85 killed in police-rebel clashes
NALCHIK (AP): ISLAMIC MILITANTS launched a major attack on police and government buildings in a provincial capital in Russia's volatile Caucasus region yesterday, turning the city into a war zone wracked by gunfire and explosions.
Europe bracing for flu outbreak
BRUSSELS (AP): THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) was readying precautionary measures yesterday, including the stockpiling of more anti-viral drugs, amid confirmation that the bird flu virus found in Turkish poultry was the H5N1 strain...
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