VA to apologize for mistaken Lou Gehrig’s disease notices

The Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday it will apologize to veterans who were mistakenly told they’d been diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. Letters were sent August 13 to 1,864 veterans and survivors, the VA said in a written statement. They were supposed to be sent to veterans with ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — to keep them apprised of expanding benefits eligibility.

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Pakistan cricket tour to Bangladesh ditched

Bangladesh cricket chiefs have postponed Pakistan’s seven-match tour of the country scheduled to start next week, following government advice. The decision, announced on the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) Web site, comes two days after a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan Test team in Pakistan city Lahore killed eight people and left as many injured. BCB’s succinct statement on Thursday read: “The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has postponed Pakistan’s Tour of Bangladesh 2009 as advised by the Government authorities.” Pakistan were scheduled to play two Twenty20 internationals and five one-day internationals in Bangladesh, starting with a Twenty20 match in Dhaka on March 10.

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