Obama to name Frieden as CDC chief: CDC (Reuters)

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:48:02 +0000

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will name Dr Thomas Frieden as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a spokesman for the organization said on Friday.

Red Wings beat Ducks in Game 7 to reach West final (AP)

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:41:33 +0000

AP - The defending Stanley Cup champions were at home, but the Detroit Red Wings were hardly safe late in the third period. Dan Cleary's tiebreaking goal with 3 minutes left lifted the Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night and into the Western Conference finals for the third straight year and eighth time in 14 seasons.

WHO chief warns against false security about flu (Reuters)

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:03:57 +0000

Reuters - The World Health Organisation warned on Friday against a false sense of security from waning and apparently mild outbreaks of H1N1 flu, saying the worst may not be over for the newly-discovered virus.

Freed reporter Saberi arrives in Austria from Iran (Reuters)

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:01:44 +0000

Reuters - U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Austria on Friday from Iran, four days after authorities there freed her from a Tehran prison and quashed her eight-year sentence for spying.

At end of Mideast trip, pope says peace possible (AP)

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:53:18 +0000

AP - Pope Benedict XVI assured his followers in the Holy Land that peace is possible, as he ended his Mideast visit Friday by putting aside the contentious issues he has confronted and coming as a pilgrim to the site of Jesus' crucifixion.

WHO chief says too early to relax on H1N1 flu (Reuters)

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:48:42 +0000

Reuters - It is too early to relax about the H1N1 flu strain, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday, calling it a crisis with possible global implications.

Obama to name NYC health chief to head CDC: report (Reuters)

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:14:27 +0000

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce on Friday Dr. Thomas Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as his choice to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The New York Times reported.

Pakistan allows thousands to flee combat zone (AFP)

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:05:23 +0000

AFP - Pakistan's military suspended a curfew Friday in a northwest city where it is fighting Taliban guerrillas, officials said, allowing tens of thousands of civilians to flee the area.

AP source: Rove to be interviewed on US attorneys (AP)

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:00:57 +0000

AP - Former top Bush White House aide Karl Rove, who has said he will cooperate with an investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys, is scheduled to be interviewed by a special prosecutor, a lawyer familiar with the probe says.

Freed US reporter Roxana Saberi in Vienna (AFP)

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:52:48 +0000

AFP - US-born reporter Roxana Saberi flew into Vienna from Tehran on Friday, only days after her release from an Iranian prison where she had been jailed on allegations of spying for the United States.

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