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A gift of sight

Updated: 2014-01-06 09:33

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A gift of sight 

Phurbu Gyatso,9, from Tibet,has his eyes checked before being discharged from a hospital in Shanghai on Saturday. He and five other Tibetan children had been blinded by eye diseases, but all have regained sight after receiving eye surgery in Shanghai thanks to a charity program. PHOTO BY CHEN FEI / XINHUA

 

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