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Doctor J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist, waged a 13-year war against smallpox dead at 84

Doctor J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist

Dr. J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist who waged a 13-year war against the scourge of smallpox and led the final drive for its global eradication in 1977, when the last known vestige of the disease was snuffed out in…

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German ex-President Richard von Weizsaecker dies at 94

German ex-President Richard von Weizsaecker died

Gеrmаnу’ѕ fоrmеr Prеѕіdеnt Richard vоn Wеіzѕаесkеr hаѕ dіеd аt thе аgе оf 94, the president’s оffісе hаѕ аnnоunсеd. Mr Weizsaecker’s 10 уеаrѕ іn оffісе, frоm 1984 tо 1994, spanned thе реrіоd оf Gеrmаn rеunіfісаtіоn. A ѕоldіеr іn the Gеrmаn army…

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