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...standards, European zoos are devising their own strategies for dealing with possible outbreaks - some grimmer that others. Zookeepers at Frösö Zoo in central Sweden have said they are prepared to put down all of its 500 birds, including flamingos, if H5N1 enters the country. WORLD CUP Soccer fans were shaken last week when the German media relayed doubts over the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany. Both Bärbel Höhn, the Greens' agricultural expert, and Klaus Stöhr, head of the WHO influenza program, were reported to have said cancellation would be considered...
...Perner, among the 10 Austrians tested, also checked out of the Olympics and returned home - and were thrown off the team for leaving without informing their national committee. It's likely events would not have gone quite so far without Guariniello, who has launched inconclusive doping probes against Torino soccer powerhouse Juventus and a star lineup of Italian cyclists. The 64-year-old, with a background in prosecuting health-code violations and medical crimes, takes a bare-knuckles approach to doping allegations. He said the real advantage of the law is not the threat of jail, but being able...
...collected the students’ wallets. A Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) advisory e-mail sent to the campus yesterday reported that “the offender then punched one of the victims and fled.” Estrada said that after the incident, the students fled toward the soccer field across from Harvard Stadium, and then called the police. According to Estrada, the students described the assailant as six feet tall, approximately 180 pounds, and around 20 years old. The HUPD advisory added that he was wearing a black, hooded jacket and is dark-skinned, “possibly...
...adapted some European techniques to improve the style of play. But the Europeans learned how to hit like Canadians and yet continued to develop their own fluid game. During the Olympics, former Italian skiing sensation Alberto Tomba noted that hockey is identified with Canada in the same way as soccer is to Italy, and skiing to Austria. But today hockey is also a prominent sport in Finland, Sweden, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other countries. And none of them appeared at all intimidated by Canada. "We did it, and we beat a great team," Ovechkin told reporters after Wednesday...
...family, her accomplishments, and her school with pride. She informs one of her male Harvard friends, whom she met through ROTC, that she has decided to try to run the Boston Marathon in three and a half hours instead of four. She talks about her days playing soccer and how she is learning Aikido. Powerless this woman...