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Featured Atlas Case - Basilar Tip Aneurysm (4)
Contributor: Dr. Chris Ekong
Age: 49
Sex: Male
History: December 29, 2005. Sudden severe headaches leading to loss of conciousness. Initial assessment showed GCS of 12. Moderate neck stifness. No lateralizing signs. Impression: subarachnoid haemorrhage. CT head done on December 2005.
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Car bombs kill eight in Russia's Dagestan: investigators
5/20/2013 6:02:29 AM MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in the capital of the Russian province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators said. |
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China offers India a 'handshake across the Himalayas'
5/20/2013 5:58:14 AM NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas. |
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Car bombs target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing at least 43
5/20/2013 5:55:34 AM BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in the Iraqi capital and the southern oil hub of Basra on Monday, police and medics said. |
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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
5/20/2013 5:54:12 AM (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. |
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town: activists
5/20/2013 5:30:30 AM AMMAN (Reuters) - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. |
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Imran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected
5/20/2013 4:55:38 AM ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. |
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Former Pakistani dictator Musharraf granted bail
5/20/2013 4:33:28 AM ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination. |
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Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes
5/20/2013 4:19:26 AM AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. |
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Japan upgrades economic outlook as Abe's policies take hold
5/20/2013 4:10:54 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government upgraded its assessment of the economy on Monday, as emerging signs of an upturn in exports and factory output added to growing evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive polices are beginning to reignite growth. |
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North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
5/20/2013 3:40:14 AM SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. |
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