Stroke

Stroke

• Algeria says stricken president needs more rest

  The Algerian government has broken its long silence about the health of its hospitalized president to say his condition is "improving" but he still ... 

• Mini-stroke could limit Algeria president ambition

  The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of ... 

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  Vatican: Pope too weary at his age for the job

  When he became pope at age 78, Benedict XVI was already the oldest pontiff elected in nearly 300 years. He's now 85, and in recent years he has slowed ... 

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  Israel's comatose Sharon shows brain activity

  Seven years after a massive stroke removed him from office and left him in a vegetative state, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is able to ... 

• A blood clot's danger depends on where it is

  Blood clots like the one that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is being treated for can occur for a host of reasons. How serious a clot is ... 

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  Iraq finance minister says staff members kidnapped

  Iraq's finance minister on Thursday accused a "militia force" of kidnapping members of his staff and said he holds the prime minister personally ... 

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  Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke and was in intensive care at a Baghdad hospital Tuesday, injecting new uncertainty into the ...