This enormous detriment to European Union farmers and consumers in the wake of HUS coincides with the shattering U.S. economic downturn.

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Large numbers of people between the age of 16 and 60 have developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).

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This was also a year when rebels were stirring in the kingdom and when religious dissidents, from the Lollards at home to Jan Hus abroad, claimed their own way to salvation.

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