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Children run away after an explosion in KabulThere were at least four blasts interspersed by heavy shooting.


Fri May 24 07:37:02 UTC 2013

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridgeThursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure.


Fri May 24 04:58:54 UTC 2013

Chickens sit inside cages in a market in New Taipei CityBy Lavinia Mo HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through airborne exposure, researchers at the University of Hong Kong have found. The researchers found in a study, presented at a news briefing on Friday, that three ferrets - the main animal used for research into human influenza - that were placed in close contact with ferrets injected with H7N9 contracted the virus. One out of three that were kept in different cages became infected through airborne exposure. ...


Fri May 24 05:25:41 UTC 2013