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Re: Coach's Choice/and to keep tabs on the Belarusian traders.They are busy this morning keeping tabs on their children who eat all their money. "MINSK -- The reintroduction of coins in Belarus has led to a dangerous rise in consumption -- by children requiring medical attention to remove kopeks they have swallowed. The choking threat posed by small coins had not been much of an issue in Belarus after the country went exclusively to paper currency following the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the shiny new coins that Belarus began circulating on July 1 have proven to be an irresistible temptation for young children prone to putting small objects in their mouths. The danger became apparent to doctors at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Pediatric Surgery in Minsk shortly after eight denominations of coins were circulated. During the first two weeks of July, surgeons at the center saw upward of 10 cases per day of young coin swallowers. Here's More if you like evening entertainment: http://www.rferl.org/a/return-of-belarus-kopeks-brings-currency-risk/27938472.html |
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