Tag: under-local
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Soccer-Menez undergoes surgery following freak ear injury
Girondins de Bordeaux forward Jeremy Menez has undergone surgery after losing part of his right ear in a pre-season friendly against FC Lorient on Wednesday, three days after joining the French side from Italian club AC Milan. The 29-year-old suffered the injury when he was accidentally caught on the right side of his head by…
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At least 30 children dead in Myanmar from unknown disease
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — At least 30 children have died in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June from an unknown disease that causes breathing difficulty, officials said Thursday.
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As Zika fears escalate, lawmakers point fingers from afar
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Zika virus escalates into a public health crisis, members of Congress remain entrenched politically, with Republicans and Democrats pointing fingers over the failure to act as the number of mosquito-transmitted cases in the U.S. grows.
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Zika threat lingers in Latin America
As the Olympics open this week in Rio de Janeiro, Latin America is still reeling from Zika, the mosquito-borne virus blamed for causing brain damage in babies. The arrival of winter has reduced the threat in Brazil, the country hit hardest by Zika. Tens of thousands of babies may be born with microcephaly — abnormally…