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Female genital mutilation: Entrenched ritual with devastating effects
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Lawmakers in the West African nation of The Gambia have rejected a highly controversial push to try overturn a ban on female genital mutilation.
Gambia in 2015 banned the ritual forced on millions of girls in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, but it remains widespread.
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Four new human cases of bird flu reported in US
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U.S. officials have reported four new human cases of bird flu, bringing the total to eight.
The four infected people are farm workers, all working on the same poultry facility, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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