[Hankwins]

Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=17047844'>posted</a> on 12/08/2012:

That is right on, blame the processer is the biggest scam BS in the industry.

[briancharlesgra]

Gaza: Clinton works for truce 'in the days ahead' Israeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets struck across the border as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Israel's ground troops. Hamas, the Islamist movement controlling Gaza, and Egypt, whose new, Islamist government is trying to broker a truce, had floated hopes for a ceasefire by late Tuesday; but by the time Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu it was clear there would be more argument, and more violence, first. Hamas leaders in Cairo accused the Jewish state of failing to respond to proposals and said an announcement on holding fire would not come before daylight on Wednesday. Israel Radio quoted an Israeli official saying a truce was held up due to "a last-minute delay in the understandings between Hamas and Israel". Who is Hamas? 5 questions about the Palestinian militant group. An initial halt to attacks may, however, not see the sides stand their forces down from battle stations immediately; Clinton, who flies to Cairo to see Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi later on Wednesday, spoke of a deal "in the days ahead". As she arrived in Israel after nightfall, Israel was stepping up its bombardment. Artillery shells and missiles fired from naval gunboats offshore slammed into the territory and air strikes came at a frequency of about one every 10 minutes.

[devonrobinson]

Scientists say the cholera outbreak that struck more than 7,000 people in Guinea this year was caused by a more toxic and more contagious generation of the bacteria. Researchers suspect the same strain killed nearly 300 people and struck more than 22,000 others in neighboring Sierra Leone. Through genetic sequencing of the cholera bacteria found in Guinea, epidemiologists working with the United Nations Children s Fund have identified them as atypical variants of the O1 El Tor strain.Cholera, a preventable and treatable disease, causes watery diarrhea and vomiting. It can dehydrate a victim so rapidly that it can kill within hours if left untreated.Virulent strainThe strain found in Guinea causes more violent symptoms and is more contagious than other strains, which is dangerous in a region where lack of access to safe water and proper sanitation make people especially vulnerable to infectious disease.University Hospital of Marseilles epidemiologist Stanislas Rebaudet has studied the cholera strain in collaboration with UNICEF.He said it is thought that with this generation of the El-Tor strain, people sick from cholera excrete more bacteria and are more contagious. Therefore there is a risk of more serious epidemics, and governments and agencies working to fight cholera must take that into account.That makes it all the more important that governments and aid agencies step up prevention and response efforts, said water and sanitation specialist Fran ois Bellet, who is with UNICEF s regional office for West and Central Africa.Inreased vigilanceHe said this discovery raises the alert level, requiring stronger epidemiological surveillance, preparedness and response to cholera outbreaks in Guinea and throughout the region.Cholera, caused by contaminated food or drink, is completely preventable. According to the World Health Organization, though, the illness kills at least 100,000 people every year.Aid workers say cholera is believed to have arrived in Guinea this year from neighboring Sierra Leone, which saw its biggest cholera outbreak in years with some 22,000 cases. Specimens from Sierra Leone are under analysis. This year s epidemic started in coastal villages, where people regularly move between the two countries as part of their daily activities.Rebaudet said atypical El Tor strains are not completely new; they were first detected in Bangladesh some 20 years ago and have made their way to Africa during the past decade, in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Lake Chad region. The same strain also is currently implicated in Haiti.