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Cases of Swine Flu Grow in US, Internationally

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The US Center for Disease Control has issued an update on the Swine Flu outbreak.The CDC reports additional cases of confirmed swine influenza and a number of hospitalizations of swine flu patients. Internationally, the situation is more serious too, with … Continue reading →

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RazakSAT’s launch postponed

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: The April 21 scheduled launch of RazakSAT, Malaysia’s second remote sensing satellite, has been postponed due to technical problems with the launch vehicle Falcon 1. RazakSAT was scheduled to be launched from Omelek island, part of the Kwajalein … Continue reading →

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World on alert as Mexico flu epidemic fear grows

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Governments around the world rushed on Sunday to check the spread of a new type of swine flu that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected around a dozen in the United States.Mexicans huddled inside their homes … Continue reading →

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Discovery of New Microorganisms in the Stratosphere

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Three new species of bacteria, which are not found on Earth and which are highly resistant to ultra-violet radiation, have been discovered in the upper stratosphere by Indian scientists. One of the new species has been named as Janibacter hoylei, … Continue reading →