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MEDICAL experts are to team up with Department of Justice officials and members of ethnic minorities to examine the provision of a national service for circumcision on non-medical grounds.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2003

Health board plans to improve services

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2003

Man may have carried out other circumcisions

DETECTIVES investigating the death of a baby boy who bled to death after a botched circumcision say the man who performed the kitchen-table surgery may have carried out at least two similar operations on the same day.

Fri, 22 Aug, 2003

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