HEFEI: A mass intestinal virus infection in Fuyang City in east
China’s Anhui Province has hit 2,477 children and killed 21
others, a provincial government spokesman said Thursday.
Among the infected, 738 had been
cured. The death toll had been steady at 21 for four days. Another
702, including 36 seriously ill, were still in hospital and under
observation. The outpatients numbered 1,017 the spokesman said.
HONG KONG: US actress and
activist Mia Farrow accused China on Friday of “underwriting the
atrocities in Darfur” as she tried to put pressure on Beijing to
end years of bloodshed in the Sudanese region.
WASHINGTON: Americans say the
media are devoting too much ink and airtime to the US presidential
race, amid growing criticism that news coverage has focused on the
superficial instead of important issues.
BERLIN: A former German army
officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler but who
remained undetected until the end of World War II has died aged 90,
his family said Friday.
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