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			<title>Toothpaste question</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:39:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello dues how are ya?? 
 
I have a supposed NATURAL TOOTHPASTE im using (No flouride) but it still says on the tube "If you swallow more than used...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hello dues how are ya??<br />
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I have a supposed NATURAL TOOTHPASTE im using (No flouride) but it still says on the tube &quot;If you swallow more than used for brushing,seek professional assistance or contact a poision control center immediatly&quot;<br />
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WHY WOULD IT SAY THIS IF THERE IS NO FLOURIDE IN IT??<br />
<br />
Then i see this ingredient in here and it reminds me of MSG!! (Monosodium Glutamate)<br />
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&quot;Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate&quot; -- Is this bad??????<br />
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Here are the ingredients: Calcium Carbonate,Water,Glycerin,Xylitol,<b>Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate</b>,Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Oil,Commiphora Myrrha (Myrrh) Resin,Hydrated Silica,Chondrus Crispus (Carrageenan),Propolis Wax,Mentha Piperita (Pepperment) Oil.<br />
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<br />
I was using TOMS with whitening but the whitening agent was making my teeth ache!! (Some of them) so i stopped using it and switched to this.....<br />
<br />
That GLUTAMATE ingredient stuck out straight away as well as &quot;CONTACT A POISON CONTROL CENTER......&quot; -- I have only seen that on CREST,etc.......<br />
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Im wondering if that glutamate crap could be making my teeth/gums sensitive/soar also,i dunno....... I tried looking it up but didnt get far,i figured you guys would know!</div>

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			<title>Protesting outside someones home?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A mob of racist thugs surrounded a house and intimidated a very frightend politician who was scared for his life and his families life.  
Sajjad...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>A mob of racist thugs surrounded a house and intimidated a very frightend politician who was scared for his life and his families life. <br />
Sajjad Karim talks about the frightend incidence below.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_GRtvB3Ric" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_GRtvB3Ric</a><br />
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 The thugs .Very shocking images not for the faint hearted.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuJ4r6zzUw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuJ4r6zzUw</a></div>

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			<title><![CDATA[I'm here for your love and I make my stand.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[QUEEN 'Princes of the Universe' 
 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VEJ8lpCQbyw 
 
Image: http://gameknot.com/img/u/m/a/majicdragon.jpg?1309070459]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>QUEEN 'Princes of the Universe'<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VEJ8lpCQbyw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/embed/VEJ8lpCQbyw</a><br />
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			<title>Al Gore and the Huge Carbon Foot Lie</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The carbon credit monsters wish for the demise of the U.S.A economically as to obtain an Orwellian, U.N. charter 21, New World Order and Oligarchical...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The carbon credit monsters wish for the demise of the U.S.A economically as to obtain an Orwellian, U.N. charter 21, New World Order and Oligarchical hegemony over the earth!<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb4uwKriz1Y" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb4uwKriz1Y</a><br />
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			<title>Measles outbreaks shows vaccine effective</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>15 years ago, Wakefield published the report now blamed for the recent Measles outbreak(s). After the 1998 report, many parents decided not to...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>15 years ago, Wakefield published the report now blamed for the recent Measles outbreak(s). After the 1998 report, many parents decided not to vaccinate their children. <br />
If the measles vaccine does indeed work, and given the decline in vaccinations, we might expect there to be a window of occurrence for measles outbreaks (following the decline in vaccinations).<br />
We are currently seeing it.<br />
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				This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after a record number of nearly 2,000 cases last year. The country once recorded only several dozen cases every year. It now ranks second in Europe, behind only Romania.<br />
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/measles-surges-uk-years-vaccine-scare-100011003.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/measles-surges...100011003.html</a>
			
