A hospital source said: 'We are hoping that procedure has saved us.

Cohen, who turns 75 next week, was released from a hospital hours after fainting, according to hospital sources.

'She is being treated for drug abuse and depression,' a hospital source said.

A hospital source said: 'He's lost a lot of blood but his life is not in danger.'

A hospital source said there was fluid at the base of Woods's left lung and that his condition was not serious.

Residents claimed nine Somalis were killed in the attack but hospital sources confirmed only one dead.

"It was only through hospital sources did reporters come to know what had happened," the editor said.

Pakistani soldiers killed at least 20 people yesterday when they opened fire on demonstrators in Mogadishu, according to witnesses and hospital sources.

Skin cells, hair, clothing, and bedding are common hospital sources of contamination.

According to the police 19 Arabs were killed, but hospital sources spoke of 21 deaths.