Topic: Middle East

"Urumqi bans public gatherings ahead of mourning for vicitims" IN PLACES LIKE CHINA, CUBA, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN, THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS A VERY MINOR ONE.According to a 19-year-old Uyghur, "None of us dare go out of our district, especially ...

Israel to send swine flu drug to Gaza

Israeli authorities said on Thursday they will send up to 40,000 doses of swine flu vaccine to the Gaza Strip, where six people have died of the virus in the past five days. "We will transfer between 30,000 and 40,000 vaccines that ...

Fear grips Gaza amid first swine flu deaths

Hospital masks and anti-bacterial hand gel vanished from shelves in the Gaza Strip as fear gripped the besieged Hamas-ruled territory after the first deaths of swine flu.A well-known surgeon, Dr. Mahmud al-Haddad, 35, was the fourth in two days to die of ...
Israel treats Gazans infected with swine flu in move to contain outbreak in blockaded areaIsrael says it's treating five suspected swine flu cases from Gaza in hopes of containing an outbreak of the virus in the blockaded Palestinian territory.The move is a ...

First swine flu deaths reported in Gaza

A baby and two women have died in Hamas-run Gaza after contracting swine flu, the first deaths from the virus in the densely populated Palestinian territory, officials said on Monday.Hassan Khalaf, a spokesman for the Hamas health ministry, declined to give details, ...
Swine flu has killed 14 people in Iraq since May, a spokesman for the health ministry said on Thursday, doubling the previously disclosed toll. "Since May, 14 people have died from A(H1N1) flu in Iraq," said Sabah Abdullah, without detailing where the ...
Saudi health minister says 5 die from swine flu during annual hajjFive people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen ...

Millions begin hajj amid swine flu fears

The world's largest annual religious pilgrimage began on Wednesday overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic as 2.5 million Muslims amassed at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj.A rare rainstorm and possible banned protests by Iranian pilgrims also threatened to mar ...

Iran has 3,672 swine flu cases: health minister

Iran has 3,672 cases of swine flu, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Wednesday. "Based on recent statistics, 3,672 people have now been diagnosed with the illness," she was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying.She put the death toll ...
Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, health authorities said on Saturday only a few days before the massive Muslim gathering reaches its peak.An Indian man, a Moroccan woman and a Sudanese man -- all aged ...
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