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Pakistan facing 'serious' threat of epidemic disease
Aug. 25, 2010 - Vast flooding in Pakistan has caused "the worst natural calamity of its history."
- The UN says more than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, with about 1.2 million homes destroyed.
Officials there are now bracing for the likelihood of water-borne diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery.
- Source: BBC
- U.S. Warns Taliban Planning Attack on Aid Workers in Pakistan
Buzz kill! Is this 'bee Armageddon'?
Apr. 25, 2010 - One third of the nations bees are disappearing and experts don't really know why. If this trend continues, there will be a disasterous effect on our food supply.
- According to the United States Department of Agriculture, a full one-third of the human diet depends on honeybee pollination of crops – especially fruit, nut, vegetable and seed production in the United States.
- Source: WorldNetDaily
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