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Nun who gave birth in Italy 'unaware of pregnancy'

A nun who gave birth to a baby boy in the central Italian city of Rieti, said she had no idea she was pregnant, local media report. The 31-year-old was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains, which she thought were stomach cramps. The young mother, who is originally from El Salvador, reportedly named her newborn Francis after the current Pope. The mayor of Rieti, Simone Petrangeli has appealed to the public and media to respect the woman's privacy. The news has drawn international attention to the small city of 47,700 inhabitants. The nun called the ambulance on Wednesday morning. A few hours later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. "I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain," she was quoted as saying by the Ansa news agency. People at the hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for the mother and her child, Italian media say. The woman belongs to a convent near Rieti, which manages an old people's home. ...

a nun gave birth in Italy

A nun who gave birth to a baby boy in the central Italian city of Rieti, said she had no idea she was pregnant, local media report. The 31-year-old was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains, which she thought were stomach cramps. The young mother, who is originally from El Salvador, reportedly named her newborn Francis after the current Pope. The mayor of Rieti, Simone Petrangeli has appealed to the public and media to respect the woman's privacy. The news has drawn international attention to the small city of 47,700 inhabitants. The nun called the ambulance on Wednesday morning. A few hours later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. "I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain," she was quoted as saying by the Ansa news agency. People at the hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for the mother and her child, Italian media say. The woman belongs to a convent near Rieti, which manages an old people's home. Fellow nuns at the con...

Iweala answer Reps %0 questions

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Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala P REAMBLE : We are pleased to provide responses to a set of 50 questions, which were submitted, to us by the House of Representatives Finance Committee on 19th  December 2013 (NASS/7HR/CT.32/1999). We are somewhat surprised  by the content  of  many of these questions for  a number  of reasons. First, the responses to most of these questions are already in the public domain, and have been extensively debated by the government, media, civil society organizations and the private sector. We have answered these questions or similar ones many times before various Committees of the National Assembly. Nevertheless, we are pleased to answer them again with supporting data and analyses. Second, the questions are repetitive in several instances (for example, questions ...