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Flu Virus Leaves 44 Dead in Greece So FarTwo more people lost their lives in the past 24 hours from the H1N1 flu virus, raising the death toll in Greece to 44.At the same time, 106 people are in serious condition in intensive care units throughout the country.According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Center (KEELPNO), the extremely low vaccination rate in the population, especially in the two high-risk categories of the chronically ill and health professionals, combined with huge shortages in beds in intensive care units, have turned the flu from seasonal infectious disease to a major threat to public health.
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Fire service criticised for buying £300,000 vehicle to rescue obese peopleRising number of obesity related rescues leads fire service to buy specialist truck A fire service has spent almost £300,000 on new equipment to rescue obese people after a growing number of rescues.The specially adapted truck with a mounted crane, which is nicknamed The Brute, cost Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service £280,000.But the service has been criticised for purchasing it as campaigners believe the money would have been better spent elsewhere.
The hospitals with more room for pen-pushers than patientsThe head of an NHS efficiency review orders hospitals to sell off swathes of surplus land, devote more space to patients and bring an end to 'Soviet-style' attitudes to those in their care
Asda puts UK's first supermarket wonky veg box on saleBox of imperfect in-season vegetables will feed a family of four for a week and costs £3.50 – 30% less than standard lines
Woman walks into own funeral to surprise of husband who had paid to have her killed
Finally a Study Explains Why Rich and Successful People are Often Dishonest
QuoteChinese buy up bottles of fresh air from CanadaCanadian company which started out as a joke bottling Rocky Mountains air has seen its product fly off the shelves in pollution-hit China, with first shipment selling out in four dayshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12051354/Chinese-buy-up-bottles-of-fresh-air-from-Canada.htmlI've got some bottles of Kefalonian air, if anyone would like to make a bid for them(please state whether you want summer air or winter air)
Chinese buy up bottles of fresh air from CanadaCanadian company which started out as a joke bottling Rocky Mountains air has seen its product fly off the shelves in pollution-hit China, with first shipment selling out in four days
Businessman makes a fortune selling bottled British air to the Chinese for £80 a popWhen someone bottled water everyone thought it was ridiculous, now you have Evian. So why not bottle air, asks Leo De Watts
Wife could be jailed for not doing enough houseworkHer husband says he has been 'forced to live in conditions with poor hygiene' A woman from Italy could be jailed for up to six years because she does not do enough housework, according to Italian media.The 40-year-old, from Sonnino in the Lazio region, is being taken to court by her husband.He claims that her management of household chores is of a low standard and it has led to the “mistreatment of the family”.
QuoteWoman walks into own funeral to surprise of husband who had paid to have her killedhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/woman-walks-into-own-funeral-to-surprise-of-husband-who-had-paid-to-have-her-killed-a6855006.html