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Dublin – Ireland’s Department of Health confirmed Thursday the first probable case of swine flu in the country.
Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, told a press conference in Dublin that the case is an adult male who is understood to have recently returned from Mexico.

Lima – Peru suspended from Thursday all flights to and from Mexico over the ongoing flu epidemic, in a decision that Prime Minister Yehude Simon described as “painful but necessary.”
“We have the right to protect the country,” Simon noted.

Stuttgart – Olympic champion Elena Dementieva struggled in the beginning and the end on Thursday before defeating Agnes Szavay 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix quarter-finals.

Stockholm – Seven European countries had confirmed cases of people infected with swine flu as of Thursday afternoon, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.
Just over half the 25 European cases were reported from Spain with 13 confirmed, the agency said.

Los Angeles – Police have agreed to release the jewels that Rihanna was wearing when she was allegedly attacked by Chris Brown earlier this year, much to the relief of the designers who had lent them to her for this year’s Grammys.

New York – Authorities confirmed Thursday a total of 49 swine flu cases in New York City and eight, including five new ones, outside of the sprawling city, but said all of the cases were mild.
They also reported a surge in visits to doctors’ office and hospitals by people who felt ill or had symptoms [...]

New York – Weak cell phone sales dialed down first quarter sales and revenue at Motorola, the company reported Tuesday. But it predicted that a series of new phones, powered by Google’s Android operating system, would turn its fortunes around later this year.

Hanoi- Vietnam will closely monitor imported pigs and imported pork products in an effort to prevent an outbreak of swine flu, government officials said Wednesday. “We will apply several measures, including tightening control over pig imports and pork products,” said Hoang Van Nam, deputy director of the Animal Health Department. “We may ban imports if [...]

Brussels – The European Commission on Wednesday responded to public anger about perceived managerial greed in the midst of recession by recommending curbs on company pay and bonuses. The European Union executive also issued tighter rules on the management of high-risk alternative investment funds, such as hedge funds.

Stuttgart – After several brushes with the authorities over doping German cyclist Stefan Schumacher is now the first athlete to be caught twice in retests. The German cycling federation BDR confirmed on Wednesday that Schumacher tested positive for the latest generation of the blood booster EPO, known as CERA, at new examinations of samples from [...]