ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say the number of U.S. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths rose 34 percent in the past week to hit 170.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Thursday afternoon. They mark an increase from the 127 deaths and nearly 28,000 confirmed and suspected swine flu cases reported last week.
The United States has nearly half the world's reported swine flu cases.
expel Syrian envoys
Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats against President Bashar Assad's regime killing more than 100.
Europeans dislike the euro
The debt crisis that has ravaged Europe has exposed a dislike of the single currency but little desire to abandon it.
W. Colo. wildfire
About 400 firefighters and five helicopters are battling an eight-square-mile wildfire, near the Utah border.
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