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Elderly Annemasse couple die from cold in separate accidents at home

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A couple aged 85 and 87 in Annemasse, France were found dead early Thursday by a member of the family, reports the Tribune de Geneve, apparently from accidents related to the cold. The couple were retired farmers and the wife, 85, may have slipped on the ice when she went out to [...]

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Egyptian football fans clash – 73 reported dead

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:55:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Egyptian state television is reporting that at least 73 people have died, and numbers are being revised upwards late Wednesday 1 February, after two football teams’ fans clashed in Port Said. More than 150 people are reported to be injured. Fans of Masry and al-Ahly teams, both in the top group, poured [...]

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Nigerian protests turn deadly: 140 killed by Friday’s bombs

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:30:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The death toll has been steadily mounting with at least 140 people known to have died in Kano, Nigeria, after the city was shaken by a series of bomb explosions Friday night 20 January. The bombs were planted in security areas such as police stations. Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group that [...]

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Syrian amnesty reported by state media

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:47:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Sunday 15 January announced an amnesty for protestors, state media are reporting, at least the second in the 10 months of civil unrest that has come perilously close to civil war. More than 3,000 prisoners have reportedly been freed by previous amnesties, while other amnesties appear to have [...]

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Britain blown sideways by winter gales

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:51:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Two die as high winds sweep the region GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Winds of up to 100mph in Scotland and other parts of Britain 3 January are causing considerable damage, with some areas suffering power cuts and transport disrupted, including the London-Edinburgh trains. A man died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in southern England when a tree [...]

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Malaria cases down 25% but funding shortfall threats could slow progress

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Malaria cases worldwide fell by 25 percent in the past decade and by 33 percent worldwide thanks to better prevention but threatened shortfalls in funding from governments could slow the fight against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. Its World malaria report 2011, published 13 December, shows malaria rates falling [...]

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73 die in Kolkata (Calcutta) hospital blaze

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:04:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – At least 73 people have died in a hospital fire in south Kolcata (Calcutta), India, according to initial reports from India’s media, and 75 people were rescued. The fire at Amri Hospital broke out in the early hours of the morning Friday 9 December. The fire department says, according to the Times [...]

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Afghanistan blasts kill 58, deflating small hopes from conference

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:44:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLEAND -Western leaders’ promises of help to the Afghan government when their troops leave, made Monday at an international conference in Germany, appeared to offer smaller hopes of peace following deadly attacks in Kabul and a city in the north Tuesday 6 December. Close to 60 people died and 160 were injured when a [...]

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Smoking, wrong foods, booze and weight behind 40% of UK cancers

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:28:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVALUNCH – The most comprehensive study ever of the source of cancers in Britain according to its authors shows that smoking, drinking, poor eating habits and excess weight trigger 43 percent of cancers in the country and are responsible for half of all cancer-related deaths. The study is published today in the British Journal of [...]

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Hong Kong market fire kills 9, with 30 injured

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:21:20 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A fire that Hong Kong officials say broke out at a hawker’s stall at the Ladies’ Market in the city’s Mong Kok district in Kowloon killed 9 people and left 30 injured, 4 of them critically. The market, in an area of narrow lanes and colourful buildings and vendors, is popular with [...]

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