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Source: FOXBusiness (Original Article)

OMAHA, Neb., Feb 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-Bond Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB:BNLB), a manufacturer of
functional beverages and nutritional products, today announced the
addition of two more MillerCoors(R) distributors in Tennessee
for its Resurrection(TM) Anti-Hangover drink. This expands its coverage to
over half the state. Mid-South Distributing, Inc. services fourteen
counties and SEC Enterprises, Inc. services seventeen counties
throughout southern and middle parts of Tennessee.

“The addition of Mid-South and SEC Enterprises increases the total
number of distributors for Resurrection(TM) to greater than forty (40)
distributors located throughout the country which is in-line with the
Company’s strategic growth plan,” stated Scott Slocum, President of
Fusion Premium Beverages. “Our strategic expansion is the driving force
of our early success and has enabled us to establish a sizable
distribution footprint in just over four months from our initial product
launch. We are very pleased to add Mid-South and SEC Enterprises to our
national distribution network and look forward to working with them to
bring incremental value to their respective organizations.”

In business for over 33 years, Mid-South is one of Tennessee’s premier
MillerCoors(R) distributors throughout its service territory.
“We are very excited to be able to offer Resurrection(TM) Anti-Hangover
drink,” stated Rick Gerwe, President of Mid-South. “We believe
Resurrection(TM) has tremendous growth potential and we are pleased to add
it to our product line.”

“Resurrection(TM) is a very complimentary product for us,” commented SEC
President, Otis Phillips, Jr. “We instantly recognized what the Fusion
team had created when we first saw Rez(TM). The emergence of a sizable new
category that consumers will support doesn’t happen every day and we are
pleased to be an early partner in the cheap flights Alice Springs to Melbourne (All Airports) distribution channel for this
exciting new brand.”
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Source: BusinessWeek (Original Article)

By JENNIFER KAY

The U.S. military is scheduled to resume airlifts that brought hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States before the flights were suspended last week.

The White House said military planes were on track to resume ferrying critically injured patients by early Monday, five days after the flights were halted. Since then, at least a handful of patients have arrived from Haiti on civilian aircraft, which aid groups say can be expensive.

White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement late Sunday that the White House received assurances that additional medical capacity exists in the U.S. and among its international partners for the patients.

"We determined that we can resume these critical flights," Vietor said. "Patients are being identified for transfer, doctors are making sure that it is safe for them to fly, and we are preparing specific in-flight pediatric care aboard the aircraft where needed."

Exactly what led to the suspension on Wednesday of medical evacuation flights was unclear, though military officials have said some states refused to take patients. Officials in Florida, one of the main destinations for military flights leaving Haiti, say no patients were ever turned away. However, the suspension took effect after Florida Gov. Charlie Crist sent a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying the state’s hospitals were reaching a saturation point.

The letter also asked for federal help paying for patient expenses — a request Crist on Sunday said could have been misinterpreted. He also said federal officials have indicated he would receive help covering the costs, totaling more than $7 million.

Other flights have continued to carry U.S. citizens and other mostly non-injured passengers. Military planes carrying 700 U.S. citizens, legal residents and other flights from Adelaide to Perth foreign nationals landed in central Florida over …continue reading

Source: ReliefWeb (press release) (Original Article)

HAIRGEISA, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) - The latest bomb explosion in Somalia’s self-declared independent republic of Somaliland raises concerns over the lack of government presence in the Las-anod area, says an analyst.
Among those injured in the blast, which killed one person and injured five on 28 January, was the governor of Sool region, Askar Farah Hussein, who was admitted to a hospital in the town of Las-anod.
Commenting on the bombings that have hit the region since October 2009, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin told reporters: "I have heard the opposition accusing the government of being behind the bombs; this is unfortunate, the government is investigating, but we need to know that the enemy wants [to stage] more attacks against Somaliland…"
The latest incident brings to five the bombings since October 2009 in Las-anod, capital of a region in contention between Somaliland and Puntland. Las-anod is part of Sool and Sanag region, to which the governments of Somaliland and Puntland both lay claim.
According to EJ Hogendoorn, the International Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa Project Director, the Somaliland government is strong enough to get the situation under control in Las-anod "but the problem is that there is minimal government presence in the area".
"The area remains largely unadministered by both Puntland and Somaliland," Hogendoorn said, adding that the region is inhabited mainly by the Dhulbahante clan, which has family ties to the ruling Harti clan in Puntland.
"The Sool and Sanag region is disputed by both Puntland and Somaliland for several reasons; the Dhulbahante are unhappy with both Puntland and Somaliland, and Islamist radicals have taken advantage of this to try to cause instability in the area," Hogendoorn said. "Moreover, it is likely that there are significant oil deposits in Sool and Sanag, so both governments lay claim to the flights from Ayers Rock to Sydney region."
Fomenting instability
Hogendoorn said it appeared …continue reading