http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/15/birdflu.cost/
Bird flu 'could take 142m lives'
Worst case economic cost is $4.4 trillion
"In its "ultra" or worst-case scenario, Hong Kong's economy is halved,
the large-scale collapse of Asian economic activity causes global
trade flows to dry up, and money flows out to safe havens in North
America and Europe. Deaths could top 28 million in China and 24
million in India'. (cont..)
http://tinyurl.com/8c98a
Cheney, "A Beer or Two" and a Gun -- UPDATED
Wed Feb 15, 12:16 PM ET
The Nation/Yahoo
"....Katherine Armstrong, the wealthy Republican lobbyist...
later acknowledged to a reporter from the NBC investigative unit that
alcohol may have been served at a picnic Saturday afternoon on the dude
ranch where Cheney shot Harry Whittington.
According to the report, which appeared briefly Tuesday on MSNBC, Armstrong
peddled the line that she did not believe that alcohol played a part in the
shooting accident. But, she admitted, "There may be a beer or two in there,
but remember not everyone in the party was shooting."
The MSNBC story, which appeared only briefly before the website was scrubbed
for reasons not yet explained, has been kept alive by the able web
investigators at TheRawStory and other progressive blogs. And so it should
be, as the prospect that alcohol may have been a factor in the shooting
incident takes the story in a whole new direction...."
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