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Legend has it that Cleopatra took her own life by succumbing willingly to the bite of a cobra. If this story is true, was suicide by snake venom an easy way to go, or did the last Egyptian pharaoh die in excruciating pain?
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Pope Francis Hosts Lunch for Syrian Refugee Families: Vaticanby ALASTAIR JAMIESON and CLAUDIO LAVANGA
Pope Francis had lunch Thursday with 21 Syrian refugees who were brought to Italy earlier this year from a migrant hotspot in Greece.
The Vatican said that the pontiff brought toys and other gifts for children in the group, who in turn gave him a selection of their drawings at the event in the Casa Santa Marta, next to St Peter's Basilica.
"Both adults and children had an opportunity to speak with Pope Francis about the beginning of their lives in Italy," spokesman Greg Burke said in a statement.
The 21 were brought to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos where thousands of migrants. The first families traveled back on the pope's official plane after he visited the island April 16 and the others arrived in Rome mid-June.
Pope Francis said the gesture was in keeping with the message of humanity that he wanted to send.
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Florida Confirms Case of Brain-Eating Amoeba
Aug 11, 2016, 6:51 AM ET
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a case of brain-eating amoeba. The potentially deadly infection was contracted by a swimmer who bathed in unsanitary water at a private residence in Broward County, ABC News 10 reports.
The amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria fowlerii, can cause a rare and devastating infection of the brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The confirmation of the case in Florida comes just days after 11-year-old Hannah Collins succumbed to the amoeba after swimming in a river in South Carolina.
Authorities did not give the name, age or gender of the Florida individual, but said that they were currently receiving treatment in a hospital.
The organism is commonly found in warm freshwater, according to the CDC, usually enters the body through the nasal passage and can cause a rare but extremely deadly infection of the brain.
Of 133 people known to have been infected with the brain-eating amoeba in the United States from 1962 to 2014, only three people have survived, according to the CDC.
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