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- ABC News: Lessons From Failed 1993 Biological Attack - Researchers comment on an unsuccessful attempt to release anthrax spores by Aum Shinrikyo, the group that released sarin gas in Toyko subways.
abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/wtc_biologylesson011005.html
- AllAfrica: Anthrax Fear Spreads to Coastal Town - Ministry of Health officials have impounded for testing a suspicious package delivered to a company in Mombasa, Kenya, as the wave of anthrax scare spread across the country.
allafrica.com/stories/200110220568.html
- Anthrax and biowarfare news - Biowarfare news. Anthrax threat, anthrax infection, anthrax vaccine and prevention.
smartandrich.com/bionews.html
- Asia Times: India has the Medicine to Aid US Anthrax Fight - The country's largest pharmaceuticals company says that it is ready to increase production of a cheaper, generic form of Cipro as soon as it receives the necessary approval. Hong Kong.
www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ23Df01.html
- BBC: Anthrax Alert at US Consulate - Two employees at the American Consulate in Belfast are taken to hospital after coming into contact with a white powder contained in the post.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1614000/1614123.stm
- BBC: Kenya Finds Anthrax Letter - Letter sent to a man in Nairobi has tested positive for anthrax, the first such case outside the United States.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1606000/1606200.stm
- BBC: New Law Targets Anthrax Hoaxers - The government is rushing through new legislation to deal with bio-terror hoaxers, after scores of anthrax scares across the UK.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1611000/1611170.stm
- Canada Post: Suspicious Mail Alert - What constitutes suspicious mail, what to do, poster [PDF], and health links.
www.canadapost.ca/business/corporate/about/announcements/hazard-e.asp
- CNN: Timeline: Anthrax through the Ages - Although it's surfacing anew as a terrorist weapon, the deadly anthrax disease has plagued the world for centuries, with reports of it dating back to biblical times.
www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/anthrax.timeline/index.html
- FBI: Investigations into Anthrax Exposures and Suspected Anthrax Exposures - Statement about the letters mailed to Florida, New York, and Washington, D.C., including images of two of the letters.
www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/mueller101601.htm
- Guardian Unlimited: Special Report: Anthrax - Continuing coverage including news, comment and analysis, interviews, audio reports, interactives, advice and alerts, backgrounders, weblog and talk board. UK.
www.guardian.co.uk/anthrax
- Guardian: Anthrax scares mount across UK - The rash of anthrax scares around the world intensified in Britain with incidents prompted by suspect mail across the country.
www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,575073,00.html
- Guardian: Special Report: Anthrax - Latest and archived news, interactive guide [Flash required], advice, victims' accounts, commentary and analysis, background information, and discussion forum. United Kingdom
www.guardian.co.uk/anthrax/0,1520,575053,00.html
- Hatewatch.org: Abortion Rights Group Gets Suspicious Letters - Leading U.S. abortion rights group says 90 of its clinics and offices in at least 13 states had received envelopes containing threatening letters and an unidentified powdery substance.
hatewatch.org/article.php?sid=969
- Independent News: Second Anthrax Case Outside US - A travel brochure mailed to Buenos Aires from Florida tested positive for anthrax spores.
news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=100478
- Jane's Security: Analysing the US anthrax attacks - Commentary on the incidents at the Sun tabloid in Florida, NBC news in New York, and Microsoft facilities in Nevada.
www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/nbcd/nbcd011012_1_n.shtml
- New Zealand News: Bioterrorism - Local and global anthrax news, facts, and links. New Zealand.
www.nzherald.co.nz/storyarchive.cfm?reportID=62066
- NYTimes.com - Anthrax Sent Through Mail Gained Potency by the Letter - Scientific analysis of the spores and envelopes from the fall 2001 U.S. incidents lead to some surprising discoveries.
www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/national/07ANTH.html
- Pakistan News Service: Anthrax - Local and global news, links. Pakistan/USA.
www.paknews.com/Special/anthrax.php
- PBS Frontline: The 1979 Anthrax Leak - Report on the anthrax outbreak which affected 94 people and killed at least 64 in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk that was revealed by President Boris Yeltsin, in 1992, to be the result of military activity at a biological weapons facility.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/sverdlovsk
- Riddle of the Spores - George Monbiot comments on the status of the FBI investigations. The Guardian, UK.
www.guardian.co.uk/anthrax/story/0,1520,719367,00.html
- Scientist Denies Being Involved in Anthrax Plot - Dr. Hatfill accused the federal authorities of engaging in a smear campaign to make him the "fall guy" for the anthrax crimes. Includes a video and Hatfill´s public statement. New York Times (free registration required).
www10.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/national/12HATF.html
- The Anthrax Letters - a graphological assessment - An assessment of the handwriting in the anthrax letters
www.GraphicInsight.co.za/anthraxletters.htm
- The Nando Times: Anthrax - News, audio, and related links. USA.
nandotimes.com/dwb_data/v-include/?getstatic=/nt/topics/anthrax.html
- USPS: A message to Americans from the United States Postal Service - Text of the post card being mailed to all American households with advice on what to do if it's suspected that a letter or package may contain a harmful biological agent. [English/Spanish]
www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1019postcard.htm
- USPS: U.S. Postal Inspection Service, FBI offer reward of up to $1 million - Information about the reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for mailing letters containing anthrax.
www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1018reward.htm
- Washington Post: Anthrax - Decontamination, possible sources, Capitol mail flow, contamination trail, and facts. United States.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/graphics/attack/investigation_35.html
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