forces of rain raping her. why she s in the headlines again. and the battle for yemen intensifies. government troops try to put down a rebellion that refuses to go away. hello. a rare and deadly strain of the e. coli bacteria is no longer confined to europe. the bacteria has already killed 17 people. authorities in the u.s. say three people have now fallen ill from e. coli. all of them had recently been to germany, the center of the current outbreak. experts say there s no reason for americans to panic as the bacteria hasn t been found in food there and the disease is rarely passed from person-to-person. the world health organization says it all stems from the strain of the e. coli bacteria that s never been seen before in an outbreak. the u.s. is the 11th country to report cases of e. coli. more than 1600 people have now fallen sick. scientists in germany at first said incorrectly that the bacteria had been traced to cucumbers imported from spain. what resulted was a backl