Elie Wiesel was transferred from intensive care at a Greek hospital after receiving treatment for a respiratory infection. The Nobel laureate was in Greece to address the country’s Foreign Ministry on human rights and foreign policy, but the address was canceled due to the infection. Wiesel, who survived Nazi death camps, is 74.
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