Brazilian allegedly has children with daughter (AP)

SAO PAULO – Police in northeastern Brazil say they have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing his daughter for 12 years and fathering her two children.
Maranhao state police spokesman Glauber Dias says Raimundo Vicente Barbosa da Silva confessed to abusing his daughter starting when she was 14 years old and fathering two daughters, aged 5 years and 2 months.
Police acting on an anonymous tip arrested Silva on Tuesday in the city of Pirapemas. It is not clear if he has an attorney yet.
In a similar case, Maranhao police arrested Jose Agostinho Pereira in June and charged him with imprisoning his daughter for 12 years in his home and fathering her seven children.
Pereira was killed earlier this month during a prison riot.
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Health Tip: When Sinusitis Affects Children (HealthDay)

(HealthDay News) -- Sinusitis occurs when the air-filled cavities inside the skull become inflamed.

The University of Maryland Medical Center says these factors increase your child's risk of developing sinusitis:

Having hay fever or allergic rhinitis (a stuffy or runny nose often accompanied by itchy eyes and post-nasal drip).Being in daycare.Having a condition that affects the cilia (small hairs in the sinuses).Undergoing altitude changes, such as those that occur during air travel or scuba diving.Having enlarged adenoids, or rarely, an infected tooth.Having a immune system that's compromised by chemotherapy, HIV infection or other conditions.Having cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that results in thick, sticky mucus in the lungs and digestive tract.

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4 children, mother die in Somali building collapse (AP)

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali police officer says four children and their mother died after their house collapsed in Somalia's rubble-strewn capital.

Somalia, which has been in chaos for the last two decades, has no capacity to respond in emergency situations, such as fires and collapsed buildings. Most of Mogadishu's buildings are suffering from years of warfare and neglect.

Police officer Abdullahi Hassan said Friday that one boy survived with minor injuries.

Resident Fadumo Abdi said neighbors used bare hands, axes and shovels to retrieve the bodies after the overnight collapse.

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