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| Children still sickened by mystery illness in Chechnya |
| 2005-12-21 |
| A total of 55 people, 53 of them children, have been affected by a mysterious disease at a school in Russiaâs volatile region of Chechnya, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. 19 children are currently at the central childrenâs hospital, about 10 in the Shelkovskaya district hospital, and the rest are at home under medical supervision, the agency reported. Doctors are still unable to diagnose the illness, but initial suggestions by specialists from the Emergencies Ministry said it could be nerve-gas poisoning. Doctors from Moscow who traveled to Chechnya to examine the children categorically stated that the patients did not have the symptoms of food poisoning. A team of specialists from the Zashchita emergency medical center left Grozny for the Shelkovskaya district on Wednesday morning. The team is being led by Professor Gennady Prostakishin and includes a toxicologist and a chemistry expert. The experts will take samples at Shelkovskaya, Kobi, Starogladovskaya and other villages where the illness has been recorded for tests. Prostakishin, however, told Interfax that âthere is no confidence that there are any substances to take samples from.â If need be, specialists in other fields will also be dispatched to Grozny, he said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 My thanks all for the primer on the Rantburg hierarchy, moderators, minders, medlers, whingeing(ers) et al. As a Burg novice I was totally clueless to the pecking order. I thought the fellows comment was, like a few others I've seen here, tactless and indeed distasteful. I suspect a few would judge some of my commentary as such as well. I would only ask (just asking, please no one give birth to a bloody Holstein) that if we're indeed supportive of free speech, and I'm sure most are, then lets practice what we preach. To do otherwise is a bit, well hypocritical. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-21 21:34 |
| #9 Thanks, whatever it was, Pappy. |
| Posted by: Sneatle Crinemp3932 2005-12-21 17:08 |
| #8 The First Amendment to the Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Note it says "Congress". It doesn't say "Fred". This is Fred's web site, and he can make any damn rule he damn well feels like making and the Constitution does not impinge in any way on Fred's right to make those rules and enforce them. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-12-21 17:02 |
| #7 Maybe not, evidently you be judge eh mate? Sometimes, meneer. Sometimes executioner. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-12-21 17:00 |
| #6 B., sometimes us moderators comment all day; sometimes we moderate. Sometimes we edit comments that are simply inappropriate. Any long time RB'er will tell you that edited comments are very few and far between. And please, no whingeing about the First Amendment. It's very well respected here. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-21 16:55 |
| #5 from a lst Amendment standpoint LOL! It's the commercer clause not the bill of lights! Jeebus. |
| Posted by: Buckminster Spemble1220 2005-12-21 16:33 |
| #4 Pappy: Didn't agree with it myself, but as an American I find your deletion a bit curious from a lst Amendment standpoint. There are a few comments on here I sometimes disagree with, but it appears to be open forum. Maybe not, evidently you be judge eh mate? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-21 16:21 |
| #3 Whoops! Did I type that out loud just now? Yes, you did. And I removed it. Do not do it again. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-12-21 16:08 |
| #2 you need to be a sick person to type that shit, bigjim-ky |
| Posted by: lyot 2005-12-21 15:47 |
| #1 [Comment removed by moderator] Whoops! Did I type that out loud just now? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-12-21 13:00 |