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US Zika Virus Transmitted by Sex?
US Zika infection; Zimbabwe land row; Cologne bracing for country's Carnival.
The authorities in the American state of Texas say they have registered the first case of locally-acquired Zika virus during the current outbreak. They said the transmission is likely to have taken place through sexual contact. A lawyer explains why his client - A Zimbabwe-born British doctor - can lay claim to a tobacco farm from which white farmers have been evicted. As residents of Cologne have been preparing for the annual carnival, we revisit the German city where all measures have been taken to avoid the celebrations being not blighted by a repeat of the New Year's Eve sexual attacks.
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