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Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:54 -0400

WASHINGTON - A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war.

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:22 -0400

DAVIS, California - Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals.

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:43:19 -0400

LONDON - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China.

Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:22:20 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported that about half of the 260,000 victims were age 5 and under. Instead, half of the victims were under the age of 5.

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:54:13 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011.