International Business News - Deadly http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif China has suspended the sale and use of an injectable herbal remedy after six people suffered adverse reactions, including three who died. The State Food and Drug Administration said in a notice posted late Wednesday that the six suffered "serious ill effects" after being injected with an extract from an herb called Ciwujia made by Wandashan Pharmaceutical. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/chinese-herbal-injection-suspended-after-3-deaths.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:10:24 EDT Could voting for president be hazardous to your health? An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win suggests yes, but the authors say that's no reason not to go to the polls. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/study-voting-could-be-hazardous-so-be-careful.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:12:45 EDT An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/e-coli-outbreak-in-oklahoma-kills-1-sickens-200.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:09:07 EDT Bacterial contamination has been found in well water at a northeast Oklahoma restaurant linked to an E. coli outbreak that killed a man and sickened dozens of others, state health officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/bacteria-in-water-at-okla-e-coli-outbreak-site.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:27:07 EDT A 12-year-old angler has returned from a Michigan river's edge with a small scare and a big tale. Zack Bastian was fishing this week on the Grand River when he saw a bobbing hand attached to an arm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/young-angler-spies-police-dummys-arm-in-river.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:48:27 EDT Firefighters and residents say an apartment fire in New York City has killed a woman and her adult son and sent neighbors running to the roof to escape. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/2-die-in-new-york-city-apartment-fire.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:22:09 EDT A federal appeals court has upheld legislation, passed by Congress after a deadly North Dakota derailment, that allows personal-injury lawsuits against railroads in state courts under some conditions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/n-d-derailment-victims-win-8th-circuit-case.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:35:51 EDT Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban's growing strength. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/us-nato-deaths-in-afghanistan-pass-iraq-toll.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:30:33 EDT Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban's growing strength. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/afghanistan-deadlier-than-iraq-again-for-troops.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:25:53 EDT A car slammed into two police officers working traffic control at a construction site early Sunday, killing one and seriously injuring the other, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/officer-killed-by-suspected-drunk-driver.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:53:05 EDT A Michigan man was sentenced to 43 years in prison Friday for driving the wrong way on an interstate and slamming his pickup truck into a minivan, killing a Maryland mother and four children who were returning home from a Christmas trip. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81139-deadly-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/drunken-driver-gets-43-years-for-killing-mom-kids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/drunken-driver-gets-43-years-for-killing-mom-kids.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:34 EDT When it comes to paying federal taxes on its workers in Iraq, KBR says it was exempt because they were foreign hands hired through subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/kbr-tax-loophole-raises-new-questions.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:50:52 EDT Senate Democrats are accusing defense contractor KBR of knowingly exposing its employees and U.S. troops to a potentially deadly chemical in Iraq in its rush to get the country's oil infrastructure up and running. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/democrats-accuse-kbr-of-negligence-at-iraq-plant.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:54:44 EDT A pit bull fatally mauled a 5-year-old boy staying at a southern Texas home with relatives, authorities said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday. Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Rosa Trevino said the condition of the child's body suggested there was no way emergency responders could have saved his life. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/5-year-old-boy-killed-by-pit-bull-in-texas.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:30:35 EDT A fire swept through a Manila shantytown early Thursday, killing a family of three and leaving about 2,500 others homeless in the Philippine capital, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/fire-hits-manila-shantytown-killing-3.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:03:08 EDT The number of people hospitalized with a dangerous intestinal superbug has been growing by more than 10,000 cases a year, according to a new study. The germ, resistant to some antibiotics, has become a regular menace in hospitals and nursing homes. The study found it played a role in nearly 300,000 hospitalizations in 2005, more than double the number in 2000. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/gut-superbug-causing-more-illnesses-deaths.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 16:40:39 EDT Officials say heavy rains killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's northwest, including six children who died when part of their mud house collapsed. The rain has been pouring in the Swat valley area since Saturday evening. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/117731-tropical-weather-gustav-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/officials-10-die-as-rains-hit-pakistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/officials-10-die-as-rains-hit-pakistan.htm Sun, 25 May 2008 03:51:27 EDT Locally brewed liquor apparently tainted with lethal chemicals continued to kill in southern India, with another 66 people dying and bringing the overall death toll from the past five days to 156, police said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/156-die-drinking-tainted-liquor-in-india.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 11:02:39 EDT Locally brewed liquor apparently tainted with lethal chemicals has killed another 20 people in southern India, bringing the death toll from the past four days to 90, police said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/india-death-toll-from-tainted-liquor-hits-90.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 11:02:35 EDT Locally brewed liquor apparently tainted with lethal chemicals killed at least 59 people in southern India over the weekend, police said Monday. Bootleggers began selling the deadly brew on Saturday after police shut authorized liquor shops in parts of the Karnataka state because of voting for the state government, said Sri Kumar, the state police chief. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/police-tainted-liquor-kills-36-in-india.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 11:45:25 EDT