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Families of CJD victims and campaigners gather at no'10 Downing Street in protest as vCJD continues to claim lives.

Politics

Families of CJD victims take protest to the Prime minister

Families of CJD victims and campaigners gather at no'10 Downing Street in protest as vCJD continues to claim lives.

by Luis Rubim in United Kingdom on 04/05/2010

Marastoom Mental asylum in Kabul originally founded by the Late King of Afghanistan the Shah in the mid 70's and now run by the Afghan Red Crescent and ICRC.
Home to a number of Men and women held in separate compounds, the 'inmates' have just the basics to survive.

Society

Mental Asylum Kabul

Patients at the Marastoom Mental asylum in Kabul, Afghanistan. Originally founded by the Late King of Afghanistan the Shah in the mid 70's and...

by theo liasi in Afghanistan on 07/09/2009

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04/05/2010 - Families of CJD victims take protest to the Prime minister - United Kingdom - Families of CJD victims and campaigners...
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