Matters of life and death and public health are emotional matters indeed.

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He cited matters related to regional financial security and public health security such as the avian flu and influenza pandemics as examples of areas where more dynamism was needed.

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Catalonia's autonomy statute gives the regional authority - the Generalitat - broad powers of self-government within Spain, especially on matters such as culture, education, health, transport, public safety and commerce.

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In Beijing, meanwhile, Mr Hu has disappointed reformers whose hopes had been raised by a new openness in the wake of SARS. China had been so humiliated by the criticism it endured for initially denying the extent of the danger posed by the disease (and thus hastening its spread) that the government declared a new policy of transparency in matters of public health.

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