Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-girls-school-feared-hit-poison-gas-172831514.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fEdVAQlVjPeio.qal3kUKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-21T175925Z_1_CBRE93K1DZM00_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-POISONING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Schoolgirls who fell ill after smelling gas at their school, receive treatment at a hospital in Takhar province, Afghanistan" align="left" title="Schoolgirls who fell ill after smelling gas at their school, receive treatment at a hospital in Takhar province, Afghanistan" border="0" /></a>By Folad Hamdard TALUQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday. While instances of poisoning are sometimes later found to be false alarms, there have been numerous substantiated cases of mass poisonings of schoolgirls by elements of Afghanistan's ultra-conservative society that are opposed to female education. Local officials said the girls became ill after smelling gas at their school, Bibi Maryam, in Takhar province's capital, Taluqan. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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