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</div>Also, if there is now an increased uptake in measles vaccinations (going on now, very recently), we would expect there to be a decline in measles cases. <br />
We are currently seeing that now, too.<br />
<a href="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27010" target="_blank">http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27010</a><br />
(see line graph below, notifications &quot;by week&quot;)<br />
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<br />
<br />
Recent measles data from Wales, UK:<br />
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<a href="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/66389#d" target="_blank">http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/66389#d</a> (full report here)<br />
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				<b>Measles Outbreak: Data</b>......<br />
<br />
Notifications of measles in Wales by week<br />
Chart of number of notifications by week: Week 44 2012 (week commencing 29/10/2012) - week 20 2013* (week commencing 13/05/2013)<br />
<img src="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/documents/888/measles%20notifications%20week%2020%202013.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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Notifications of measles in Wales by age<br />
Chart of number of notifications by age during time period: 1 November 2012 - 12 noon 22 May 2013<br />
<img src="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/documents/888/measles%20notifications%20by%20age%2022052013.png" border="0" alt="" />
			
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</div>I decided to look for data about<b></b>:<br />
What percentage of the reported and confirmed UK measles cases were from people who did or did not have the measles vaccine. This is in the above report....<br />
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				Current data (to 26 April 2013) from the outbreak shows very few confirmed cases have caught measles after having had the MMR vaccine.  The vast majority of confirmed measles cases are individuals who have never been vaccinated with MMR.<br />
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Less than 10 laboratory confirmed cases are reported to have previously received any MMR vaccination.
			
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</div>&quot;Less than 10 cases&quot; contracted measles who previously had the MMR vaccine.<br />
So that means if:<br />
&quot;At that time there were 886 notified cases of measles (changing daily),<br />
from these 886, <b>245 have had a laboratory confirmation of measles.</b>&quot;<br />
<br />
10 cases out of 245 comes out to 4.08%<br />
Around 4% measles vaccine failure rate.....failure to prevent a contraction of the disease.....which can also be described as a 96% success rate.<br />
What is the estimated vaccine success rate given by most sources ?<br />
....between 95% and 99% success rate, depending on if they had a one-shot dose, or in addition, the recommended booster dose.<br />
So 96% certainly falls within the 95-99% range......it is as expected.<br />
<br />
Turns out others are also seeking the same info as me.<br />
Freedom of Information request from &quot;Alfie Noakes&quot;:<br />
<a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/number_of_measles_sufferers_prev" target="_blank">https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/reque...sufferers_prev</a> <br />
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				Dear Public Health Wales NHS Trust,<br />
<br />
Please confirm the number of confirmed cases of measles during the<br />
recent outbreak of measles reported in Swansea up to and including<br />
20 April 2013 and out of theses confirmed cases please state the<br />
number of people who were previously vaccinated against measles.<br />
<br />
If time permits please break these down into commonly used age<br />
categories, e.g. newborns, infants, children, adolescents, adults<br />
and elderly, and state the actual age brackets you have used.<br />
<br />
Finally, please confirm whether the 25 year old local man, Gareth<br />
Williams, who sadly died allegedly with measles, was previously<br />
vaccinated against measles, and if known whether measles was the<br />
cause of his death.<br />
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Yours faithfully,<br />
<br />
Alfie Noakes
			
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</div>Alfie seems to be confused, when later in the FOI exchange he says...<br />
&quot;Well what I am really saying is, the scaremongering that failure to<br />
immunise after the &quot;MMR scare&quot; has led to a measles outbreak is<br />
totally false as more children in the 1-4 age group (with approx<br />
95% vaccination uptake) have apparently had measles in Wales than<br />
those in the 10-14 age group.&quot;<br />
<br />
The reason for this is simple....children in the age group 1-4 years are <b>always</b> more susceptible to catching the disease than the other age groups. They catch it easier.<br />
So looking at the curve graph above...it is pretty much inline with the expected measles susceptibility for age, across the board.<br />
In other words....if 10% of the population is not vaccinated and exposed to measles....this would be the expected outcome of that 10%. The curve bears true.<br />
<br />
There are similar stories and figures in Japan....<br />
<a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/08/national/whats-behind-the-measles-outbreak/#.UZ6HasqWdyI" target="_blank">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/200.../#.UZ6HasqWdyI</a><br />
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				In 1978, the government introduced a mandatory measles vaccination program for preschoolers. However, the mandatory vaccinations were stopped when the law was revised in 1994. Nevertheless, vaccination rates have remained high, at around 90 percent, according to an institute official.<br />
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Vaccinations have reduced major outbreaks of measles among children. However, some people, even though they were vaccinated, lose their immunity over a period of 10 to 15 years if they do not boost their immunity by coming into contact with the virus. As Japan had not seen a major outbreak of measles for five years, people currently in high school and university are now more susceptible to the disease, the official said.<br />
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In addition, about 5 percent of people who have been vaccinated fail to become immune to the disease.
			
