World Briefing
Los Angeles Times Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:28 PM PDT
China: Landslide kills 26 in Wulong county / Pakistan: Police thwart suicide bomber / Philippines: Rebel camp seized, army says / China: American climber's body found CHINA |
Pre-mature explosion kills suicide bomber, wounds 2 Afghan children
People's Daily Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:26 PM PDT
A would-be suicide bomber who apparently wanted to target a military convoy, went off prematurely in Taliban former stronghold Kandahar Saturday injuring two innocent children, a local official said. "The bomber strapped an explosive device to his body and waited on a road in Jalai district to target military vehicles," the governor of Jalai district Niaz Mohammad Sarhadi told Xinhua. However, ... |
Transplant rejection leads to quest for another kidney
Lancaster Online Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:26 PM PDT
For Mari Bleacher, "live one day at a time" has new meaning.Recently, the 39-year-old received news that her body was rejecting the kidney transplant she received more than a year ago."At first I was angry, then sad," Bleacher said. "Finally, I made up my mind to have a positive attitude toward my f... |
Cycle of life hits home on a weekend with Dad
The Bakersfield Californian Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:22 PM PDT
As I perch on a chair in a little cubby in the emergency room at Providence Holy Cross Hospital, I confront a few of the reasons why I did not choose a career in health care. I am squeamish about medical procedures and the breakdown of the human body. I listen and try not to watch as my father's Foley catheter is flushed out, extracted, and a new one inserted. My dad grunts in pain; the nurse ... |
Stepping Out Scleroderma
FOX 40 Binghamton Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:57 PM PDT
Hundreds stepped out Saturday to find a cure for Scleroderma. The 7th annual Scleroderma Walk is one of 12 in the tri-state area of New york, New jersey and Connecticut being held this month. The goal is to raise awareness and money for research about an auto immune disease that not many know about. "Your healthy tissue is being attacked by your body and it is in the same category as Rheumatoid ... |
Wife: He beat me, tried to poison me with ricin
KATU Portland Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:56 PM PDT
According to the protection order, Karen Marble said her husband, Jeffrey Marble, beat her with a dumbbell, hitting her on the head and all over her body. She added, "possible poisoning with... eye drops and Ricinus communis and lye and rat bait," the document said. |
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