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SARS-like virus in Qatari man

A Qatari man was confirmed as having the SARS-like coronavirus, which health officials worry will spread globally. The new virus, which was by Britain’s Health Protection Agency in September, has killed two people in Saudi Arabia, with the total number of confirmed cases now rising to six. Despite the small number of cases, health experts say that the virus is new in humans and there is a risk of an outbreak, reported CBS News. The announcement of the Qatari man was made by Germany#39;s Rober

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Oil rig worker Avelino Tajonera dies

Avelino Tajonera, 49, a welder from the Philippines working on the Black Elk Energy rig, died in a New Orleans hospital on Friday morning, according to a statement from the Philippine Ambassador to the United States. He died shortly after his wife and three children arrived from Manila. One of the men burned last week in an explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico died on Friday of his injuries, an official said, bringing the confirmed death toll from the accident to two. In

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