The World Health Organization (WHO) and developing nations called Friday during a swine flu summit here for measures to ensure poorer countries have access to a future A(H1N1) vaccine. Laboratories with the capacity to produce a vaccine for swine flu, which has developed into the first pandemic of the 21st century, are mostly located in Europe.
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The World Health Organisation still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain. Sylvie Briand, interim head of the WHO's influenza programme, said that cases of flu should still be expected but transmission would slow down thanks to the combined impact of the heat and school holidays. Agence France-Presse - 7/3/2009 5:27 PM GMT
China's Health Minister Chen Zhu Friday apologized to his Mexican counterpart for failing to warn him about the tough measures Beijing imposed on Mexicans to combat swine flu. "I regret that I did not talk first" to Minister Jose Angel Cordova, Chen said on the sidelines of a meeting in Cancun about the swine flu pandemic. Agence France-Presse - 7/3/2009 2:14 PM GMT
Hong Kong on Friday detected a strain of swine flu that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main anti-viral flu drug, the health department reported on its website. The statement said the resistant strain of influenza A (H1N1) was detected during routine tests of its sensitivity to anti-virals. Agence France-Presse - 7/3/2009 3:53 PM GMT
Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday. "Since the beginning of June, two deaths are being recorded almost every day," regional health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told AFP. Agence France-Presse - 7/3/2009 5:36 PM GMT
The Croatian government on Friday announced the country's first swine flu case in a woman who had recently returned from Australia. "The first case of the A(H1N1) pandemic virus was confirmed in Croatia," Health Minister Darko Milinovic told reporters. 
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The African Union decided Friday not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case. "The conference decided not to cooperate in that field," the top AU official Jean Ping told reporters.
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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrived in Nicaragua Friday for a two-day official visit, aiming to boost ties with one of the poorest nations in Central America. "We want to express our desire here to pursue bilateral cooperation" with Managua, Ma said at a welcoming ceremony where he was greeted by Vice President Jaime Morales and Foreign Minister Samuel Santos.
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German auto maker Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013, VW head Martin Winterkorn said Friday. "We are going to use our New Small Family line to offer our first electric vehicle in 2013," he said in a speech, according to an advance text.
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