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MI5 Alert on Bank Riots

TOP secret contingency plans have been drawn up to counter the threat posed by a “summer of discontent” in Britain.

The “double-whammy” of the worst economic crisis in living memory and a motley crew of political extremists determined to stir up civil disorder has led to the ­extraordinary step of the Army being put on ­standby.

Read more @ Daily Express

Experts fight H5N1 bird flu using smallpox vaccine

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While H5N1 rarely infects people, experts fear [or perhaps hope????] it could mutate into a form that people could easily pass to one another, sparking a pandemic that could kill tens of millions and topple the global economy.

Read more @ Reuters