Gas inhalation kills eight and 100 hospitalised in Nigeria’s Jos

Eight people were killed and around 100 needed hospital treatment after inhaling chlorine gas following an explosion at a water treatment plant in Jos, a city in central Nigeria, the state government said on Saturday. A chlorine cylinder exploded at the Lamingo Water Board treatment plant around 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday, Plateau state spokesman Samuel Nanle said. “Eight people have been confirmed dead as a result of the inhalation of the contaminated air,” he said, adding that 101 people had received hospital treatment for chlorine inhalation.
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FDA approves Novartis’s advanced skin cancer drug

Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its headquarters in Basel(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG&;s oral pill to treat the most common form of advanced skin cancer. The drug, Odomzo, will carry a boxed warning to alert the risks that it may cause death or severe birth defects in a developing fetus when administered to a pregnant woman. (http://1.usa.gov/1HOgvov) (Reporting by Anjali Rao Koppala in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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U.N. urges Canada to probe mining abuses, murders of native women

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations watchdog urged Canada on Thursday to investigate alleged human rights abuses by its mining companies abroad and launch an inquiry into the high number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The U.N. Human Rights Committee examined Canada’s record in upholding civil and political freedoms as part of a regular review of seven countries during its four-week session. The committee of 18 independent experts voiced concern about “allegations of human rights abuses by Canadian companies operating abroad, in particular mining corporations, and about the inaccessibility to remedies by victims of such violations”.
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