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			<dc:creator>stupid</dc:creator>
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			<title>Jelly babies....</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just thinking about jelly babies (don't ask!). I used to like them as a child. I would bite the head off first. Dr. Who liked them. 
But I was...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I was just thinking about jelly babies (don't ask!). I used to like them as a child. I would bite the head off first. Dr. Who liked them.<br />
But I was just sitting here and idly musing.....who would make a sweet in the form of a <b>baby</b> for <b>children</b> to <b>eat</b>??</div>

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			<title>Time server</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:21:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Did you know there is a global time server? Do you remember Nyan.cat? 
 
It has its own domain because otherwise it might not run smooth enough. And...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Did you know there is a global time server? Do you remember Nyan.cat?<br />
<br />
It has its own domain because otherwise it might not run smooth enough. And innocent song but also, so much more. Because if enough people runs Nyan.Cat at the same time, the time server will loose nanoseconds, or even seconds.<br />
<br />
I have attempted to crash the server today, and nyan.cat seems to have already crashed. The ones that are still open are still pinging the time server.<br />
<br />
Is the time in our universe slowing down because we are doing this? Is it possible to slow down what I would call REAL TIME? It is and I have done it.<br />
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WAKE UP ppl :D</div>

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			<dc:creator>kblood</dc:creator>
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			<title>TV News from the Year 2137/the onion news</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:04:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[makes fun of doomers:a lot of work went into writing this.... 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21wDarBo&feature=player_embedded]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>makes fun of doomers:a lot of work went into writing this....<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21wDarBo&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21...layer_embedded</a></div>

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			<title>Global March against Monsanto, 25th May!</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:34:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, i'm urging you all to get involved this Saturday and find your local march. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people will be...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hey guys, i'm urging you all to get involved this Saturday and find your local march. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people will be uniting on this day against the multinational biotechnology corporation, Monsanto, out to control our food supply. <br />
I am one of the Brisbane (Australia) rally organisers and would appreciate any locals checking out our event page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/324071584387963/?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/3240...ref=ts&amp;fref=ts</a><br />
<br />
Global listing, around 400 marches/rallies planned, surely there is one near you!<br />
<a href="http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/p/blog-page.html</a><br />
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I'm sorry if its been posted about before, but I couldn't see it anywhere</div>

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			<title>Got major body mark last night.</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I've had ongoing experiences all my life that don't fit the matrix. 
Close encounters, missing time, UFO sightings, strange events, marks on my body...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I've had ongoing experiences all my life that don't fit the matrix.<br />
Close encounters, missing time, UFO sightings, strange events, marks on my body overnight, etc etc.<br />
<br />
I'm not being blaze, but this is ongoing ok. It happens.<br />
<br />
I've been having very disturbed sleep for the last week or so.<br />
Then this morning I was having a wash at the bathroom washbasin and noticed a major marking down my left hand side. A big un and very unsubtle !<br />
<br />
Looks like a scratch but it isnt a scratch, just a raised bright red line about 1mm wide. It clearly has the capital letter &quot;W&quot; and a line upwards to my armpit at from the left hand side of the W and a line downwards from the right hand lower &quot;v&quot; of the W, down to my left hip.<br />
The &quot;W&quot; measures about 5cm tall. A perfect W. <br />
<br />
I have a remote memory this isn't the first time I have had this W body mark.<br />
Its a dim memory that I am trying to latch onto.<br />
<br />
Any intelligent input gratefully received. ;)</div>

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			<dc:creator>busa</dc:creator>
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			<title>Ancient Aliens Debunked</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hi Guys,  
 
I found this video and thought maybe some of you would like to see it: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ 
 
With Ahimsa and...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi Guys, <br />
<br />
I found this video and thought maybe some of you would like to see it:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ</a><br />
<br />
With Ahimsa and Satia</div>

