Pakistan is engaged in a military offensive in Buner district

BBC May 4, 2009

Pakistan’s army has accused Taleban militants of “reportedly” holding 2,000 villagers as human shields to stop an offensive in the north-west. Read the rest of this entry »

Swine flu has moved from pigs to people and back. Is pork safe?

By Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 2, 2009

If people get the swine flu from hogs and pass it onto people that’s not good. Now people can pass it back to hogs as in Alberta. Worker may have passed H1N1 to Alberta pigs says CTV news. Read the rest of this entry »