The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Hundreds of people died in Asia during the outbreak of Sars in 2003. Photograph: Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images A man who contracted a potentially fatal Sars-like virus has been connected to an artificial lung to keep him alive. The 49-year-old, from Qatar...
NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Pilgrims have begun to arrive in Saudi Arabia for the ritual that represents the world's largest annual gathering as some two million faithful are expected to descend on the Muslim holy city of Mecca for the hajj which peaks in late October. "There...