In Rupp's opinion, the respiratory protection debate has distracted from other crucial flu-fighting measures.

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Despite these apparent limitations, the ECB has become a central figure in the crisis-fighting measures in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

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With polls showing strong public opposition to same-sex marriage, groups fighting Tuesday's ballot measures conceded from the beginning that theirs was an uphill fight -- but they embraced the silver lining that the ballot measures were at least an opportunity to debate the issue.

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She said the measures would help modernise crime-fighting laws, to combat criminals' use of internet-based phone calls and things like instant messaging and social media sites like Facebook.

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The Philippines, whose sovereign credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by two rating firms over the past two months, has been fighting the so-called hot-money inflows with several measures, including making it easier for locals to take money abroad and lowering a deposit rate for banks that do cross-border business.

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The Philippines, whose sovereign credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by two ratings firms over the past two months, has been fighting the so-called hot-money inflows with several measures, including making it easier for locals to take money abroad and lowering a deposit rate for banks that do cross-border business.

WSJ: Asian Governments Take Measures to Battle Strong Currencies

There is a theory, called the "hygiene hypothesis", backed by Dr Djukanovic, which suggests measures such as the overzealous cleaning of houses has meant immune systems lack practice fighting bacteria and viruses.

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In the past, DirecTV has tried a variety of more conventional approaches to fighting piracy, including cooperating with law enforcement to bust black market distributors and taking various electronic counter measures, or ECMs. In January, DirecTV instructed its satellites to send an ECM known as a "card kill" on Super Bowl Sunday.

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