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| Anthrax Spores Found in U.S. Senate Building |
| U.S. officials said on Friday that anthrax spores were found in a fumigated Senate office building and they would begin a new fumigation operation to kill them. |
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| Anthrax Claims 479 Cattle in India in Three Years |
| Anthrax in cattle was sporadic in India in the endemic areas with 476 deaths reported inthe last three years, it was officially confirmed on Monday. |
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| Letter Allegedly Contaminated With Anthrax Found in Dutch Embassy |
| A letter allegedly contaminated with anthrax spores and mailed to the Dutch embassy Tuesday in Jakarta was sent to the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (Namru-2) laboratory in Central Jakarta. |
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| Letter to Yeltsin Found Containing White Powder in Irkutsk |
| Russian postal workers in Irkutsk, Siberia, have intercepted and sent to the sanitation service a letter to former President Boris Yeltsin that contained suspicious white powder. |
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| Anthrax Hoaxes Still Going on in S. Africa |
| Despite appeals to the public to stop playing anthrax hoaxes, several cases were still reported daily in South Africa, particularly in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, the South African Press Association reported on Wednesday. |
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| Los Angles Postal Facilities Tested for Anthrax |
| Health officials in Los Angeles tested the Mail Processing and Distribution Center in the City of Industry Friday for anthrax as a precautionary measure and they plan to test all the mail processing centers as part of the nationwide precautionary investigation. |
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| Seventh Skin Anthrax Case Confirmed in New York |
| New York officials on Friday confirmed a new case of skin anthrax at the tabloid New York Post, which is the seventh citywide. The Post employee is taking antibiotics and has not missed a day of work since discovering the lesion last week. |
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| Anthrax Hits Leading Pakistani Newspaper |
| Powdery substance in a letter hand-delivered to a major Pakistani newspaper last week has tested positive for anthrax spores, the daily's editor said Friday. |
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| Mail Containing White Powder Found in British Embassy in China |
| A mail containing white powder was found Wednesday morning in the British Embassy in China and examination of the powder is still underway, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao Thursday. |
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| New York Confirms First Case of Inhalation Anthrax |
| A New York hospital worker is suffering from inhalation anthrax, the first case recorded in the city, New York Health Commissioner Neal Cohen confirmed Tuesday. |
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| Anthrax Scares at Israeli President's Residence |
| The first floor of Israeli President Moshe Katsav's residence was evacuated Wednesday after employees discovered an envelope containing an unidentified white powder. |
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| Eighth Case of Inhalation Anthrax Confirmed in US |
| A United States postal worker was confirmed with inhalation anthrax on Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. |
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| French Embassy in Sri Lanka Shut Down Amid Anthrax Fear |
| The French embassy in Sri Lanka was shut down on Friday, four days after a letter suspected to contain anthrax was found, embassy officials said. |
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| Iraq Reiterates No Link With Anthrax in US |
| Iraq on Thursday denied again any connection with the anthrax attacks in the United States and condemned those "sinister" claims trying to link Iraq with the biochemical attacks in the US. |
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| More Anthrax Found in Senate Building |
| Anthrax was found at two more spots in the Hart Senate office building, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said on Thursday. |
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| FBI Director Says No Anthrax Links With Hijackings |
| US FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that there is no evidence that the anthrax outbreak was linked to the September 11 hijacking attacks on New York and Washington. |
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| White House Facility Contaminated by Anthrax |
| An off-site mail screening facility for the White House was confirmed Tuesday with anthrax contamination, bringing a new panic to the capital. |
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| Bush Approves 175 Million US Dollars to Improve Postal Security |
| US President George W. Bush said Tuesday that he had approved 175 million dollars to immediately improve safety at postal facilities. |
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| China Airline Plane Stranded in Hong Kong amid Anthrax Scare: Report |
| A China Airlines Boeing 747 was stranded at Hong Kong international airport Tuesday after suspicious white powder was found on board, a spokeswoman for the civil aviation department said in Hong Kong. |
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| Anthrax Found at Off-Site White House Mail Site |
| U.S. president Bush said confidently Tuesday that ''I don't have anthrax'' after biohazard testing at the White House and the discovery of anthrax on a mail-opening machine at a screening facility six miles away. |
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