Mrs Saldanha, from Bristol, answered the phone and put the pair through to a colleague who detailed the duchess's condition.

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Mrs Saldanha, a mother of two from Bristol, answered the phone and transferred the pair to a colleague who detailed the duchess's condition.

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Maduro said a more detailed report on the president's condition is forthcoming.

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Mrs Saldanha, a 46-year-old wife and mother of two, transferred the telephone call on 4 December to a colleague who then gave a detailed update on the duchess's condition to the hoaxers.

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She had never heard of obstetric fistula until she read a book featuring a detailed story of an African woman with the condition.

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Because the basket was in near-perfect condition, it gave scientists much more detailed information about the daily lives of the people who called the island home.

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"The skull was in good condition, although fragile, and was able to give us detailed information, " said bioarchaeologist Jo Appleby, who led the exhumation of the remains last year.

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"The skull was in good condition, although fragile, and was able to give us detailed information, " said Jo Appleby, a lecturer in human bioarchaeology at the university who led the exhumation of the remains last year.

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