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The number of deaths linked to severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, has risen to at least 78 worldwide.  This, after 12 more deaths were linked to the mystery flu-like illness in China, including nine in the southern province where the disease is believed to have originated.  China says it'll let a World Health Organization team visit the province, where the disease was first reported in November but was
downplayed for months.  Health officials are advising travelers not to go to Hong Kong or the Chinese province. They say at least nine foreign businessmen have caught SARS in Hong Kong and returned home with it.

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