Swine flu alert nears pandemic level

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 ~ Updated 4:08 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent.

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