URGENT PLEA
HIV RESEARCHER WANTS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT TO EXPAND {page 4}
THE JAPANESE GRILL
FROM CLASSIC RECIPES TO CONTEMPORARY FAVOURITES {page 26}
FRIENDLY MATCH?
MAN CITY READY TO STRIKE WHITECAPS {page 27}
VANCOUVER
Weekend, July 15-17, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
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Surgeries fail to fix eyesight Damage to Rumana Monzur’s left eye ‘catastrophic’ More than $58,000 raised MATT KIELTYKA/METRO
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Downpour won’t dampen weekend fun The annual Vancouver Open takes place this weekend. It’s among the various activities happening around the city, including a free K’Naan performance on Saturday at Brockton Point in Stanley Park and an artist’s market on Granville Street. Story, page 3.
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Ashley Voth, left, and Jamie Broder practise Thursday at Kitsilano Beach for the Vancouver Open beach volleyball tournament that runs from Friday to Sunday.
A UBC student who was allegedly attacked by her husband in Bangladesh has suffered “catastrophic� damage to her left eye. The University of B.C. released a statement Thursday saying that Rumana Monzur has had three surgeries since her arrival in Vancouver on July 5. “The damage to her left eye has been determined to be catastrophic,� the release said. “It is still not known whether there is any possibility of vision in the other eye. (She) will undergo further surgery this week.� As Monzur receives care at Vancouver General Hospital, UBC students have been organizing fundraisers and campaigns to stop violence against women. “I am so grateful to everyone for
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