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...efforts to contain the disease - which included the establishment of a special committee chaired by Prime Minister Taro Aso - appeared to be successful. But now that the virus has reached the greater Tokyo area, home to 35 million, concerns are growing over the speed of transmission. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
Hotel Nassauer Hof: The thermal pools of this grand hotel's Beauty Centre look across Wiesbaden's rooftops through its fifth-floor windows. Guests are welcomed with a glass of champagne, perhaps followed by a basalt-stone massage, a water-bed exfoliating treatment or a marine-mud pack. Hotel guests have free access to the designer wellness area but nonresidents need to book a day treatment, which buys entry rights to all the facilities. A full-body massage and facial treatment form part of the day package, with prices starting at just over $230. The spa also works closely with...
...shuttle Atlantis is once again in orbit - this time for a final servicing visit to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope - and once again the world is sweating out reports of damage to the spacecraft's thermal tiles caused by debris shed from the external fuel tank during liftoff on Monday. It was just that kind of mishap that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew back in 2003, allowing superheated gases to penetrate the ship during re-entry and causing it to disintegrate. That was the second shuttle to be lost in flight, after the explosion of Challenger...
...pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...according to Finance Minister Agustin Carstens. Mexico is also facing the suspension of flights and cancellations of visa application from countries across the globe, threatening trade and tourism further. And amid these challenges, the swine flu itself, although less deadly than feared, is still spreading. (See pictures of how thermal scans are used to monitor the spread of swine...