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Arlington's Track Surface Deemed Safe
The Illinois Racing Board said Monday that an independent consultant hired to examine the track surface at Arlington Park could find no explanation for a cluster of fatal breakdowns of horses there. Complete Story
Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
As of Monday, July 17, 2006, at least 2,554 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,015 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Blast, Flood in China Coal Mines Kill 64
An explosion in one mine and flooding in another killed 64 workers and left seven missing in the latest disasters to strike China's mining industry, state media reported Monday.
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
As of Sunday, July 16, 2006, at least 2,550 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,012 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Report: Chinese Mine Explosion Kills 18
A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least 18 miners and trapped 39 others, a news report said Sunday.
Ohio Research Animals Die After Outage
Hundreds of laboratory mice and rats died when a power outage at Ohio State University produced sent room temperatures soaring as high as 105 degrees, the school said.
Tongan Princess Forgives Calif. Teen
Princess Siu'ilikutapu of Tonga said Friday her family has forgiven the teenage girl charged with killing a Tongan prince and princess in a car crash, but they will not ask prosecutors to drop the charges.
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
As of Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at least 2,545 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,011 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Freeway Memorial for Tongans Dismantled
A massive roadside memorial for a Tongan prince and princess killed in a high-speed freeway crash was dismantled because authorities feared the wall of flowers, crosses, beads and boas created a safety hazard.
3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Anbar Province
Three American soldiers assigned to a Marine unit were killed Saturday in fighting in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.
Ark. Doctor Disciplined After 10 Deaths
A state board on Friday barred a doctor from prescribing narcotics after officials said 10 of his patients died from a lethal mix of drugs or an overdose of prescription medicines.
Celebrations in France Marred by Deaths
Celebrations of France's trip to the World Cup final were marred by deaths, injuries and arrests around the country, though that did little to dampen the jubilant spirit.
Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
As of Sunday, July 9, 2006, at least 2,546 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,009 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan
As of July 8, 2006, at least 254 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
Tonga Prince, Wife Die in Calif. Crash
A Tongan prince known for promoting political reform in his South Pacific island nation died along with his wife in a crash with a teenager's car, authorities said.
Obituaries in the News
In obituaries July 3 and July 4 for Anna Lee Aldred, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of Aqua Caliente race track. It was in Tijuana, Mexico, not California. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame says Aldred rode at Aqua Caliente in 1939, becoming the first woman in the United States to hold a professional jockey's license.
Stormy Weather Kills at Least 30 in China
Torrential rains and a tornado killed at least 30 people as storms battered eastern China this week, with millions more affected by flooding and other storm damage, state media and officials said Thursday.
Australian student under Israeli aggression in Lebanon
Source: The Age
"As a humanist ... acts of Hezbollah inexcusable and the reaction of Israel inhuman. I find the response of the international community disgusting. I hold that Israel is directly responsible for the death of Lebanese children"
Patel barred from practising
Source: couriermail.news.com.au
Bundaberg Hospital's surgeon Jayant Patel has been barred from applying for a medical licence in the US. The Oregon Board of Medical Examiners yesterday unanimously approved the action against the surgeon who was linked to the deaths of at least 13 patients at Bundaberg.
Violence & huge child abuse increase in Israel
Source: IPS
Increased violence since 2000 start of Second Intifada linked to huge increase of child abuse in Israel; cases treated by Israel Association for Protection of Children (ELI) went from 700 in 2000 to 3,600 in 2003.
CPOE Systems combating huge medical error
Source: Visual Health Care
Medical error is responsible for 98,000 US hospital deaths each year & 1 million US hospital errors annually. Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE) systems are combating medical error in North America & Europe.
American wheat farmers sue Australian AWB over Iraq scam
Source: CNN
Australian Wheat Board (AWB) paid $220 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein; North American wheat farmers are suing AWB for $1billion; UK, US & Australia surely knew & betrayed their own & Coalition soldiers.
Committee for Patel patients breaks down
Source: abc.net.au
The president of the Bundaberg Hospital Patients Support Group says former patients of doctor Jayant Patel will continue to receive support, despite the breakdown of the group's committee. Dr Patel fled to the United States after being linked to patient deaths at the hospital. …
Slow genocide & Gaza - Israel's Palestinian Genocide
Source: Media Monitors
Quote: "The attack on Gaza is more; it is part of an orchestrated Israeli campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people ... We are all witnesses to the Palestinian Genocide." Comment: it is "slow genocide".
