First cholera case confirmed in Baghdad (AP)

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An Iraqi Kurdish woman suffering from cholera lies in a hospital in Sulaimaniyah, 330 kms (205 miles) north of Baghdad, 02 September 2007. The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that Iraqi authorities were dealing with an "epidemic" of nearly 7,000 suspected cholera cases in three northeastern provinces.(AFP/File/Shwan Mohammed)AP - The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday the first cholera case in Baghdad since 2003, raising fears the disease is spreading from the north of the country where it has struck more than 1,000 people.



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