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Swine Flu Pandemic Causes Public Concerns About Hand Sanitizers
June 23, 2009The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that hand washing with soap and water when available or sanitizing with an effective hand sanitizer is critical to minimize the spread of germs during illness outbreaks, such as the H1N1...
NGO Wins Access to Information Lawsuit Against Customs Service
June 23, 2009The Supreme Court of Justice has ruled in favor of the Investigative Journalism Center (CIN) in a case related to journalist access to public interest information against the Customs Service of Moldova. In November 2008, the journalists of the Investigative...
Latest: Washington, DC Mayor Says 7 Killed in Metro Train Crash
June 23, 2009Authorities in Washington, D.C., say seven people are confirmed dead in Monday's crash of a subway train into another train. Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said authorities are still treating the scene as a rescue operation that will go on all day...
UPDATED: 6 dead in worst ever Metro crash in Washington
June 22, 2009In the worst disaster in Metro history, at least six people died and 70 injured Monday when a Metro train crashed with another train during rush hour between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations near the Maryland and District of Columbia border. More...
Prosecutors want photo of Casey Anthony's tattoo "Bella Vita"
June 22, 2009Prosecutors have filed motions asking to take photographs of the tattoo on Casey Anthony’s shoulder. According to tattoo artist Danny Colomarino, he gave Casey the tattoo in July 2008, sometime after her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee Anthony disappeared...
Update: Washington metro trains collide, killing 4, wounding 70
June 22, 2009One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of Washington's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first,...
Metro Crash in Washington, DC: At Least 2 Dead, Dozens Injured
June 22, 2009Two Metro trains collided head-on near the Washington D.C., and Maryland border Monday (see map of Washington, DC Metro). June 22, FOX 5-WTTG reports. At least two people were killed when a six-car train collided with another train near the Washington...
Russians, Germans Ready to Prepare Common Textbook on 20th Century
June 22, 2009By Paul Goble On the 68th anniversary of the German attack on the Soviet Union, a senior Moscow academician said that Russian historians are close to an agreement with their German colleagues to write a common textbook on 20th history, something possible...
Russian Nationalist Radicals Now Targeting State Institutions
June 22, 2009By Paul Goble Russian national extremists are increasingly targeting state institutions such as military draft offices and militia stations rather than immigrants and members of domestic ethnic and religious minorities, according to a SOVA report entitled...
LeapFrog Investments Raises $44 Million for Microinsurance Fund
June 22, 2009The LeapFrog Investments Financial Inclusion Fund, the world's first investment fund focused on microinsurance, has announced that it has raised $44 million, which it will invest in businesses that provide insurance and financial services to twenty-five...