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British girl starves to death after dentists pull all her teeth
Tue Feb 10, 11:44 AM
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press

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LONDON - Eight-year-old Sophie Waller cracked a baby tooth eating candy, and set off the chain of events that led to her death.
Sophie refused to open her mouth for a dentist so doctors at her local hospital took out the tooth in an operation, one of the doctors told a coroner's inquest. They removed all seven of her other baby teeth at the same time to avoid the need for future operations, the doctor said.
After the surgery Sophie refused to eat or even open her mouth for her parents, the couple told the inquest. But she was sent home anyway, and starved to death three weeks after the operation.

Dental phobia: doctors blamed after 8-year-old's death
Mon Feb 16, 10:46 AM

TRURO, England (AFP) - Doctors' failure to organise adequate post-hospital care for an eight-year-old girl with an extreme phobia of dentists led her to starve herself to death, an inquest in Cornwall heard on Monday.
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Sophie Waller died on December 2, 2005 after refusing to eat for two weeks following an operation to remove all of her milk teeth.
Following the operation, Waller was sent home to be looked after by a GP and a community phsycologist, but was not seen by a medical professional, the inquest in Truro was told.
Consultant child psychiatrist, Dr Arnon Bentovin, told the inquest that Waller's medical notes had been sent to the wrong GP and that no direct contact was made between the hospital and a GP.
Of course, let's blame it all on a mere lack of communication, not on any even faint notion that incompetence is permeating the air...


11-year-old shot pregnant woman, then went to school
23/02/2009 7:24:00 AM. | LIVENEWS.com.au
An 11-year-old boy shot his father's pregnant partner in the back of the head, before getting on the school bus and heading off to school.
Jordan Brown has been charged as an adult for the shooting death of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk in western Pennsylvania, according to Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo.
Houk's family and friends revealed that she'd had problems with the boy in the past.

And if you think that THAT is something, wait until you see what some of the...
Most Discussed Articles ...are all about!
Islamic TV founder charged with beheading wife: reports
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I'll leave it up to you folks the distinction of googling that up though...



In other lugubrious news, this month:
Suspected U.S. strike in Pakistan kills 20: militant
from: Reuters - Mon Oct 27, 6:43 AM
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed up to 20 militants in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border on Monday, officials said, hours before Afghan and Pakistani tribal and political leaders met to discuss peace.
Read Article at Reuters
When everyone else is beyond suspicion, blame it on the drones - sure. Next up we'll have Reagan's Star Wars making a comeback with, you've guessed it, "Attack of the Drones"...
We've already had The Phantom Menace, see - with Dubya's administration's case against Saddam! The death toll THERE is still being tallied up - no Taliban pun intended.

Blast in China coal mine kills 74
BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion in a mine belonging to China's biggest coking coal producer killed 74 miners in Shanxi province on Sunday and scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours.
Xinhua news agency said 436 miners were working underground when the accident occurred at the Tunlan mine near Taiyuan, the capital of the northern province.
Many of the survivors were quickly brought to the surface but at least 60 were trapped underground. Rescuers said some of the trapped miners managed to contact their families on their mobile phones. (...)
Thank God for modern technology -
which allows us to share our very last gasp with our loved ones...
Betcha those mobile phones were made in China too.

Woman found dead in Red Deer home
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | 6:02 PM MT CBC News
Central Alberta RCMP said they were investigating the killing of a woman in Red Deer on Wednesday, but released few other details.
At about 11:25 a.m., Mounties went to a home in the Anders neighbourhood of the city after receiving a 911 call, Const. Sabrina Grunow said.
Officers found a dead adult female inside the duplex and are currently investigating the case as a homicide, she said.
Another, distraught woman was taken out of the residence on a stretcher on Wednesday morning, the Red Deer Advocate reported.
It isn't just the deer that are endangered, up there, in Red Deer...


