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  Saudi begins flu vaccination ahead of hajj AFP - Sat Nov 7, 1:21 PM

  RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage that takes place later this month.

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  Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote AFP - Sat Nov 7, 8:43 AM

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care.

• B.C. politicians to sit through weekend to pass strike legislation The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 6, 8:27 PM

  VICTORIA, B.C. - The union representing long-striking B.C. paramedics is hurling some of its anger at provincial moves to legislate them back to work at Olympic organizers.

• U.S. FDA warns websites not to sell banned flavoured cigarettes online The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 6, 6:37 PM

  RICHMOND, Va. - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavoured cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.

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  Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study AFP - Fri Nov 6, 5:17 PM

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.

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