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Pakistan Police Probe Possible Al Qaeda Ties in Twin Bombings That Killed Dozens
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
LAHORE, Pakistan — Investigators probed whether Al Qaeda was behind twin homicide attacks that killed 27 people as a new government prepared to take office, officials said Wednesday.
The bombings were the first major terrorism attacks since the parties of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and another former premier, Nawaz Sharif, announced Sunday they would form a coalition government and try to cut the powers of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf.
Tuesday’s blasts happened about 15 minutes apart in different districts of Lahore, Sharif’s stronghold. The first tore the facade from the seven-story Federal Investigation Agency building as staff were beginning their work day.
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llness Caused by Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Calif. Firefighter
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A firefighter in California has died from an illness that stems from a brain-eating amoeba he contracted late last year, it is reported by the Press Enterprise.
Matt Moore, a fire captain in Murrieta, Calif., became seriously ill in November and doctors were initially baffled as to what was causing his sickness, according to the report.
In January, doctors, using a brain biopsy, pinpointed the illness to parasitic meningoencephalitis, an extremely rare infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris. This amoeba, which invades the brain, is usually fatal.
Moore died this week at UC San Diego Medical Center Hillcrest from complications due to meningoencephalitis, a condition that simultaneously resembles both meningitis and encephalitis.