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On the mend: Almaz Abetew, 32, recuperating from surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in which doctors removed a 20-pound tumor, looks forward to returning to Ethiopia
On the mend: Almaz Abetew, 32, recuperating from surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in which doctors removed a 20-pound tumor, looks forward to returning to Ethiopia

On the mend: Almaz Abetew, 32, recuperating from surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in which doctors removed a 20-pound tumor, looks forward to returning to Ethiopia

Date6/14/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the mend: Almaz Abetew, 32, recuperating from surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in which doctors removed a 20-pound tumor, looks forward to returning to Ethiopia.
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