A senior South Korean diplomat in Beijing became ill after eating a tuna sandwich last month and died hours after seeking treatment, a death that has left the envoy’s family and his government asking China for an explanation. Whang Joung-il, 52, who was the No. 2 diplomat at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, suffered severe stomach pains and vomiting after eating the sandwich from a nearby eatery on the night of July 28. He checked himself into Beijing’s Vista Clinic the next morning and died two hours later.
Canada: Flu pandemic planning
Canada, the United States and Mexico would work together to slow the spread of an influenza pandemic but a new, continent-wide plan says closing borders and other highly aggressive measures may be worthless. The North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza says rather than impose strict conditions to control a long-predicted global influenza, the plan is subordinate to domestic preparations being made within each of the three countries.
Iran: U.S. scholar still in trouble
An Iranian-American scholar recently released from a notorious prison in Iran still faces charges she endangered the country’s national security and has no passport with which to travel abroad, her lawyer said Wednesday. Although Haleh Esfandiari has the legal right to leave the country, no new passport has been issued since authorities seized hers, her attorney said.
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