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2001: In the months after September 11, there were a series of scares involving anthrax across America and elsewhere in the world. Here we present a selection of items on the anthrax scare.
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Evidence
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May 12: Divers find equipment for terror campaign in Maryland pond.
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DNA code
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May 1: The DNA code, which is published today, may help in the hunt for treatments and better vaccines against the deadly disease.
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Anthrax hysteria
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April 25: A water company apologised yesterday for a "misguided" mailshot gimmick which triggered an anthrax scare.
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Military action
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February 12: More than half the armed forces personnel deploying to the Gulf have refused to be vaccinated against anthrax, the Ministry of Defence has disclosed.
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Jon Ronson feature
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Jon Ronson, October 5: A year ago today, a Florida journalist was killed by anthrax sent to him by letter. It set off a wave of copycat hoaxers.
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Full coverage
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The events of September 11 2001 and the aftermath.
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Interactive guide
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We explain the deadly bacteria: how it affects its victims and the threat it presents.
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Advice
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Some tips on how to deal with any unusual letters or packages.
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Anthrax in Britain
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March 12: Chilling footage of anthrax experiments went on show yesterday in the first major exhibition on the disease for more than 50 years.
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Anthrax in the US
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August 12: Man at centre of investigation says FBI has ruined his life.
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The investigation
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May 21, George Monbiot: Why has the FBI investigation into the anthrax attacks stalled? The evidence points one way.
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Audio reports
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October 23: Postal employees in Washington are angry and frustrated that they were not tested for anthrax contamination immediately, reports Audrey Gillan in Washington. (2mins 59)
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Victims' accounts
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October 18: Clinton Cavers caught a strain of the disease during a trip to Africa in 1981.
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Anthrax and the international community
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April 10: Hans Blix is the man charged with finding Saddam's weapons. He talks to Julian Borger.
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The issue explained
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A guide to the science and history of biological warfare.
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Fear is sweeping the western world following reports that deadly anthrax spores have been mailed to media offices in America, as part of an insidious new terror campaign. Derek Brown explains.
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Weblog special
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The weblog: Our pick of online journalism about panic and the bioterrorist threat.
Most recent
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Nov 3 2008:
Popular musician killed by anthrax is remembered, as health officials continue to examine his Hackney flat and workshop
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Aug 6 2008:
The suspect, biodefence researcher Bruce Ivins, took his own life last week as authorities were preparing to charge him
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Aug 1 2008:
Bruce Ivins, a government scientist whom federal agents were preparing to prosecute in connection with the anthrax attacks that killed five in 2001, apparently committed suicide on Tuesday after learning authorities had identified him
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Nov 7 2003: Eleven post offices around Washington DC remained closed today after initial tests showed possible anthrax contamination at a naval facility that handles mail for federal agencies.
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Jun 1 2003: The man at the centre of the investigation into the post-9/11 anthrax attacks in the US faked a UK medical degree and membership of the Royal Society of Medicine, to fool his way into a job at America's highest security bio-defence installation.
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Jun 1 2003: The 'person of interest' named in the US germ scare investigation lied his way into his job, report Martin Bright and Simon Cooper.
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Dec 11 2002:
University leaders today dismissed claims by MPs that international terrorist groups could obtain lethal germ warfare agents by infiltrating Britain's university laboratories and other research bodies.
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Oct 5 2002: I had met Tim two years earlier at a gun show in Rochester, Minnesota. I was there with my producer, Jim, and the Ruby Ridge survivor Randy Weaver, whose wife and son were shot by FBI agents in a bungled raid in Idaho 10 years ago. Crowds flocked to get Weaver's autograph, but Tim didn't. He stood apart, a lone wolf among lone wolves, a pasty-looking man, wearing a lumberjack shirt and glasses. He had a deep grudge against the federal government and, it turned out, a rudimentary scientific knowledge. He told us that anthrax was the only way forward for the "movement". In our experience, anthrax wasn't a big militia topic of conversation. In fact, we'd never heard it mentioned, so Jim did a quick interview with him.
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Jul 1 2002: Your report regarding the FBI's investigation of Dr Steven Hatfill (FBI investigates anthrax scientist, June 28) prompted me to wonder about "Pat"...
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May 9 2002: Anthrax-tainted mail appeared to have returned to the United States this evening as the US Federal Reserve announced its discovery of traces of the deadly bacteria.
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Mar 29 2002: A severe shortage of smallpox vaccine has been overcome by the discovery of a forgotten supply big enough to inoculate the US population against an attack by bioterrorists.
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