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Nov 16 2007, AP

Formerly conjoined twins have “excellent” chances of survival after a grueling separation surgery, and one of the toddlers is even breathing on her own, doctors said Friday.Two-year-olds Yurelia and Fiorella Rocha-Arias of San Jose, Costa Rica, were...

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