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When churchmen campaign

HOW is one to take the action of churchmen who hold positions of authority when, from the pulpit or through official pronouncements, they threaten politicians who support positions not to their liking with a church-organized campaign against them in the 2010 elections?

Obama health drives clear key Senate hurdle

WASHINGTON DC, United States—President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle Saturday in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as an "historic" victory.

Swine flu vaccine effective despite mutations—experts

Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said Saturday.

Saudi reports 4 pilgrim deaths from swine flu ahead of hajj

Four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage have died of swine flu, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency on Saturday.

HIV cases rising in RP, UN warns

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases among Filipino youth “have been increasing at an unprecedented rate,” the United Nations representative’s office in Manila has warned.

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