Beirut Disease Fears

A Muslim woman covers her face with a medical mask as she stands with her friend in a street in the devastated southern suburbs of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Media reports in the country warned of an outbreak of several diseases in the area, especially after the whole infrastructure was destroyed in the 34-day Israeli war with Hezbollah.

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