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Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren hospitalised after fall

Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren hospitalised after fall

OSCAR-winning Italian film star Sophia Loren, a national icon and one of the most enduring movie divas of the 20th century, has had surgery after a fall in her home in Geneva, her spokesperson said. The operation on Loren, 89, "went well and now she needs to rest and everything will be resolved," the spokesperson told Reuters in an email. He gave no details but said Italian media reports were correct. The reports said she had an accidental fall in her home in Geneva on Sunday and had suffered a broken hip. Loren has won two Oscars, the first in…
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Born conjoined back-to-back, Israeli twins finally see each other after surgery

Born conjoined back-to-back, Israeli twins finally see each other after surgery

ONE-year-old twin Israeli girls who were born conjoined at the head, back to back, can make eye contact for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery. The more than 12-hour operation at the Soroka Medical Centre took months of preparation and involved dozens of experts from Israel and abroad, the hospital said on Sunday. "This was a rare and complex surgery that has been conducted only 20 times worldwide and now, for the first time, in Israel," said Mickey Gideon, Soroka's chief pediatric neurosurgeon. Photos in Israeli media showed the twins - whose names were not provided - facing…
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Pope reappears after surgery, backs free universal health care

Pope reappears after surgery, backs free universal health care

PHILIP PULLELLA and GIULIA SEGRETI POPE Francis, seeming in good overall condition, appeared in public on Sunday for the first time since undergoing intestinal surgery a week ago and made a plea for free universal healthcare. The 84-year-old pope, who had part of his colon removed in the surgery, stepped out on the balcony of his suite on the 10th floor of Rome's Gemelli hospital to lead his weekly prayer before hundreds of cheering people below. He stood for about 10 minutes, reading from a prepared text but also adding many impromptu remarks. He appeared to be slightly short of…
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