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<title>Moving forward despite uncertainty: The 2009 National MMRS Conference</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Bill V. Powers, MPA The tone for the 2009 National Metropolitan Medical Response System Conference was set by the Office of Management and Budget, when it released preliminary language for the direction of the Administration&rsquo;s FY 2010 budget: &lsquo;State and Regional Preparedness Programs: $2,045,000,000 - $40,000,000 Medical Surge Grant Program (MSGP) &ndash; replacing the MMRS program, $41,000,000 ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:50:15 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Chronology of North Korea's missile program </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press _ Aug. 31, 1998: North Korea fires suspected missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, calling it a satellite._ Sept. 13, 1999: North Korea pledges to freeze long-range missile tests._ March 10, 2003: North Korea fires a land-to-ship missile off east coast into waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan._ October 2003: North Korea fires two land-to-ship missiles._ May 2005: ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:12:57 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Argentina gets new health minister amid swine flu </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Mayra Pertossi Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina &mdash; Argentina swore in a new health minister on Wednesday as the spreading swine flu epidemic prompted schools nationwide to give students an early vacation and one province to declare a public health emergency.Juan Luis Manzur, a doctor and vice governor in Argentina's Tucuman province, announced plans to boost public health spending by ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:08:35 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Saddam to FBI: WMD claims were aimed at Iran</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Glenn Kessler The Virginian-PilotWASHINGTON &mdash; Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran, according to declassified accounts of the interviews released Wednesday. Saddam also denounced Osama bin Laden as &quot;a zealot&quot; and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:33:31 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Immigrant advocates race to stop deportation </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By V&iacute;ctor Manuel Ramos Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE, Fla. &mdash; Immigrant advocates are working against the clock to stop the deportation of a Central Florida man who was brought to the U.S. as a child and didn't know he was here illegally.Supporters have created an online petition and enlisted the help of two Florida members of Congress, but he faces a Monday deadline to leave for Argentina ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:26:26 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>U.S. and California rules will reduce ship emissions, improve coastal air quality </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Amy Littlefield Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON &mdash; Targeting one of the biggest sources of air pollution, federal and state regulators moved forward Wednesday with plans to slash emissions from big diesel-powered ships entering U.S. coastal areas.Under rules that took effect Wednesday, the roughly 2,000 ocean-going vessels that enter California ports each year must switch to fuel with lower sulfur ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:20:33 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Border Patrol acts like 'football team' </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Duane Barbati Alamogordo Daily NewsALAMOGORDO, N.M. &mdash; The Republican Women of Otero County on Wednesday had guest speaker Senior Patrol Agent Rick Holmes talk about the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's mission and successes in apprehending illegal aliens during 2007.Holmes spoke to the group during their monthly meeting and luncheon at the Desert Lakes Golf Course's 19th Hole Grill &amp; ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:10:37 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>ATF, ICE join forces to stop border gun traffic</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Terr Frieden CNN.comWASHINGTON &mdash; The two federal agencies most responsible for stemming the flow of firearms to Mexico agreed Tuesday to improve cooperation after they were sharply criticized by a congressional report for lack of coordination.The agreement between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will result in a more effective ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:21:29 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>NYPD: High-profile buildings need tighter security </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Tom Hays Associated PressNEW YORK &mdash; Managers and developers of high-profile skyscrapers and other buildings in the city need to take more steps to guard against terrorist attacks, according to a new report by the New York Police Department.&quot;The same qualities that make the city's buildings recognized icons of design, culture and commerce also make them continuous targets of terrorism,&quot; ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:15:30 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Influenza historian: We must invest in vaccines to avert pandemic</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Editor's note: This is a third-party article that does not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of Homeland1.com. By John M. Barry, author of &quot;The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History&quot; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Last month, the World Health Organization finally declared that the new H1N1 virus has become pandemic. Monday it reported a big jump in cases and fatalities ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:00:27 UTC</pubDate>

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