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A Syrian child receives medical check up at one of the recently opened refugee camp sheltered in an old school in the outskirts of the capital Sofia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 26, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A suspected polio outbreak in Syria raised international concerns on Friday, with the United Nations confirming that they are mobilizing to vaccinate 2.5 million children in the country and more than 8 million others across the region to...
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Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull poultry at Huhuai poultry wholesale market, where the H7N9 bird flu virus was detected in pigeon samples, in Shanghai April 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
by Alex Edwards | Apr 5, 2013 | World
Shanghai/Hong Kong, Reuters—Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds on Friday at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off on Hong...
