Ten diseases on the way out: some of the worst illnesses on any continent may be on their way to extinction within the next few years

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A list of ten virulent diseases is provided, devastating both to developed countries and the third-world, which doctors have reasonable hope of controlling or eradicating in the first years of the 21st century. Included are polio, measles, river blindness, leprosy, and hepatitis b.

Forecasts and trends, Prevention, Poliomyelitis, Measles, Hepatitis B, Preventive medicine, Iodine deficiency diseases, Leprosy, Medicine, Preventive, Tetanus, Lymphatic diseases, Dracunculiasis, Trachoma, Onchocerciasis

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Pitched battles

Article Abstract:

Abdul Thompson Conteh, a soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes, still feels that he is a Sierra Leonian. Conteh tries to help his family and others still living in the war-torn Sierra Leone without becoming involved in the political situation.

Officials and employees, Interview, Soccer players, Conteh, Abdul Thompson, San Jose Earthquakes

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The deer hunter: deep in the woods, with friends and quarry

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Deer hunter Craig DeBaun's month-long annual hunt at his family's 600-acre preserve in the Catskill Mountains is depicted.

New York, Personal narratives, Column, Recreation, Deer hunting, Hunters, Catskill Mountains

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