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Pakistan: Up to 500,000 May Flee Taliban-Held Swat
Residents flee Taliban-held Mingora in anticipation of government assault on final militant stronghold in Swat Valley
![WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda (file photo)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090505230039im_/http://www.voanews.com/english/images/fukuda_eng_195_12jan06_1.jpg)
Number of Swine Flu Cases Approaches 1,500 Worldwide
Latest figures Tuesday are an increase of more than 400 infections since day before
![A poster on flu prevention is displayed at an isolation room for possible swine flu cases at a hospital in Manila, 04 May 2009](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090505230039im_/http://www.voanews.com/english/images/afp_philippines_swine_flu_poster_04may09_210.jpg)
Mexico Moves Toward Normalcy as Swine Flu Subsides
But medical experts caution that flu still poses a threat
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Joe Biden Urges Israel To Support Two-State Solution
US vice president also urges Israel to allow Palestinians freedom of movement, and to stop building new Jewish settlements
![Fed. Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prepares to testify before Congress, 05 May 2009](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090505230039im_/http://www.voanews.com/english/images/AP_USCongress_Bernanke_05MA.jpg)
Bernanke Sees Economic Upturn Later This Year
Head of US Federal Reserve tells congressional committee recovery likely to be slow, unemployment to continue rising for a while
- Afghan Officials Say Coalition Airstrikes Kill Civilians
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Georgia, Moscow Trade Allegations on Military Uprising
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Russian President's Power in Doubt
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China Quarantines Canadian Students, Collects Citizens in Mexico
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Aid Agencies Make Appeals for Displaced in Sri Lanka
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Gates Says US-Iran Contacts Will Be Open
- Turkish Police Arrest Eight in Wedding Massacre
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Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan Pivots Toward Pakistan
- Israel's President to Meet with Obama in Washington
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Re-Arrest of Activists Sparks Tension in Zimbabwe Government