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• WHO: 294 cholera deaths in Zimbabwe
Doctors in Zimbabwe earlier demonstrated against the country's collapsing health care system and blamed the government for the disease's spread. The cholera outbreak has caused a crisis in hospitals in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and also has reached ...
• Islamist group says it will fight Somali pirates
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Friday that the Saudi government was not and would not negotiate with pirates, but what the ship's owners did was up to them. The Somali pirates have the support of their communities and rogue members of the ...
• Obama set to nominate Sen. Clinton for State
Lame duck takes aim at endangered species Nov. 20: A new rule expected to be finalized Friday by the White House strips away the ability of government scientists to stop construction projects threatening endangered species -the primarily policy ...
• Citigroup’s options dwindle; shares plunge
... banking giant’s shares slid below $4, analysts said Friday it may be forced to merge or sell some of its prized businesses. Citigroup has already raised $75 billion in capital this year, including a $25 billion cash investment from the government ...
• Pentagon bans computer flash drives
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman would provide no details on the virus Friday, but he described it as a "global virus" that has been the subject of public alerts. "This is not solely a department problem, this is not solely a government problem ...