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Stories for April 25th 2009

• Saturday, April 25th 2009 - 07:16 UTC

  Swine flu outbreak in Mexico kills 68, infects hundreds; schools closed

  

  At least 68 people have died and hundreds of others have been infected in a viral outbreak in Mexico suspected to have been caused by a strain of swine flu. The World Health Organization thinks the virus may be behind the deaths in Mexico since mid-March.

• Saturday, April 25th 2009 - 07:12 UTC

  Campaigners call new UK migration rules for Ghurka soldiers a “betrayal”

  

  Campaigners for Gurkha soldiers who want to settle in Britain have branded new rules on who could stay a “betrayal”. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the changes would allow around 4.300 more former Gurkhas to settle in the country out of the 36,000 who served in the British Army before July 1997.