Wilder and his colleagues are cautious about their results also because the data do not make clear whether it was the anesthesia that contributed to the children's learning deficits, or whether it was an underlying condition that may have required surgery and precipitated the learning problems. Of the more than 5,000 babies studied, 593 needed at least one surgery and just over 100 infants needed more than two before age 3. There may be something unusual about this population of children that could have made them vulnerable to learning problems and required they undergo surgery and anesthesia.
Is this true: Anesthesia causes learning disabilities.

A: no


Thousands of Romanians participated in rallies on Monday to campaign for the release of three Romanian journalists kidnapped last month in Iraq . Crowds swelled in size after a weekend of smaller rallies sponsored by Romanian media workers and the Arab community in Romania.
Is this true: Romania sent 730 troops in Iraq.

A: no


Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them. The previously undiscovered black holes provide an important link that sheds light on the way in which black holes grow.
Is this true: Hubble discovers black holes.

A: yes


The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibovitz for any upset this may have caused.    - BBC statement The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II and photographer, Annie Leibovitz, after a trailer for a documentary suggested she had walked out of a portrait sitting when the photographer asked her to remove her crown. The trailer shows a clip of the photographer telling the Queen, "I think it will look better without the crown because the garter robe is so..."
Is this true: Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the Commonwealth.

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no