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			<title>Kuwait tops Mideast list for swine flu cases</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World Health Org report says Gulf state has seen 6,640 H1N1 infections so far.]]></description>
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			<title>Obesity sets UAE on path to chronic disease epidemic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over 50% of children are obese, in danger of developing diabetes, cancer, heart disease.]]></description>
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			<title>Children need hour of daily exercise to cut cardiac risk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A daily hour of activity will protect UAE kids from heart disease in later life - experts.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu spreading rapidly - WHO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Director-general of health agency says virus spreading at an 'unbelievable rate' and impacting young adults.]]></description>
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			<title>WHO issues new swine flu guidelines</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Healthy patients with uncomplicated illnesses need not be treated with antivirals, agency confirms in update.]]></description>
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			<title>Egyptian health official fears swine flu virus mutation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Swine flu virus and deadlier H5N1 avian flu could combine with seasonal human flu.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast sees sixfold rise in swine flu deaths in eight days</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World Health Organisation also reveals confirmed cases have leapt to 1,178.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi hopes to limit flu spread at hajj pilgrimage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thermal cameras to be used and more medics to be placed on stand-by to limit H1N1 spread.]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain sovereign fund posts $183m loss in 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mumtalakat hit by impairment charges linked to investments in GIB and GIC.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait sees 13 new swine flu cases </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some infected individuals, like many previously, had returned from trips abroad.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait reports 6 new swine flu cases</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest confirmation by Health Ministry brings to 50 the total number of cases now having been reported.]]></description>
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			<title>Pharmyard rivalry</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE's high drug costs are proving to be a bitter pill for patients. We reveal why copycat drugs may overhaul the healthcare market. ]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait reports new swine flu case</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Male teenager tests positive bringing total number of cases to 17, according to Ministry of Health.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt reports first swine flu case in Mecca pilgrim</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 28-year-old man is found to have contracted the A(H1N1) virus during Umra.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu cases hit 55,000 - WHO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest update from WHO shows  H1N1 virus has spread to 109 countries and territories since late March.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE's health ministry confirms two more swine flu cases</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Both victims are recovering and their health conditions are stable - ministry.]]></description>
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			<title>Action call as UAE roads rank among world's deadliest</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New World Health Organisation report reveals death rates seven times that of UK.]]></description>
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			<title>WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World health body urges countries to finish seasonal vaccine production.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu hasn’t gone away</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Don't assume the swine flu outbreak has passed - it's likely just getting started. Is the UAE prepared for a pandemic?]]></description>
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			<title>Lebanon confirms three cases of swine flu</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First cases of virus seen in one national living in Spain and two visiting Canadians. ]]></description>
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			<title>Video clip of Egyptian pig cull causes outrage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[YouTube posting shows iron bars, chemicals used in mass slaughter, prompted by swine flu.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu - WHO 'uncertain' about declaring pandemic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Top official says WHO keeping close eye on spread of virus outside North America.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt begins slaughter of 250,000 pigs - swine flu </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[100 pigs culled in Alexandria, another 28,000 rounded up by gov't workers in Cairo. ]]></description>
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			<title>Hedge fund bubble bursts in time for swine flu</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will Asian markets be in for an even rougher 2009 than seemed possible some time ago? William Pesek answers.]]></description>
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			<title>Outbreak</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hundreds are dead, and thousands are thought to be affected. Is the Gulf prepared for a swine flu pandemic?]]></description>
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			<title>UAE has not banned pork imports - senior official </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Supermarkets pull pig meat from shelves as a precautionery measure against swine flu.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu – Global pandemic imminent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WHO raises threat level to Phase 5, its second highest warning, indicating global flu pandemic is imminent.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu – Pandemic 'may be mild'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WHO says current outbreak may only lead to mild pandemic, but warns 1918 pandemic started that way.]]></description>
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			<title>Swine flu - WHO raises pandemic alert level</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Officials raise alert level to phase 4, indicating infection can spread between humans. ]]></description>
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			<title>MAP: Spread of swine flu </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business' tracks the spread of swine flu, documenting cases and deaths as they happen. ]]></description>
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