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Official WHO Swine Flu Pandemic launch ‘most spectacular yet’

a 'truly exceptional' outbreakThe global swine Flu pandemic was officially launched in Sydney today to an estimated global audience of 3 billion. Critics hailed the spectacular as ‘the most impressive pandemic launch yet’, by general consent eclipsing the event at the Bird Flu stadium in Beijing two years ago.

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Posted: Jun 13th, 2009
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WHO apologises after accidentally turning up flu alert to 7.5

Officials at the World Health Organisation have apologised after a technician accidentally turned up the swine flu alert level to 7.5, killing 90 million people in the process. The incident happened on Sunday, when two IT engineers undertook essential maintainance; one of the men ‘noticed that the dial went up to 11, and wondered what would happen if they cranked it up a bit.’

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Posted: Jun 8th, 2009
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Officials warn on the dangers of Badly Dubbed Advert Syndrome

The World Health Organisation is advising television viewers to avoid watching advertisements following reports that Badly Dubbed Advert Syndrome, which causes the sufferer’s voice to become slightly out of synch with their mouth, has spread from TV actors to consumers.

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Posted: May 19th, 2009
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Man diagnosed with ‘indifference to Marmite’

The Department of Health has urged the public to remain calm after a man in a West London cafe was heard expressing that he was ‘indifferent to Marmite’.

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Posted: May 11th, 2009
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