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OPINION Talk Letters to Editor Editorials Op/Ed Ideas Columnists Search: Site Web MARKETPLACEJOBSCARSREAL ESTATESHOPPING nation/world Hysteria diagnosis doubted in Chechen outbreak By Kim Murphy Originally published March 12, 2006 SHELKOVSKAYA, Russia // It started just after the midafternoon recess.

As they lined up to return to class, Zareta Chimiyeva saw a girl in front of her collapse and begin convulsing wildly.

A few minutes later, Zareta was at her desk when she said she smelled "a bad smell," and started feeling ill.

She rushed out of the classroom but made it only as far as the stairs.

"Darkness surrounded me, and there was darkness in my eyes, and I fell," said the 12-year-old from this small town in eastern Chechnya.

When Zareta woke up in a hospital, it took three adults to h...

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Mystery illness besieges children in war zone By KIM MURPHY Los Angeles Times SHELKOVSKAYA, Russia - It started just after the midafternoon recess.

As they lined up to return to class, Zareta Chimiyeva saw a girl in front of her collapse and begin convulsing wildly.

Only a few minutes later, Zareta was at her desk when she said she smelled ''a bad smell'' and started feeling ill.

She rushed out of the classroom but made it only as far as the stairs.

''Darkness surrounded me, and there was darkness in my eyes, and I fell,'' said the 12-year-old from this small town in eastern Chechnya.

When Zareta woke up in a hospital, it took three adults to hold her down.

She was thrashing and clutching her throat, unable to get a breath, screaming in terror.

She...

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Comment on this story.Mystery illness attacking kids in ChechnyaSunday, March 12, 2006 BY KIM MURPHY LOS ANGELES TIMES SHELKOVSKAYA, Russia - It started just after the midafternoon recess.

As they lined up to return to class, Zareta Chimiyeva saw a girl in front of her collapse and begin convulsing wildly.

Only a few minutes later, Zareta was at her desk when she said she smelled “a bad smell,” and started feeling ill.

She rushed out of the classroom but made it only as far as the stairs.

“Darkness surrounded me, and there was darkness in my eyes, and I fell,” said the 12-year-old from this small town in eastern Chechnya.

When Zareta woke up in a hospital, it took three adults to hold her down.

She was thrashing and clutching her throat, unable to get a breath, screaming in terror.

She wasn’t alone.

Thirteen other girls were in nearby hospital rooms, also claiming they were unable to breathe, many of them shrieking and crying.

MYSTERIOUS OUTBREAK The next day, 23 students and seven teachers in a neighboring village fell ill with similar symptoms.

About the same time, four dozen ...