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New SARS Case Confirmed in China

The World Health Organization confirms China's first SARS case since the epidemic was contained last July. Chinese authorities have ordered a mass slaughter of civets and other related creatures, fearing the deadly virus may spread from the animals to humans. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

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