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ISLAMABAD - Despite being banned in Pakistan, alcohol is easily available across the country, prompting rising alcoholism and a growing trade in clinics trying to treat middle-class patients.

BEIJING - China says at least 38 people in the southern part of the country have been infected with a mosquito-borne virus that causes an illness similar to dengue fever.

NEW DELHI - Small crowds, minor glitches and the prospect of contracting dengue fever were still a concern for organizers as the spotlight finally turned to sports at the Commonwealth Games.

NEW DELHI - The crisis-plagued Commonwealth Games took another hit Sunday only hours before they were declared open when an Indian team official who had been living at the athletes' village was diagnosed with dengue fever.

NEW DELHI - An official with India's lawn bowls squad has contracted dengue fever, the first person affiliated with the Commonwealth Games to be afflicted with the mosquito-borne disease.
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