Patient may have been exposed to SARS coronavirus: China and the

Patient may have been exposed to SARS coronavirus: China and the
World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday initial tests
showed a man at the center of a SARS scare may indeed have been
exposed to the coronavirus linked to the disease, although it
would take days to tell for sure. WHO's statement issued in
Beijing came on the same day that a ranking official in south
China's Guangdong province, where the patient is being treated
said initial tests had showed he might indeed have the
coronavirus that causes SARS. -- AFP

36 journalists killed for their work last year: Thirty-six
journalists were killed worldwide as a direct result of their
work last year, a sharp increase from the 19 killed in 2002,
according to figures released on Friday. The New York-based
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the war in Iraq was
the main reason for the surge. Thirteen journalists were killed
in hostile action while covering the war there. The death toll in
Iraq was the highest annual total from a single country since
1995, when 24 journalists were killed in Algeria. -- DPA