Australia orders probe into mouse plague (AFP)

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AFP - Australia ordered an investigation into a nursing home where elderly and bed-ridden residents were gnawed by a swarming plague of mice.

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Mexico: 300 confirmed swine flu cases, 12 dead (AP)

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AP - Mexican health authorities said Thursday they confirmed 300 swine flu cases and 12 deaths due to the virus among a total of 679 people tested so far.

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AP: Mexico health chief optimistic; more US cases (AP)

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AP - Mexico's top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over.

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NKorea says detained SKorean slandered its system (AFP)

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AFP - North Korea accused a detained South Korean of "malignantly" slandering its political system and hinted he could face severe punishment unless Seoul stops its criticism of the detention.

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Chavez says Colombia rebels unwelcome in Venezuela (AP)

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AP - President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government will not tolerate incursions by Colombian rebels into Venezuelan territory.

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WWI Australian, British war dead to be exhumed (AFP)

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AFP - Experts will Tuesday begin exhuming hundreds of British and Australian troops from a World War I mass grave in northern France, before laying the fallen soldiers to rest in a new war cemetery.

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Mexico: 300 confirmed swine flu cases (AP)

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AP - Mexican health authorities say they have confirmed 300 swine flu cases due to the virus among a total of 679 people tested so far. That's up from 260 confirmed cases announced just a few hours ago.

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Hartford, MetLife post losses amid investment woes (Reuters)

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Reuters - Hartford Financial Group posted its third straight net loss and said it plans to stop selling new policies in Japan and the United Kingdom, as the insurer reeled from the same weak financial markets that triggered a net loss at MetLife Inc .

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Brazilian court annuls dictatorship-era press law (AP)

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AP - Brazil's Supreme Court has struck down a press censorship law enacted during a nearly quarter-century military dictatorship.

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Japan jobless rate up, spending down in March (AP)

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AP - Japan says its jobless rate rose and household spending fell in March.

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