Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......
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Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....
Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal. @alanyuhas. An abandoned oil tanker has washed up on the shores of Liberia in west Africa, prompting an investigation – and speculation over the fate of the ship’s crew ... map ... The ship was en route to the Senegalese port of Dakar, according to the site ... ....
It is the "unknownunknowns" that are the really difficult ones, according to Mr Rumsfeld... In the event that the consensus turns out to be wrong on at least one of these two issues, the markets will be thrust suddenly into the potentially dangerous and chaotic world of unknownunknowns ... These issues could quickly look far more challenging again in an environment where Mr Rumsfeld's unknownunknowns suddenly come to the fore....
The 23-year-old man walked into the toilets where an unknown man tried to push his way into the victim's toilet cubicle. When the victim has tried to leave the toilets, he was sexually assaulted by the unknown man ... The unknown man has followed the man from a lift into the toilets, where the victim has locked himself inside a toilet cubicle....
An unknown odor resulted in the evacuation of a Jersey City high school yesterday afternoon, and sent two students to a local hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the Jersey City public schools said. An unknown odor resulted in the evacuation of ......
I’ve always been fascinated by the language of politics, the words, expressions and styles of speech that politicians and officials use ... I like to call it “polibabble” ... Although not always in a good way ... Sort of ... We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknownunknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” You know? ... I think....
(Source. Louisiana State Police). TROOP B - NEWS RELEASE. May 6, 2016. LaPlace Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash. St ...Troopers' preliminary investigation revealed that Lipscomb was driving a 2001Suzuki motorcycle east on LA 44 and for unknown reasons, he lost control of the Suzuki in a curve and crossed the center line ... Impairment is unknown for Lipscomb and a toxicology test will be performed after an autopsy ... ContactInformation. ... Office....
By AFP. Nigerian militants wreaked havoc on the country's oil sector in the 2000s. By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP/File) ... Nigerian navy spokesman Chris Ezekobe told AFP that a previously unknown group called the Niger DeltaAvengers claimed responsibility for the assault ... Chevron has confirmed that "unknown persons" attacked its Okan ValvePlatform offshore facility near oil city Warri late Wednesday. There were no known casualties ... ....
Alicante, Spain • Volvo Ocean Race officials say Ramon Carlin, the “weekend sailor” who overcame long odds to win the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74, has died in Mexico City. He was 92. Carlin was unknown in the sport when he entered the race, which later became the Volvo Ocean Race, after making a fortune manufacturing washing machines and other goods ... ....
According to The Star, a daily published in Nairobi, the KenyanCID boss, Ireri Kamwende said the businessman was driving from his bar at around 9.30pm when he was shot by gunmen who escaped on a motorbike. Kenyan this morning woke up to shocking news announcing the death of a controversial businessman JacobJuma shot dead last night by unknown people while driving past Lenana School last night ... ....