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Baghdad - The head of CARE International's Iraq operation was kidnapped in Baghdad, the relief agency said on Tuesday as an Arab television station aired a video showing the woman. Margaret Hassan, believed to be an Iraqi national, was taken hostage at around 7:30 a.m. local time as she was being driven to work, CARE International said in a news release to the Associated Press. "As of now, we are unaware of the motives for the abduction," the statement said. "As far as we know, Margaret is unharmed." Portsmouth, NH. - Betty Hill, the woman known as "the first lady of UFOs," has died of lung cancer in New Hampshire at the age of 85. Hill and her late husband gained notoriety in the 1960s when their story of being abducted by extra-terrestrials came to light. Barney Hill died in 1969. The Hills said their car had stalled in the middle of the road in the New Hampshire's White Mountains when life forms took them into their space craft. They described the beings as resembling short, bald humans with big eyes and high foreheads. Washington - American authorities have announced another 2.6 million doses of the flu vaccine will be added to existing supplies in January. The announcement comes as the U.S. scrambles to deal with a vaccine shortage. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said it is searching the world for additional vaccine supplies.
