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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:45:47 +0200

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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:45:47 +0200

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Azerbaijan delves into Scotland's vocational education experience

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:56:47 +0200

The aim of the visit was to study Scotland's experience. The visit took place within the framework of the "Vocational Education and Training Reform Strategy and Pilot Implementation in a selected region in Azerbaijan" project co-implemented by European Union and Azerbaijan with the technical support of the British Council.

Scotland racks up 55m swine flu bill

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:08:17 +0200

THE Scottish Government has spent more than A 1 million a week battling the swine flu virus over the past 12 months, The Scotsman can reveal.

DID THE SWAN HAVE THE DEADLY STRAIN? Nation on alert ahead of bird flu test results Nation on alert ahead of bird flu test results Protection zone thrown around Fife village eight days after grim discovery sparks fears that killer disease has come to Scotland

TESTS were today expected to reveal if a swan found on a Fife harbour slipway had brought the deadliest strain of bird flu to Scotland. Health experts have confirmed the dead swan found in Cellardyke has tested positive for H5 avian flu.Further tests were carried out overnight to see if it was the ...

DEAD SWAN WAS LEFT LYING IN OUR VILLAGE FOR 16 HOURS; BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND.

Byline: By James Lyons ANGRY villagers last night demanded to know why health officials took 16 hours to remove the swan killed by bird flu. It took the authorities 16 hours to remove the carcass from the slipway at Cellardyke harbour in Fife. During that time, seagulls feasted on the remains and ...

Bird flu has arrived, but experts wait to hear if it is deadly strain Protection zone thrown up around Fife harbour village after grim ffind sparks fears that killer disease may have arrived in Scotland

TESTS were today expected to reveal if a swan found lying on the slipway of a Fife harbour last week had brought the deadliest strain of bird flu into Scotland. Health experts have confirmed the dead swan found in Cellardyke has tested positive for H5 avian flu.Further tests were carried out ...

WHY WAS DEAD BIRD LEFT LYING IN VILLAGE FOR 16 HOURS? BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND Locals demand answers over 'slow' reaction.

Byline: RON MOORE in Cellardyke and MAGGIE BARRY WORRIED residents yesterday demanded to know why it took health officials 16 hours to remove a dead swan infected with the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus from their village. Tina Briscoe and Dan Young found the mute swan's decaying remains at 8pm on ...

COUNCIL CHAOS OVER PARK BAN City leaders forced into U-turn after issuing closure orders to public as fears grow deadly bird flu has arrived in Scotland

BIRD flu chaos came to Glasgow today when city council staff were sent to shut seven city parks to members of the public. The "precautionary move" came amid a growing scare over bird flu, and the discovery of a dead swan at the city's Richmond Park.But within hours of the decision by council ...

My hens could die if I keep to advice; BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND.

Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY and RON MOORE A BREEDER of an endangered species of Scottish hen claims official advice to protect them indoors could kill them. Sandy Cummings has followed the Government's guidelines for the last three months and kept his rare breed of Scots Dumpy chickens inside. But he ...

IT'S A DRAMA ..NOT A CRISIS; BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND Minister moves to stop public panic.

Byline: By Brian McCartney SCOTTISH Executive minister Ross Finnie yesterday vowed not to turn the bird flu drama into a crisis. He met with poultry producers and pledged they would pull together to try to contain the outbreak in Fife. As experts maintained the risk to humans was "minimal", Finnie ...

IT'LL BE HERE FOR YEARS; BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND POULTRY FARMING But industry will survive long-term battle with virus, says professor.

Byline: By Ben Spencer VIRUS expert Professor Hugh Pennington yesterday warned the British poultry industry they would have to learn to live with bird flu for years to come. But the world-renowned microbiologist said the virus would not see a repeat of the foot and mouth funeral pyres smoking all ...

Record View: There's no reason for us to panic; BIRD FLU IN SCOTLAND.

IT WAS inevitable that the potentially lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu would reach Britain. The infection had already hit Greece and affected commercial poultry in Germany, France and Sweden. That doesn't make the discovery of the infection in a dead swan in Cellardyke, Fife, any less worrying. ...

Poultry slaughter plan if bird flu hits Scotland Six-mile killzone revealed as Europe highlights global threat

POULTRY will be slaughtered within six miles of any outbreak of bird flu in Scotland in a bid to halt what European Ministers are calling a "global threat". The Scottish Executive revealed how it will react if the disease is discovered here, saying birds in the infected area will be gassed, ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:45:47 +0200

Bird flu patients die of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). What causes ARDS and what makes it fatal? Read it here …