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Monday, February 27, 2012

Flu season off to slowest start in years

ATLANTA, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The flu season had its latest start in 29 years, but is on the rise and expected to increase in the coming weeks, a U.S. health official said. Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of the epidemiology prevention branch at the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bin Laden compound being demolished

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Pakistani compound where Osama bin Laden spent the last years of his life was being torn down Saturday. Bin Laden was killed last May in a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs on the compound in Abbottabad. The demolition was being conducted under tight security with... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Presidential election in Senegal Sunday

DAKAR, Senegal, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Voters in Senegal head to the polls Sunday despite opposition against President Abdoulaye Wade and his bid for a third term. Members of the country's opposition movement said they will keep up their protests to try to force Wade to withdraw, Voice of America reported... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Ivory Coast war crimes probe widens

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court at The Hague in Netherlands is widening its investigation into alleged war crimes in West Africa's Ivory Coast. Last fall, the ICC gave prosecutors authority to probe alleged human rights abuses in the Ivory Coast after the disputed 2010... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Berlusconi fails in bid to recuse judges

MILAN, Italy, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi failed Wednesday in a bid to have judges recused from a Milan trial in which he's accused of bribing a tax lawyer. Lawyers for Berlusconi, also a media magnate, had claimed bias by judges after they reduced the number of... Sign in to see full entry.

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