VP Biden on week-long trip to Africa

Joe Biden is traveling through Africa this week, with several stops. Later he will reach South Africa where he will represent the U.S. at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 world cup. Along with that, he will be meeting up with Egyptian President,Hosni Mudarak, "to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues," says the White House statement. The Vice President also had planes last March to go to Egypt to see Mubarak, But the trip was canceled when Mubarak fell sick. The V.P. is also going to stop in Kenya to "discuss peace and stability in the region- especially in Sudan and Somalia- with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga." Jill, Joe's wife will be joining him during this trip. The 2 will stop in South Africa to watch the U.S. take on England in its 1st game on Saturday.

I'm glad that we are getting sort of involved in foreign affairs that doesn't include a ton of violence. Finally we are going to be doing something the right way to help out others, when everyone is really caught up with our own problem of the oil spill at the moment. Besides we need someone there to support our team.

What if pharmaceutical companies' influence led W.H.O. to exaggerate swine flu threat?

wheres the threat now? The H1N1 was supposedly going to be one of the worst pandemics we were ever going to see, with a purposive millions who were going to die. Well we got prepared, we have far fewer deaths and more then 70 million unused doses of the H1N1 vaccine(just in the U.S.). Now Europe is saying that the World Health Organization Over Exaggerated the threat, over cause that was poorly explained. This had lead to decrease in the trust of the W.H.O. They say that the W.H.O. caused unnecessary fear and wasted millions of dollars. The worst part is that they were getting their advice from the ones who were getting paid by the companies that were manufacturing the swine flu vaccine. But the W.H.O. of course denies all these cases and that the ones that are bringing this to the surface are being "irresponsible". But of course other experts are defending the health organization, saying they made the best decisions they could under the circumstances.

This is great. I was actually talking to my mom about this earlier, saying its weird how everyone was so afraid of what was going to happen, then everything was quiet and you didn't hear about the H1N1. I thought it was maybe because so many people got the preventive shot, i thought that we actually prevented it. but, now I'm not sure, i guess it could easily be the W.H.O.'s fault that everyone was worked up over nothing. Right now though i really don't have an opinion on if they did the wrong thing here.

Mexican authorities recover 55 bodies from mine shaft

In Mexico they have recently found 55 bodies that were left in a mines ventilation shaft. They say that the site was used as a mass grave in the city of Taxco. The bodies were found around a week ago but was not announced until Monday, they say that a week long recovery act will take place. Of the 55 bodies that were found here, 3 were mummified, and 2 others were just skeletal remains. 4 of the bodies have now been identified. One of the 4 was David Bravo Mota, who was a local and worked as an area prison warden. With the other bodies though, they are having a tuff time figuring out who they are. They have now just asked for people who are missing loved ones to come to the State Attorney Generals office to preform genetic testing to help possibly identify the remains. Meanwhile, there is said to be another 10 other ventilation shafts to search for more possible remains.

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Wow this is terrible. i wonder if they think these people have been murdered or if its just some weird thing like a grave robber who has moved the bodies, or a family of some sort put their loved ones there instead of in a cemetery? there is a lot of unanswered questions about his story and i hope to find out a little more about how 55 bodies just appeared in a mine shaft.

Twin brother among UK gunman's victims

Derrick Bird a self-employed taxi driver has used his own taxi to create one of the worst massacres in recent British history. Bird killed 12 and wounded 11 during his drive-by shootings before shooting himself. Among the killed was his twin brother David Bird. The dead were all found on close to roads. Queen Elizabeth II is shocked by the event and has issued condolences to the families of the dead and the wounded as well. One taxi driver witnessed the scene and was shot in the back said that he watched Bird shot another driver dead at point blank range.
The police has released a map of the route that Bird had traveled last Wednesday on his rampage. It starts in a little village and takes a trip through the seaside towns while ending up inland further. The police have told us that there has been more then 30 crime scenes that have already been released, this is not including his own home, which is still blocked off. Forensics say that there was 2 weapons used, a shotgun and a .22 rifle with a telescopic sight. Bird was a licensed firearms holder for over 20 years but the police are not sure if the license covers the 2 seized firearms.
Police believe that they have finished searching the route that Bird took and feel that there will be no more victims found. but for the wounded, 8 are still in the hospital. Friends of Birds say "i can't shed any light on it,... He was a decent guy, and I'm sorry for what's happened."

