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Smallpox vaccine: does it work?
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The debate over use of the smallpox vaccine has focused on the risks of side effects and deaths caused by the vaccine, as well as the problems associated with the vaccine's outmoded technology, but these discussions have ignored questions about the vaccine's effectiveness. Authorities insist that smallpox vaccine was responsible for eradication of one of humanity's greatest scourges (WHO, 1980). It may therefore come as a tremendous surprise that throughout the nearly 200-year history of smallpox vaccination, thoughtflul physicians and a veritable army of citizens doubted ...
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Trans-Dniester urges more Russian peacekeepers in separatist region, citing danger of military confrontation with Moldovan authorities
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; ...CHISINAU, Moldova Trans-Dniester asked Tuesday for...to the separatist region, saying there was...blocked exports from Trans-Dniester. The breakaway region retaliated by cutting...refused to grant Trans-Dniester independence, saying...
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Ukrainians from Trans-Dniester rally in Kiev to demand the right to vote
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...from Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region rallied Thursday outside...new crisis erupted in the region earlier this year after Trans-Dniester's authorities forcibly...Moldovan-language schools. Trans-Dniester leaders have...
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Moldovan prosecutors charge Trans-Dniester official with 'aiding and abetting murder'
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Saturday charged a top official in the breakaway region of Trans-Dniester with "aiding and abetting murder" for releasing...After his release, Soin, who is an officer in the Trans-Dniester security forces, created illegal "paramilitary...
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Separatists block railway between Moldova and Trans-Dniester
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; ...CHISINAU, Moldova Authorities in the breakaway region of Trans-Dniester blocked one of two railway links to Moldova after...increasingly tense situation between Moldova and Trans-Dniester. Moldovan railway authorities left for Trans...
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Ukraine proposes autonomy for Trans-Dniester within Moldova's boundaries
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; ...dispute between neighboring Moldova and its breakaway Trans-Dniester region. The proposal, posted on the Foreign Ministry...a six-month plan that would grant autonomy to Trans-Dniester, but keep it within Moldova's borders and under...
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Trans-Dniester Votes to Join Russia
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...overwhelming majority of voters in the breakaway Trans-Dniester region approved the separatist government's bid to eventually...won't recognize. Pyotr Denisenko, head of the Trans-Dniester Central Election Commission, said 97.1 percent...
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TRANS-DNIESTER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER THANKS YELTSIN.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...continue pursuing a balanced and well-weighted trans-Dniester policy. "The meetings that we have had with Vladimir...will preserve the continuity of policy towards the trans-Dniester region, with which Russia is tied by historical, geopolitical...
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Trans-Dniester may soon hold referendum on status, chief diplomat says
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...s breakaway Trans-Dniester province on Wednesday...seeking to join Russia. Trans-Dniester broke away from Moldova...Russian and Ukrainian region that the ex-Soviet...past two weeks after Trans-Dniester authorities started closing...
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Ukraine, Moldova, Trans-Dniester reach agreement on unblocking railway traffic
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; ...Moldova and its separatist Trans-Dniester region reached an agreement...separatists in Trans-Dniester in 1992, withdrew from...forcibly closed two of the region's seven Moldovan-language schools. Trans-Dniester leaders have declared...
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Leaders suggest OSCE aegis of Trans-Dniester force
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; ...and only once the region's status is resolved...proposal. The dispute over Trans-Dniester and Russia's role...New concern about Trans-Dniester's future rose last...Ossetia _ two separatist regions of Georgia. In addition...
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