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  • July 2008
    • Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      (Newser) - The Army is butting heads with animal rights activists over a planned drill that involves shooting live pigs. As practice for battlefield medical care, soldiers will fire at the pigs, then rush to save them. "It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first few hours of their injury," said an Army spokesman. More »

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      animal rights   PETA   Army   pigs   Military   soldiers   medical training

  • July 2007
    • 8 Yanks Graduate From Cuban Med School

      8 Yanks Graduate From Cuban Med School

      (Newser) - Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine graduated its first batch of American students this week, helping raise the eight-year-old school's profile. There are 90 more already enrolled in the free program, which comes with an exemption to the ban on travel to Cuba for Americans. Students are selected by the US Congressional Black Caucus and a non-profit group, Pastors for Peace. More »

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      health care   medicine   Cuba   doctor   Fidel Castro   medical training

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