World’s first full face transplant performed in Spain
A 30 year old Spanish farmer received the world’s first full face transplant at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron Hospital after a 24 hour operation. The donor face including jaw nose and surrounding muscles was attached in one piece. The patient cannot speak or eat yet but can swallow and see. full recovery expected within a week.
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Madrid
Joan Pere Barret
Associated Press
Barret
John Travolta
Nicolas Cage
Cage
Travolta
France
Vall d’Hebron
Barcelona
Spain
Families press Kyrgyzstan adoption amid upheaval
About 60 American families persist in two year efforts to adopt Kyrgyz children with serious medical needs. Prolonged reform and political turmoil halted proceedings after Kyrgyzstan overhauled its system. Families urge State Department action and a call from Hillary Clinton to Kyrgyz leaders to resolve pending cases.
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New York
Haiti
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Angela Sharp
Flint, Mich
Sharp
Mia Angelina
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Florida
State Department
U.S
Tennessee
Moscow
Hillary Clinton
Kyrgyz
Michele Bond
Overseas Citizens Services
Email from relative disrupts Delta flight to New York
A Gambian man was removed from Delta Flight 215 during an unscheduled refueling stop in San Juan Puerto Rico on suspicion after a relative's email. Officials said the man remained in custody as a potential person of interest while the incident prompted renewed focus on airline security after the Christmas Day bombing attempt.
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Puerto Rico
Joan Mower
Voice of America
U.S
Delta Flight 215
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Nigeria
Dakar
Senegal
New York
Delta
San Juan
Mower
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Department of Homeland Security
John E Kennedy
Customs and Border Patrol
Jeffrey Quinones
FBI
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
al-Qaida
Abdulmutallab
Associated Press
Jayson Ahern
U.S Customs and Border Protection
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
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