Mother left in a coma after using hair dye

Doctors probe L’Oreal kit as she fights for life:

A mother who collapsed and stopped breathing minutes after applying a home hair dye kit was in a coma last night and has been given only an 8 per cent chance of survival.Julie McCabe, a mother-of-two, is fighting for her life after suffering an apparent allergic reaction to hair dye. Doctors warn that even if she survives she will almost certainly be permanently brain damaged She collapsed and stopped breathing minutes after applying a home hair dye kit and was in a coma last night.

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Suu Kyi ‘intends’ to join Myanmar by-elections

Myanmar’s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi plans to run in Myanmar’s upcoming by-elections, her spokesman said Monday, after her party decided to rejoin the official political arena. “Daw Suu said she intends to take part in the election,” Nyan Win, spokesman for her National League for Democracy (NLD), told AFP. Daw is a term of respect in Myanmar. Suu Kyi hinted that she would stand for office at a meeting of party delegates on Friday, when they decided to re-register as a political party and contest elections after boycotting last year’s vote, Myanmar’s first in 20 years. There are 48 parliamentary seats available but no polling dates have been set for by-elections.

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