Questions of potty protocol that do not phase you as a parent of a small child can strike deep into your heart as a child of a helpless parent.

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The cases received increasing news coverage in a fast-changing landscape that saw a proliferation of media outlets with growing interest in compelling visual images -- such as a heart-rending photo of a smiling child or video of parents pleading for their child's safe return.

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Opponents of a proposal to end child heart surgery at the Royal Brompton Hospital have voiced their concerns at a public meeting.

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For 40-year-olds who had been prone to distress as a child, the chances of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years increased from 3.2% to 4.2% for women and 7.3 to 8.5% for men.

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"You're introduced to a child, and they become part of your heart, part of your family, " Drew said.

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She has crafted a strange, fecund and poignant work that draws the reader into the spiritual heart of the steamy southern Indian state of Kerala, where she was raised as a child.

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He lives in a squalid two-room house in the heart of the old shanty town with his wife and small child.

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The legal intervention was prompted by a public consultation in March to July 2011 which explored options for the future of child heart surgery.

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The heart problem that threatens to bring his life to an end is the result of the rheumatic fever he contracted as a child.

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