A(H1N1): UiTM in Permatang Pauh closed for a week

Saudis fear Haj swine flu epidemic

By: chenqi

MECCA: A security official wearing a protective mask keeps an eye on cars at a checkpoint between Jeddah and Mecca before the annual Haj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities announced four pilgrims have died of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the days leading up to the pilgrimage due to begin on Wednesday. A Moroccan woman, a Sudanese man and an Indian ...

13 days ago

Seasonal Flu Vaccine Makes Children Three Times More at Risk of ...

By: HJKirk

For all the press that the H1N1 virus and vaccines have received, the biggest "promise" made to calm anxieties felt throughout the nation is that this vaccine it is just as safe as the annual flu vaccine. Should this information make us feel safer? Or give us more cause for concern? The CDC's Vaccine Safety Page says: "The 2009 H1N1 influenza ...

about 1 month ago

2 Suicide Blasts at Islamic International University, Pakistan

By: mzohair

Two suicide bombers targeted the Islamic International University today at 3 15 pm killing 6 and injuring 15 according to initial reports. Both the bombers detonated explosive simultaneously. One bomber exploded himself at the University Women Cafeteria while the other attacked the Faculty of Shariat Building. 2  women are among the dead....

about 1 month ago

School reopened in NWFP amid tight security

By: nooranpgmailcom

Schools reopened in NWFP amid tight security By Noor Wali Shah Amid tight security on the entry and exit gates of all educational institutions across the province particularly in frontier metropolitan, schools and colleges were once again reopened after the closure of two weeks following the wave of terrorism and threats of these institutions. ...

about 1 month ago