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India leads world in snake-bite deaths

terradaily.com
07-Nov-2008
        

by Staff Writers Colombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Nov 4, 2008 About 20,000 people die of snakebites worldwide each year, more than half of them in India, a study reveals. The study published by the Public Library of Science Medicine,...

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South Asia is 'worst for snake bites'

bbc.co.uk
05-Nov-2008 15 related
        

The report says that the true magnitude of the problem is not known South Asia has the highest number of casualties from snake bites in the world, a new study suggests. It found that more than 400,000 people a year are poisoned...

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Snakebite Is A Neglected Threat To Global Public Health

medicalnewstoday.com
05-Nov-2008
        

Snakebites cause considerable death and injury worldwide and pose an important yet neglected threat to public health, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The study used the most comprehensive methods yet...

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Global Attention to Snakebites Is Unmet (HealthDay)

yahoo.com
05-Nov-2008 11 related
        

TUESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Snakebites pose an important but neglected threat to global public health, new research claims. The comprehensive study, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, estimates that at least...

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421,000 people poisoned by snakebites each year: study

reuters.com
04-Nov-2008 14 related
        

HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 400,000 people are poisoned by snakebites worldwide each year and 20,000 of them die, with most cases occurring in the poorest countries, researchers say. In an article published in U.S.-based...

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Sri Lanka Opposition Leader to miss the budget proposals

colombopage.com
02-Nov-2008
        

Sri Lanka Opposition Leader to miss the budget proposals Sunday, November 2, 2008, 4:00 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 02, Colombo: Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe will be absent in the...

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Tension prevails in Sri Lanka's sacred city of Kelaniya

colombopage.com
31-Oct-2008
        

Tension prevails in Sri Lanka's sacred city of Kelaniya Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:54 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 31, Kelaniya: A tense situation prevailed in Kelaniya area today due to counter protest...

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LTTE aircraft attack Sri Lankan capital

indiaenews.com
29-Oct-2008
        

Tamil Tiger rebels carried out air strikes Tuesday night targeting a power plant in the Sri Lankan capital and military detachments in northwestern Mannar district, defence sources here said Wednesday.

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LTTE planes dropped bombs in Mannar and Kelaniya

asiantribune.com
28-Oct-2008
        

Reporting Ruwan Weerakoon and Asian Tribune news Bureau from Colombo Reports released from Colombo revealed that Liberation Tigers’ planes dropped two bombs yesterday late night around 11.30 PM in Thallady in Mannar, as well as...

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