EU bans antibiotic abuse in agriculture
Source: UCS FEED
On January 1, 2006, the European Union (EU) banned the feeding of all antibiotics and related drugs to livestock for growth promotion purposes; US lags behind EU on this vital antibiotic-resistance & public health matter.
Jewish & other condemnation of Israeli terror & war crimes
Decent, thoughtful people sensibly and humanely opposed to both state and non-state terrorism and violence run a gauntlet of ad hominem abuse on Newsvine.
Top US lawyer - Israel creating humanitarian crisis
Source: MWC News
Professor Cohn: "Israel’s brutal retaliation against Palestinian civilians constitutes collective punishment .... time for the American people to demand that the US government stop its support for Israel's aggression."
Huge medical error deaths & hospital risk management
Source: ABC TV Four Corners
"Do no harm" but 100,000 Americans die annually from medical "adverse events"; "system failure" rather than "individual fault"; death probability 10,000 times greater from medical error than from air travel; truth vital.
The fraud of primitive authenticity
Source: atimes.com
Two billion war deaths would have occurred in the 20th century if modern societies suffered the same casualty rate as primitive peoples, according to anthropologist Lawrence H Keeley, who calculates that two-thirds of them were at war continuously, typically losing half of a perc …
Pilger on UK-US & Israeli War on Children
Source: Al-Jazeerah
Pilger re Gaza: “Such collective punishment, identified as a crime against humanity in the Geneva Conventions, evokes the Nazis’ strangulation of the Warsaw ghetto and the US economic siege of Iraq in the 1990s.”
Dr Mahathir blasts Bush, Blair, Howard as war criminals
Source: The Age
Dr Mahathir: "The leaders of countries which wage war must be labelled war criminals. Will Bush, Blair, Howard, Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and others be arraigned before a war crimes tribunal?"
Israel de-legitimizing itself through violence & injustice
Source: Guardian comment is free
Simon Tisdall: Gaza invasion threat: "Israel is in danger not of obliteration by 'Islamic extremists' but of delegitimisation by its own polices and actions." Comment: 300,000 post-1967 Palestinian avoidable deaths.
Frasier's Best Friend 'Eddie' Dies
Source: People
Moose, the feisty Jack Russell terrier who played Eddie for 10 years on TV's Frasier, has died, his trainer Mathilde Halberg tells PEOPLE.
Capitalism & US child sexual abuse epidemic
Source: MWC News
"1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the United States are subjected to sexual abuse by the time they reach puberty" ... "capitalist imperative" ... "do on a global scale ... replicate in the family"... "national epidemic".
US domestic violence epidemic against women
Source: Medline Plus
3,400 US women surveyed for domestic and intimate partner (IP) violence: 5-13% (domestic violence for more than 20 years), 15% (IP violence in previous 5 years), 8% ( IP violence in past year); "epidemic".
Longline Fishing Pushing Albatross to Brink of Extinction
Source: cdnn.info
Long line fishing to blame for up to 100,000 Albatross deaths anually
Violent Baghdad deaths top 6,000 (so far this year)
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Don't worry, I'm sure some reality-challenged war-booster Congressman will come along and tell us how Iraq (the country) is safer than Washington DC (the city.) Of course, they'll be saying it from the comfort of their gated community somewhere in the Heartland of the US, or a …
Iraq children main victims of US occupation
Source: Information Clearing House
Health centres halved, lack of electricity, potable water, antibiotics; typhoid, hepatitis; immunization disrupted; 1 psychiatrist /300,000 Iraqis; comment: US war crime causes 300 avoidable Iraqi infant deaths DAILY (UNICEF data)
Global warming - 6 degrees rise = billions of deaths
Source: ABC TV Lateline
Professor James Lovelock FRS (Gaia hypothesis, latest book The Revenge of Gaia) - 6 degrees C rise may occur "by the end of this century"; situation critical; advocates nuclear power as "bandage" until better solutions
Indonesian earthquake kills at least 200
Source: The New York Times
Another earthquake hits eastern Asia early Saturday morning, many are injured and deaths are numbered anywhere from 200 to 391.
Intense heat wave sweeps north India: 47°C (117°F) in Haryana state
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
I promise to think twice before complaining it's too hot where I am.
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