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Wed 04 Apr 2003Mother makes plea to judges for son's life
BRITAIN: The mother of a terminally ill boy yesterday made an impassioned plea to three British judges to help save her child's life.
In a rare move at the Court of Appeal in London, Ms Shahana Hashmi, whose four-year-old son Zain suffers from a potentially fatal genetic blood disorder, was allowed to address the court personally.
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