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			<title>Terrorist attack on uranium plant: Niger</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/17300871/twin-blasts-in-niger-hit-uranium-plant-barracks/ 
 
 
Islamist militants staged twin suicide car...</description>
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Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and taking several trainee officers hostage in the impoverished west African state.<br />
<br />
An Islamist group claimed the attacks as revenge against the country's involvement in France's offensive against militants in neighbouring Mali.<br />
<br />
They come just four months after Al-Qaeda linked militants seized a desert gas plant in neighbouring Algeria in a siege that left 38 hostages dead, also in retaliation against the intervention in Mali.<br />
<br />
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), one of the Islamist groups which seized control of northern Mali last year before being driven out by French-led troops, claimed the near simultaneous bombings at the Agadez army base and the French majority-owned uranium mine in northern Arlit.<br />
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&quot;Thanks to Allah, we have carried out two operations against the enemies of Islam in Niger,&quot; MUJAO spokesman Abu Walid Sahraoui told AFP.<br />
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&quot;We attacked France and Niger for its cooperation with France in the war against sharia (Islamic law).&quot;<br />
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French President Francois Hollande vowed to help Niger &quot;destroy&quot; the militants and said France would back &quot;all the efforts of Niger to stop the hostage situation&quot; at the army base.<br />
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&quot;We will not intervene in Niger as we did in Mali, but we have the same willingness to cooperate to fight against terrorism,&quot; he said.<br />
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The first car bomb went off at dawn at the army base in Agadez, the largest city in mostly desert northern Niger.<br />
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Eighteen soldiers and a civilian were killed along with four attackers at the army base, Interior Minister Abdou Labo said.<br />
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&quot;A fifth bomber has locked himself up in an office with several trainee officers as hostages (at Agadez),&quot; Labo said. &quot;We are taking action to arrest the bomber and free the hostages.&quot;<br />
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About 30 minutes after the first attack, a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden four-by-four at the Somair uranium mine and processing facility as employees reported for work at the site, which is majority-owned by France's Areva.<br />
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Areva said one person was killed at the mine located some 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of Agadez, but did not identify the victim. It added that 14 others were wounded.<br />
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Labo said however that around 50 people were wounded at the mine, adding that almost all of the victims were security agents.<br />
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Agadez resident Barka Sofa said he heard a strong explosion outside the army base followed by heavy weapons fire, while a local journalist reported heavy damage inside the camp.<br />
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&quot;All the streets of Agadez are blocked. The army is sweeping the city,&quot; Sofa added.<br />
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At the mine, an employee told AFP that &quot;a man in military uniform driving a four-by-four packed with explosives mixed in with the Somair workers and blew up his vehicle in front of the power station at the uranium treatment facility.&quot;<br />
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&quot;Company managers told us the suicide bomber was killed in the explosion,&quot; he said.<br />
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A source at Areva in Niamey added that &quot;the damage had forced the closure&quot; of the uranium plant.<br />
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Somair is 64-percent owned by Areva and 36-percent owned by the state of Niger.<br />
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Areva, the world's second-largest uranium producer, condemned the blast as a &quot;terrorist attack&quot; on its website and said Nigerien authorities had stepped up security measures at its facilities.<br />
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Islamist groups have carried out several kidnappings in Niger in recent years, especially in the north.<br />
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Areva's Arlit operation has been targeted by Islamist groups before. In September 2010, seven employees of Areva and a subcontractor were abducted by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) at the site. Four Frenchmen are still being held by their kidnappers.<br />
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Areva extracts more than a third of its uranium Niger and has operated there for more than 40 years.<br />
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The European Union as well as Algeria, which suffered its own deadly attack by Islamists at a gas plant in January, both strongly condemned the Niger bombings.<br />
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The Niger government has declared three days of mourning for the victims.<br />
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Niger is part of the African-led Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), a regional military mission launched to help reclaim northern Mali from AQIM and two allied Islamist groups that seized the vast desert territory in the chaotic aftermath of a March 2012 military coup.<br />
French troops have so far led the operation against the Islamists, which was launched in January and has pushed the radicals from the territory they had brutally ruled.</div>

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