The U.S. military announced Sunday that 51 American troops in Iraq have been confirmed to have H1N1, "while another 71 soldiers remain in isolation suspected of contracting the potentially deadly virus," the AP reports (Carter, 8/9).

Also on Sunday, Iraqi health officials announced the country's first H1N1 death, Reuters reports (al-Salhy, 8/9).

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