Iranian Siamese twins may be separated in Singapore

Iranian Siamese twins may be separated in Singapore

SINGAPORE - Iranian twin sisters Ladan and Laleh Bijani, who were born joined at the head 27 years ago, are undergoing medical tests at Raffles Hospital in Singapore. Their doctors said on Nov. 22 that they will decide in two weeks whether to go ahead with what could be the world's first separation of adult conjoined twins.

UN steps up food aid distribution as 4 million Somalis face starvation

STORY: UN steps up food aid distribution as 4 million Somalis face starvation DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: BAIDOA, Somalia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Baidoa 2. various of Baidoa IDP Camp 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Somali): NUURIYA ALI MOHAMMED NUUR, Displaced Mother of 10 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALLISON OMAN, Deputy Director of Nutrition of WFP 5. various of staff of WFP delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance 6. various of views of the outskirts of Ladan Camp 7. various of families on the move with their belongings arriving at Kaharey Camp 8. various of Ladan Camp, a camp primarily occupied by new arrivals STORYLINE: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to record numbers of people in Somalia. Over 4 million people received urgent humanitarian support to prevent famine in the face of the region's worst drought in over 40 years. The scale-up has he

Iranian Siamese twins may be separated in Singapore

Iranian Siamese twins may be separated in Singapore

SINGAPORE - Iranian twin sisters Ladan and Laleh Bijani, who were born joined at the head 27 years ago, are undergoing medical tests at Raffles Hospital in Singapore. Their doctors said on Nov. 22 that they will decide in two weeks whether to go ahead with what could be the world's first separation of adult conjoined twins. (Kyodo)