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China quarantines British students

Chinese health authorities have quarantined 107 visiting students and teachers from Britain at a hotel in Beijing after some of their schoolmates were diagnosed with swine flu, the British Embassy said Monday. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Mon, Jul 20 2009

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