Word: southeasterners
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...early March the illness landed in Hong Kong, where patients started showing up at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Hong Kong health officials have become particularly skilled at identifying respiratory diseases because the city is located so near the rich agricultural zones of southeastern China, where pigs, poultry and millions of people live in close proximity. Illnesses like influenza routinely jump from animals to humans, which is why new strains of flu often originate in Asia. Alert to the fact that something strange was going on, authorities in Hong Kong quickly notified WHO and began trying to determine...
...have entered, but small groups of Islamic Jihad and Hizballah agents have already infiltrated the country, and "we've got people paying attention to both approaches, from Syria and Jordan," says a U.S. counterterrorism official. Modest numbers of Iranian Shi'ites have also managed to enter Basra in southeastern Iraq to support Iraqi Shi'ites there; British and U.S. troops have warned them to stay out of the way of coalition forces...
Shenzhen is in Quangdong, the province in southeastern China where health officials believe the SARS outbreak began...
...coalition troops. Allied commanders said late last week the coalition had killed hundreds of Fedayeen and had begun rooting them out of the cities. Early Saturday, U.S. Marines backed by Cobra helicopter gunships launched a daybreak attack on Iraqi forces holed up in Nasiriyah, the contested city in southeastern Iraq that is vital to U.S. efforts to secure a passage for forces traveling north. U.S. forces say they destroyed several tanks. Some Fedayeen were still believed to be inside Nasiriyah, allegedly forcing civilians to send their sons to fight. But by late Saturday the Marines believed they were close...
...along the river. Talraas could see more "technicals" moving across the bridge about a thousand meters off to the left. That's when the white van appeared, its red lights flashing. After they were shot at, Talraas' driver, Sergeant Michael Maita, hit the gas and sped back to the southeastern corner of the town. Maita had been shot in the hand. "But," said Talraas, "he kept his wits about him and they got out of there," Maita shouting "Medic! Medic!" as they tore back to safety...