Bug bite keeps Castro out of limelight Cuban leader says he's recovering...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 26, 2002 ;     458 words ......serious infection caused a bug bite to his left leg. "I am fine, dear compatriots, and I feel...scratching a bug bite on the lower part of his left leg the night of Dec. 16. Castro said he followed...It was my duty to protect my beloved left leg," he wrote. "With it, I have ...

Surgeons in Switzerland operate on Tanzanian president's left leg for...

AP Worldstream;  June 12, 2004 ;     169 words ......Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa's left leg for the second time in seven months...the cause of persistent pain in his left leg. At the time officials said the pain was from arthritis in Mkapa's left leg. After that operation Mkapa has been...

Ski: Lanzinger to have left leg amputated

AAP Sports News (Australia);  March 5, 2008 ;     267 words ......Australia) 03-05-2008 Ski: Lanzinger to have left leg amputated (REFILES to clarify on amputation...Matthias Lanzinger will have to amputate his left leg below the knee following his horror fall...27-year-old was concussed and broke his left leg in a fall in the World Cup super-G ...

Man involved in bus-lorry crash has left leg amputated

New Straits Times;  December 8, 2003 ;     232 words ......12-08-2003 Man involved in bus-lorry crash has left leg amputated Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2...North-South Expressway yesterday, had his left leg amputated today. According to an attending...Jaya Hospital, Chellappan Narayanam's left leg had to be amputated due to the impact...

Football: pounds 25M FOR OWEN? IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BUY YOU HIS LEFT LEG;...

The Mirror (London, England);  February 25, 1999 ;     366 words ......in Michael Owen: You could not buy his left leg for pounds 25 million. The Liverpool manager...be able to buy only about half of his left leg, Houllier laughed. It's quite simple...25million would be badly spent on the his left leg. Italian newspapers had rumoured that...

Moeller Injured Legament in Left Leg

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 25, 1996 ;     86 words ......key factor for the European championship finals, injured his left leg and will rest for six weeks. Moeller, who has just recovered...was told on Monday that he had torn a ligament in his lower left leg and is unlikely to return to action till the start of May...

Angels infielder undergoes surgery on left leg

AP Online;  November 11, 1998 ;     127 words ......underwent surgery Wednesday to repair fractures in his lower left leg. Baughman, 24, was injured last Saturday while playing for...for spring training, the team said. Dr. Lewis Yocum and Dr. Robert Chandler placed a rod in Baughman's left tibia and reduced the fractures in his lower left ...

Cisse out for the season after breaking left leg

AP Worldstream;  October 31, 2004 ;     147 words ......Djibril Cisse had surgery on Sunday for a double fracture of his left leg and will not play against this season, the club said. The French...comminuted fracture of the tibia and fracture of the fibula in his left leg." He said Sunday's operation involved inserting a pin in the...

JAMIE REDKNAPP, whose career was over at 31, on football's risky business;...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 25, 2008 ;     205 words ......Eduardo is so fast, he gotto the ball first. The damage was done because his left leg was planted and ithad nowhere to go, other than to shatter horrifically. If his left leg had beenoff the ground, he would have rolled the tackle. Taylor had been...

Robber shot in left leg in hold-up attempt

New Straits Times;  January 23, 2003 ;     109 words ...New Straits Times 01-23-2003 Robber shot in left leg in hold-up attempt Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Nation JOHOR...fired a shot at them. My men returned fire and hit one of them in the left leg." Both were then arrested. (Copyright 2003)

Family to sue after death of grandmother given a right knee in her left...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 2, 2002 ;     558 words ......doctors put a right knee joint on her left leg after failing to make the proper checks...a right knee joint had been put in my left leg and that I'd need another operation to...injury had cost the greatgrandmother her left leg. She had been admitted to University Hospital...

Boy, 5, shot in left leg in drive-by shooting

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 26, 2003 ;     81 words ...Boy, 5, shot in left leg in drive-by shooting From Journal Sentinel staff and The Associated...shooting, Milwaukee police Lt. Eric Moore said. The boy was shot in the left leg about 6:20 p.m. in the 1100 block of W. Grant St., Moore said. The...

TRUE STORY; DOCS HAD TO REBUILD MY LEFT LEG.(Features)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 19, 1997 ;     300 words ......about first aid and he realised that Kristopher had broken his left leg. He could see that the bones were sticking out of his leg...injury was quite severe. The car wheel shattered his lower left leg. We put the leg in an external fixator, which looks like a...

AFL: Riewoldt leaves training track clutching left leg

AAP Sports News (Australia);  January 31, 2007 ;     105 words ......Australia) 01-31-2007 AFL: Riewoldt leaves training track clutching left leg St Kilda key forward NICK RIEWOLDT appears to have suffered...the field in obvious discomfort, clutching the back of his left leg. The incident happened late this morning and the extent of...

Knicks' Jeffries breaks left leg

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 3, 2008 ;     448 words ...Knicks' Jeffries breaks left leg -- Could miss up to eight weeks By STEVE ADAMEK, STAFF WRITER Date...will start his third straight season injured after breaking his left leg landing awkwardly during Thursday's practice. The injury is expected...