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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The judge in the military commission of Osama bin Laden's former driver ruled that it was too late to challenge his war crimes instructions to the jury deliberating the case. Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred acknowledged he may have erred in his jury instructions, but prosecutors agreed to withdraw their objections rather than risk a mistrial. Jurors deliberated on the case for a second day but recessed without reaching a verdict.
Mine Survivor Urges Airtight Chambers
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The lone survivor of an underground explosion that killed five coal miners in Kentucky two years ago said he believes most of his co-workers would have survived if the federal government had required protective chambers stocked with oxygen supplies. "I believe these chambers will help save lives in the future," Paul Ledford testified at a public hearing. The hearing was to obtain comment on a U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration proposal to require airtight emergency refuges in each of the nation's underground coal mines. Three of Ledford's co-workers suffocated in the Darby mine, and two others died from injuries suffered in the blast.
FDA Approves 6 Flu Vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration has approved six versions of the influenza vaccine to help combat the virus during the 2008-2009 flu season later this year. The vaccines are Fluarix and FluLaval, from GlaxoSmithKline; Fluvirin, from Novartis; Fluzone, from Sanofi Aventis; and Afluria, from CSL. The FDA also cleared the FluMist nasal spray flu vaccine made by Rockville-based MedImmune.
-- From News Services
