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AP) Milagros Cerron, 13-month old rests in her bed in a hospital in Lima, Peru on Thursday, June 2,... Full Image LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors opened the intensive care room door Thursday to give the world its first look at 13-month-old Milagros Cerron since surgery to separate her fused legs. It was the second such successful operation on record to correct "mermaid syndrome." Grasping a pink and green plastic dog toy, the bright-eyed baby was alert and tranquil while Dr. Luis Rubio flexed her toes and spoke to her softly. Rubio on Thursday defended the unprecedented media coverage of...

LIMA, Peru - Doctors fully separated the fused legs of a Peruvian baby girl with "mermaid syndrome" during a nationally televised operation Wednesday, and they called the delicate procedure a "true success." Surgeons originally planned to repair Milagros Cerron's birth defect only up to her knees during the procedure, which took 4 1/2 hours. "This is the final result that we have come to in this extraordinary surgical intervention," said Dr. Luis Rubio, holding up 13-month-old Milagros's legs in a V-shape, displaying a line of stitches extending from her heels to her inner thighs. "We have mobility of the independent...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors fully separated the fused legs of a baby girl known as Peru's "mermaid" early Wednesday, calling the delicate procedure a "true success." Doctors performing the 4 1/2 hour surgery had planned to begin repairing the birth defect only up to the child's knees, but the procedure exceeded the expectations of the medical team. "This is the final result that we have come to in this extraordinary surgical intervention," said Dr. Luis Rubio, holding up 13-month-old Milagros Cerron's legs in a V-shape, displaying the line of stitches extending up from her heels to her inner thighs....

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Denmark's national symbol, the Little Mermaid sculpture perched on a rock at a Copenhagen pier, was draped in a burka and a sash reading "Turkey in the EU?" overnight, Copenhagen media reported. The coup, which came as European Union leaders gathered in Brussels to decide whether to launch membership talks with Turkey, was discovered Thursday morning by a Japanese tour guide who arrived with a bustling group. The tourists' cameras clicked wildly as the tour guide removed the full-body black veil worn by Muslim women in some countries, footage broadcast by Localeyes television showed. "The Japanese were...