* Story Highlights
* Experts outline five germ threats and steps to avoid infection
* Doctors find strains of flu, MRSA, TB and different bacterias are
resistant to drugs
* Be proactive by getting vaccinated for flu and tested if you've been
around sick person

By Ginny Graves

CNN- When the swine flu burst onto the scene in April, the bug arrived
with a few particularly ominous signs: The flu was resistant to a class
of drugs often used to fight flu in the past, and experts were surprised
that a nonhuman virus could have such rapid human-to-human transmission.
Why was swine flu resistant to current medicines, and was this strain a
new supergerm?
Doctors say keeping your hands clean is key to preventing supergerm
infections.

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Muslim jihadists to congregate at site of rampant Christian persecution

Posted: July 08, 2009 News From Israel

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization has decided to hold in the West Bank city of Bethlehem its first congress in 20 years.

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08 Jul 2009 19:50:41 GMT
Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM, July 8 (Reuters) - Israel protested on Tuesday against a
European Commission statement that said Jewish settlements in occupied
territory were paralysing the Palestinian economy at European taxpayer
expense.

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By JEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer AP - Tuesday, July 7

JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday. The archaeologists believe the 1,000-square-foot (100-square-meter) quarry was part of a much larger network of quarries used by Herod in the city.

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