Since it's outbreak in Mexico the Swine Flu has been poising to be the next big pandemic, severity of said pandemic has yet to be seen. The H1N1 virus, a close relative to the 1918 pandemic strain, has brought the peak flu season early to the U.S.

Armenian President Robert Kocharian has lifted some of the restrictions on the news media imposed earlier this month under a state of emergency after opposition protests led to violent clashes with police.

The press office of the president of Armenia reports that on March 1 Robert Kocharyan signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in Yerevan for 20 days.

East Timor's parliament has approved a 30-day extension of the state of emergency imposed after suspected rebels tried to kill the country's two top leaders.

IEMA personnel dispatched to DeKalb to provide state assistance to Northern Illinois University and local law enforcement teams

Pakistani officials say President Pervez Musharraf has told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte that emergency rule is needed to hold the country's parliamentary elections in a peaceful atmosphere.

The nationwide state of emergency imposed last week following mass anti-government rallies was lifted in Georgia on Friday.

Georgia's parliament has approved an initiative from President Mikheil Saakashvili to end on Friday the nationwide state of emergency imposed last week following mass anti-government rallies.

A 15-day state of emergency imposed in Georgia amid mass anti-government rallies last week will be lifted on Friday, the parliament's speaker said on Wednesday.

A U.S envoy says he expects Georgian authorities to lift their nearly weeklong state of emergency in two or three days.

Pakistan could be suspended from the Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies if it doesn’t lift its nine-day-old state of emergency.

Georgia's parliament formally approved a nationwide state of emergency on Friday, which President Mikheil Saakashvili declared amid mass anti-government protests two days ago. The legislature, dominated by presidential supporters, voted unanimously in favor.