Flea market vendors wary of bargain hunting after colleague's slaying
CALGARY (CBC) - Vendors at a Calgary flea market will be "thinking twice" when it comes to buying bargain goods from strangers in the wake of the slaying of a colleague, the market's manager said Wednesday.
Bonnie Constable, who manages the Hillhurst Sunnyside flea market in Calgary, said vendors are deeply upset about the recent death of Rino (Ray) Johnson, 77, but are also worried about their safety.
Johnson's body was discovered Saturday in an industrial park in the Ramsay neighbourhood.
His family said he had had an appointment at noon Friday to pick up an item for his flea market stall. Police won't say if he made it to the appointment. More...
You lay with dogs, you're bound to catch fleas - right?
R.I.P. Mr. Johnson.


Man who censored Beatles is dead
Wed Feb 4, 10:07 AM
HAVANA (Reuters) - The man who banned the Beatles from the communist-run island's radio and television stations has died, state television said on Tuesday.
Jorge "Papito" Serguera, who at the time was president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, pulled Beatles music from the airwaves in the 1970s even though he later admitted he enjoyed listening to it in private.
Serguera, who was 76 when he died, said in a 2001 interview he was following orders from high government officials who viewed the British band's music as a threat to the revolution. (...)
But he was viewed as an architect of a general cultural crackdown that dampened dissent and marginalized many for their beliefs or sexuality.
Serguera fought in the 1959 revolution that toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista, then worked alongside Ernesto "Che" Guevara as a prosecutor in controversial trials that condemned to death hundreds of Batista collaborators.
His appearance on television in 2006 provoked protests from intellectuals still angry about his 1970s actions.
(Reporting by Esteban Israel; editing by Jeff Franks)
I am sure Ringo feels vindicated now. NOT.


27 dead in Bangladesh boat accident
Thu Feb 19, 12:04 PM
DHAKA (AFP) - Twenty seven people died in southern Bangladesh Thursday after a ferry carrying more than 100 passengers collided with a cargo boat and capsized, an official said.
District administrator Mussfiq Ahmed Shamim told AFP the bodies had been recovered by divers in a search mission that went into the night after the small ferry was hit by a sand-laden boat on the river Kirtankhola in dense early morning fog.
"We have called off the search for the evening and have recovered 27 dead bodies. Some more -- perhaps two or three -- may surface in the morning," he said.
The sea has no mercy, they say - why should it be any different for rivers... lakes... rapids? We pollute them all without discrimination, too...



And, finally, let's once again share some of the contents of our inbox - shall we?

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Dear Luciano,

Last week, I told you about my trip to Hay Island, where I
watched mother grey seals nurse their babies still covered in
white fur, while older pups slept and played in groups.

I was thrilled to be there - not to document their deaths - but
to celebrate the fact that the grey seal hunt had not gone on as
planned, because there were no buyers for grey seal skins.

The sealing season had not been officially cancelled, but I was
filled with hope.

I am devastated to have to say that on Monday, sealers butchered
200 of these pups - just to provide "samples" to a Newfoundland
seal processing company.

To know that 200 of the pups we filmed last week were beaten to
death with wooden bats is too much to bear.

And though the sealers have not returned to Hay Island so far,
in a few weeks, they will go to the ice floes off Canada's east
coast to slaughter hundreds of thousands of harp seals.
If you haven't already, please contact your MP today. The
cruelty on the ice must end, and we can end it.
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Thank you for all that you do to help animals,

Rebecca Aldworth
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Win some - lose some...
250 puppy dogs saved to 200 puppy seals slaughtered...
With scores like that, there will never be any sudden death overtime - at least.

Life Wins!

Hi friend,

The White County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee recently rescued more than 250 dogs from a local puppy mill.

Thank the sheriffs for their diligence in protecting these innocent dogs. »

The dogs were small breeds, most under 20 pounds. They were found to be suffering from malnourishment, dehydration, lack of proper ventilation, feces encrusted pens and medical conditions such as matting, sores, mange, poor teeth, abscesses and more.

Officials from the ASPCA were also on hand to help the troubled dogs, and their Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation Unit was there to help collect forensic evidence against the puppy mill.

The rescued dogs are now safely housed in an emergency shelter. Please send a thank you to the hard-working law enforcement officers of White County. »

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