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16-Month-Old Baby Killed In Rare Giraffe Attack In South Africa
A giraffe crushed to death a 16-month-old toddler in an eastern region of South Africa on Wednesday, police said, in a rare attack by the world's tallest mammal.
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Babies Born In Poorest Countries Still Face 'Alarming' Risks: UNICEF
Babies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face "alarming" risks of death that can be 50 times as high as those in the richest countries, according to a UNICEF report released Tuesday.
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More Than Half Of Newborns Not Breastfed In First Hour Raising: UNICEF
More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United Nations' children's agency said today, highlighting sub-Saharan Africa as an area of concern.
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Water Problems Lead to Riots, Deaths in South Africa
Three babies who died from drinking tap water contaminated by sewage have become a tragic symbol of South Africa's struggle to cope with a flood of people into cities designed under apartheid to cater to the tiny white minority.
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Does it take the death of a baby for government to act? asks family of sailor jailed in Togo
For five months, Indian merchant ship captain Sunil James has been in a jail in Togo in Western Africa.
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Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says
More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
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16-Month-Old Baby Killed In Rare Giraffe Attack In South Africa
A giraffe crushed to death a 16-month-old toddler in an eastern region of South Africa on Wednesday, police said, in a rare attack by the world's tallest mammal.
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Babies Born In Poorest Countries Still Face 'Alarming' Risks: UNICEF
Babies born in the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, still face "alarming" risks of death that can be 50 times as high as those in the richest countries, according to a UNICEF report released Tuesday.
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More Than Half Of Newborns Not Breastfed In First Hour Raising: UNICEF
More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United Nations' children's agency said today, highlighting sub-Saharan Africa as an area of concern.
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Water Problems Lead to Riots, Deaths in South Africa
Three babies who died from drinking tap water contaminated by sewage have become a tragic symbol of South Africa's struggle to cope with a flood of people into cities designed under apartheid to cater to the tiny white minority.
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Does it take the death of a baby for government to act? asks family of sailor jailed in Togo
For five months, Indian merchant ship captain Sunil James has been in a jail in Togo in Western Africa.
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Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says
More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