What could cause someone to just randomly go and kill how many people. He had to be very mentally unstable, how did no one see that, and if someone did why didn't they do anything about it. I am sorry for the family of Birds and also for the families that lost loved ones during this terrible massacre.

Tylenol recall: Serious side effects investigated

The FDA(food and drug administration) is looking closely at McNeil (a division of Johnson and Johnson) because there has been a report that the last drug recalled has a least 775 serious side effects. included in these side effects was death which has effected 30 people, but none were found to be tied to Tylenol, Motrin, or Benadryl drugs between the time of Jan. 1, 2008 through April 30, 2010. The FDA is also investigating because of the recall of 50 children's versions because of serious quality and safety concerns. Some of the consumer complaints from these medications were death, hospitalization, disability, and other health complications. A hearing has been made for May 27 to examine the recall. It's a good time because Johnson and Johnson have had 4 recalls in just the past 7 months. But McNeil would like to mention that the children's drugs were stooped just as a precautionary measure

The problem Medications have been traced to the Fort Washington, Penn plant where earlier this year the FDA issued a 17 page inspection report listing 20 violations the plant had made

This is scary. Johnson and Johnson is one of the biggest producers of a lot of different goods. If things like this keep happening, who are people going to be able to trust. I can't believe that this plant was not shut down until problems were fixed, which they clearly were not if this is still happening, knowing that its killing people and has a great possibility to hurt many little babies. they really need to get their act together and quickly.

5 accused of enticing NH teen to get vulgar tattoo

In Concord, NH 4 men and a juvenile are now facing charges after persuading a mentally ill 14 year old boy to let them give him a tattoo, in return to stop teasing the boy. The men have been teasing the boy for a long time and told him the they would simply stop if he got the tat. but, what they tattooed on the poor boy's butt is terrible, they said its to bad words and a nasty picture, they also possibly gave the boy a bag of marijuana. The crime was found out when the pictures the men took started to spreed around the school and was seen by one of the teachers. The men are now all looking at being expelled, along with the criminal charges of two counts of assault, tattooing without a license, criminal threatening, along with other charges and two of the men face conspiracy charges. two of the men have been jailed with a $35,000 bail the others are not yet decided upon. The boy now has to go through medical procedures to remove the profound tattoo.

Wow. I just don't understand why people do this, even how they can do this. How could you possibly stoop so low as to tattoo a mentally ill persons butt as a joke, its not funny, its stupid. I'm kind of up set that the harassment wasn't stopped before it could get as bad as this, I'm sure someone had to have noticed. I am so shocked by this that I'm at a lose for words. I just can't see how this could be done as a joke.

Man accused of smuggling 15 pounds of cocaine in candy

A man named Robert Lopera, a U.S. citizen, entered Kennedy Airport on April 11th, arriving from Medellin, Colombia was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a random luggage search. when looking through the backpack and duffel bag they found a gift package with several boxes of chocolates and bags of pistachios. when lifted by the official, they seemed heavier then they really should so they were confiscated. the chocolates where then looked at carefully and taken apart. inside they found a center of cocaine. they also found that the pistachios also had a cocaine center. All together they found a total of 15 pounds of cocaine, equaling about $500,000 if sold on the streets. They have yet to find the actual destination for the drugs but its still under investigation and Lopera has been charged with illegal importation of cocaine and is still waiting for federal prosecution.

I can't believe that someone actually got as far as they did with the drugs. If they would not have randomly picked that guy to search or not noticed the simple thing like the weight difference from what they should weigh all of those drugs would no be on our streets. This just makes me wonder what other things people somehow sneak into our country. I know our security is tight, believe me i have recently travailed through some of the most restricted areas and i just can not believe that they almost got away with it. I wonder what they are bringing into this country and how they are going about hiding it. what will people do just to make a few bucks.