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President Yar’Adua at age 58 died after an ongoing struggle with an acute heart condition. A state funeral will be held in his native Katsina, followed by seven days of national morning.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer affects hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. every year. In 2006, 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,820 of them died from this disease. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.