Crackdown on Karachi blood banks
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Authorities in the Pakistani city of Karachi accuse clinics of endangering health with blood past its expiry date.
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Chinese health authorities have launched a crackdown on restaurants offering civet cats for consumption, state media said on Wednesday, to prevent an outbreak of SARS linked with the cats.
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President Musharraf last week banned the killing of females accused of 'dishonoring' their families.
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The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) will comment on the racial profiling of blood donors after they hold a meeting with the department of health on Saturday.
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The government of Pakistan yesterday moved to ban all religious gatherings, except those at mosques, after bombs planted in a car and on a motorcycle exploded at a rally commemorating the death of an assassinated Sunni Muslim radical, killing at least 40
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Twenty-five people arrested in dawn raids as police try to shut down a gang that trafficked children
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Police in India raided hospitals and guest houses yesterday as part of an investigation into the illegal removal of kidneys from up to 500 poor labourers which were then sold to wealthy clients
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Hundreds of NHS workers are set to protest against plans to close blood centres across England.
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The National People&#39;s Congress (NPC), China&#39;s parliament, has passed a law banning the buying or selling of blood to prevent the spread of AIDS and outlawing discrimination against victims of infectious diseases, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Johannesburg - Blood donations have dropped dramatically after it was revealed that the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) used racial classification to determine the risk factor of blood.
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Â· Charities forced to pull staff from affected areas Â· Wave of bombings linked to siege of Red Mosque
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Concern is voiced after the number of people giving blood in Scotland dropped by 10,000.
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Pakistani troops sealed off the area around a mosque in the capital and imposed a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after 11 people were killed in clashes between security forces and militant Islamic students.
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Police tightened security Sunday for the funeral of one of two prominent Sunni Muslim clerics whose murders on a busy Karachi street set off riots by supporters the previous day, officials said.
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HARIPUR, Pakistan, June 2 -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in one of the strongest displays of opposition yet to President Pervez Musharraf, even as the government cracked down on the media in an attempt to control a burgeoning crisis.
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Doctors were told yesterday to restrict the use of the NHS&#39;s frontline painkiller for very sick patients in an attempt to eke out supplies.
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Government plans clampdown on vandalism after lobbying from biotech firms