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Lebanon building collapse toll rises to 9: civil defence

The death toll in a building collapse in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday climbed to nine, a civil defence official said -- the second such incident in weeks. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported "the collapse of an old building" in Tripoli's Bab

Neglected killer: kala-azar disease surges in Kenya

For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman's health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya's arid regions claimed a record number of lives. Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous