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Swine flu's ground zero? Townspeople are convinced (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT

AP - Everyone told Maria del Carmen Hernandez that her kindergartner's illness was a just a regular cold. But it seemed like the whole town of 3,000 was getting sick.

Mexicans put faith in masks — but do they work? (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:05 PM PDT

AP - The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost causes, has been fitted with a light-blue surgical mask to ward off swine flu.

Mexico City shuts itself in amid swine flu fears (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - Nine-year-old Cecilia Ines Lopez has been watching nine hours of television a day. Her teenage relative has spent so much time on Instant Messenger she complains she has nothing more to say.

No happily ever after yet for 'Slumdog' kid stars (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 01:26 PM PDT

AP - Rubina Ali's house is flooded with sewer water, and her feet itch. She's discovered a world of creepy-crawlies in the opaque gray water: scorpions, rats and slithery creatures with lots of legs.

Amnesty: Obama sends mixed message on human rights (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has not yet managed to shake off the legacy of torture, impunity and unlawful detention he inherited from the previous U.S. administration, a leading human rights organization said Wednesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,278 (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Argentina suspends flights from Mexico (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:04 PM PDT

AP - Argentina announced Tuesday the suspension of flights from Mexico as a precaution against the spread of swine flu and called on tens of thousands of visitors from North America to contact the Health Ministry.

African immigrants risk lives on epic trek to U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula.

SKorean experts claim to have cloned glowing dogs (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 06:04 PM PDT

AP - South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases. The four dogs, all named "Ruppy" a combination of the words "ruby" and "puppy" look like typical beagles by daylight.