Discredited claims by Andrew Wakefield of a link between MMR and autism led to vaccination rates falling to 80% by 2005, far below the level needed to prevent the spread of the disease.

BBC: Children in Devon and Cornwall urged to have MMR jab

But the court said there was a close link between employment and the exposure that led to the illness, and that upholding the appeals court ruling could mean a potential gap in insurance coverage for workers, especially those no longer employed by the same firm.

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Initial success in the Pepsi venture in part led to another cross-border link-up.

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The affair, over the future of the troubled Westland company and whether it would link up with an American or European company, led to the resignation of both the then Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, and Sir Leon.

BBC: Brittan returns to Parliament as peer

MPs crowded into the renovated chamber, which can now also be connected by video link to other parliaments, as the president and the speaker led proceedings during the opening ceremony.

BBC: Kenyan MPs get new $3,000 seats

Bristol-Myers Squibb 's (nyse: BMY - news - people ) former chief financial officer and the former head of its drug business have been indicted in federal court in connection with alleged "channel stuffing" that led Bristol to have to restate its numbers repeatedly. ( Click here for a link to the indictment.) The indictment says that Frederick S. Schiff, the company's chief financial officer until April 2001, and Richard J.

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In the late 1950s, he led an expedition to the Upper Arun Valley to investigate whether the mysterious Yeti might be the missing link between modern humans and their primate ancestors.

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"We cannot at this stage conclude that there is a real link between miscarriage and a father's service in the Gulf War, " said Dr Pat Doyle, who led the study.

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