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...germ scientists to inject him. The operative is slipped out of the country and put on a commercial airliner bound for the U.S. Dozens of passengers within spitting distance of the Iraqi agent are unknowingly infected. Just as U.S. troops arrive in Baghdad, thousands of American civilians begin experiencing fever, nausea and backache--all the symptoms of smallpox...
This year, Leong’s match reached a fever pitch almost immediately, as both she and Wilkins changed speeds and varied the depth of their shots...
DIED. RILEY HOUSEWRIGHT, 89, microbiologist who helped direct federal research in biological warfare; in Frederick, Md. As scientific director of the U.S. Army Biological Laboratories at Fort Detrick, Md., for 14 years, Housewright oversaw the development of anthrax spores, botulinum toxin and viruses such as encephalitis and yellow fever, with the intent of using them against U.S. enemies. The lab closed in 1970 when President Richard Nixon banned offensive biological weapons...
...capital than in the local hospital in southern Iraq. But Owaid, who has blood cancer, is not getting any better. He has clots in his eyes and his lips are bleeding. Yasmin says that many kids in her village are falling sick. Most of them have the same symptoms: fever and pain in their joints because of swollen lymph nodes. Dr.Hussan walks past rows of sick beds, talking to desperate parents and their children. "All these patients are the same," he says. "They are all victims...
...sibling disco trio the Bee Gees, from cardiac arrest following intestinal surgery; in Miami Beach, Florida. The hat-loving Gibb (pictured in the middle) was the least flamboyant of the brothers, whose string of 1960s hits was followed by the chart-busting 1977 soundtrack for the film Saturday Night Fever, which made them the most commercially successful trio in pop history. Believing Maurice died "unnecessarily," his brothers vowed to investigate his death. Although three-part harmony is integral to the Bee Gees' sound, the brothers plan to continue...