efforts 2 Jan 2009 01:51 GMT
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Researchers still don't know what to make of avian influenza strain H5N1 2 Jan 2009 00:12 GMT
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