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28/05/2016 GMT

WHO Rejects Call to Postpone Olympics

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WHO: No Zika threat to Olympics; a Wellesley College commencement; protest piano lessons.

World Health Organisation - no threat from the Zika virus to the Rio Olympics; Wellesley College - Hillary Clinton's alma mater - 2016 commcement; free piano lessons in protest.

The World Health Organisation dismisses calls for the Rio Olympics to be moved or postponed because of the Zika outbreak; a commencement ceremony at Hillary Clinton's alma mater - Wellesley College; free piano lessons in protest against cuts to the arts.

(Picture: The statue of Christ the Redeemer and the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: AFP)

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