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E. coli outbreak kills 1, sickens nearly 100

Friday, September 15, 2006 An E. coli outbreak linked to fresh bagged spinach in at least 20 states, has killed 1 person, a 77 year old woman in Wisconsin and has made more than 95 sick, some severely and affecting people anywhere from 3 to 84 years old. Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico, New York, Indiana, […]

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FAA orders review of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following week of incidents

Sunday, January 13, 2013 The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a review Friday into the design and manufacture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following five incidents in five days involving the aircraft and two Japanese airlines. On Monday, an electrical fire broke out aboard a Japan Airlines 787 at Boston’s Logan International Airport, […]

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Professional Basement Leak Repair And Waterproofing

Here’s An Opinion On: Tendering Process In Australia Competitive Tendering Professional basement leak repair and waterproofing by noraoliverBasement waterproofing requires meticulous steps to be taken in order to contain the damage and prevent any further water leakage issues. Therefore, only professional contractors are equipped to take care of basement leak repair jobs as they have […]

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Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian Senate

Thursday, February 9, 2006 The bill on whether the Australian Federal Health Minster Tony Abbott should not exercise ministerial control of the abortifacient RU486 has passed the Australian Senate February 9, 2006. If the bill passes the Australian House of Representatives, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) will exercise control and evaluation of the suitability of […]

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

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Copiapó, Chile mining accident: in depth

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The rescue of the Chilean miners trapped in the San José Mine in Copiapó, codenamed Operación San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Operation), began on Tuesday night, at around 20:00 local time (23:00 UTC). Florencio Ávalos was the first miner to be rescued, at 00:12 local time (03:12 UTC) on Wednesday. He was […]