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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comWith its gently rustling leaves, the Sagano Bamboo Forest, near Kyoto, is an oasis of calm.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News RSS : Today
The US is conducting air strikes and supplies weapons to help outgunned Iraqi Kurds fight off the offensive of Islamist militants. The Kurds are battling against extremists armed with American arms and nurtured thanks to America’s policies. -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe euro is sinking following a horrible German investor confidence report. It's currently at $1.3343, down 0.3% for the day. Germany's ZEW investor confidence survey index plunged to 44.3 in August from 61.8 a month ago. This was much w...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comAs experimental drug ZMapp is sent to Liberia, what are the ethics of using unproven drugs?
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police faces a criminal probe into his role in an allegedly poorly-handled investigation into a suspected sex offender.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comWhen I was doing my degree in computer science in Ghana's Valley View University 10 years ago, there just were seven girls in the class. After four years, only four graduated and out of that number, just two of us have stayed in technica...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comAn Australian couple addresses accusations of abandoning a surrogate baby with Down syndrome. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - WorldRAF planes dropped a second round of lifesaving aid to refugees in northern Iraq overnight, UK government confirms.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > WorldThis dual extinction crisis is a golden opportunity for new directions in conservation.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News RSS : Today
Survivors of the bloody Odessa May 2 clashes and subsequent tragedy at Trade Union House, where nearly 50 people were burnt alive, have organized international photo exhibits in order to convey the events with a new clarity denied to vie... -
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Senior government figures have warned ministers and cabinet staff they can be fined or even fired for discussing their official work on the internet, a Russian newspaper reports. -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA python suspected of eating several neighbourhood cats is captured in Florida. The 3.7m snake was caught by Port St Lucie police who displayed the creature for the local media. Officers believe the Burmese python is responsible for the ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Business InsiderEuropean markets are mixed early in Tuesday trading. Here's the scorecard: Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.04%. France's CAC 40 is down 0.35%. Germany's DAX is down 0.38%. Spain's IBEX is up 0.59%. Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.44%. In...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsEarly reports from the coroner say the Oscar-winning actor's death was "a suicide due to asphyxia".
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News RSS : Today
Kiev intends to hold up the internationally-supervised Russian humanitarian aid convoy meant for East Ukraine for at least a week, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military said. -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comA priest who was infected with Ebola in Liberia and started taking an experimental drug dies as the toll from the epidemic soars over 1,000.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsCAIRO (Reuters) - The killing of hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators at two protest camps last year was systematic, ordered by top officials and probably amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comOfficials say Miguel Pajares, who contracted virus in Liberia, has died after being repatriated for treatment Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > WorldMiguel Pajares had been working in Liberia and was flown to Madrid for treatment.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comCNN's Ivan Watson and Mark Phillips were on an Iraqi helicopter that ran the ISIS gauntlet on a dramatic, chaotic rescue mission. Watch the incredible footage here.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comUS denies ousting Nouri al-Maliki Britain to deploy RAF surveillance jets UK carries out second humanitarian air drop Fears grow for the besieged Yazidi community Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.com"How could Robin Williams, of all people, just stop breathing, moving and, most of all, talking?"
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - WorldActor and comedian Robin Williams, star of Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting, dies at home in California in an apparent suicide.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News RSS : Today
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsSRINAGAR India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Pakistan on Tuesday of waging "proxy war" by sending militants to attack India and he used a trip to the disputed Kashmir region to stress that reconciliation between...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comJovito Palparan is charged with kidnapping of leftist university students who haven't been seen since 2006 Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsMONROVIA/DAKAR (Reuters) - Liberia said on Tuesday it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the treatment, while authorities in Spain said a 75-year-old priest had d...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.com
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUntested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > WorldThe Italian prime minister faces the task of hacking through the jungle of bureaucracy that is stifling business.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comComedic actor Robin Williams died at his Northern California home. Here's a look at some moments from his acting.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comWhile widely regarded as one of the funniest men alive, Robin Williams was battling depression. But he was not hiding anger. With him, what was underneath was compassion.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comLiberian government says ZMapp will be given to two infected doctors, while US manufacturer says supply has now run out Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared more isolated Tuesday as he pressed his battle to remain in power while Iraqi politicians and the international community rallied behind a Shiite premier-designate w...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from France24 - WorldTwo French journalists have been detained since August 6 by Indonesian authorities after reporting on the separatist movement in the eastern region of Papua without a proper journalist visa.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from USATODAY - World Top Stories
The picture of the boy holding a Syrian soldier's head was posted online by his father.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA Spanish missionary who contracted Ebola in Liberia dies in hospital in Spain, officials say, as the virus claims more than 1,000 lives in West Africa.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comMoscow says 280 trucks are carrying aid but western powers warn against using humanitarian effort as pretext for invasion Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone worst affected, with 1,848 already infected by deadly virus.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News RSS : Today
The European Union is reported to be planning to dissuade Latin American countries from providing Russia with agricultural produce, saying it would be unfair and ‘difficult to justify.’ -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > WorldA convoy of about 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid has left Moscow for southeastern Ukraine, Russian television and news agencies reported Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCoalition of Shia parties nominate Haider al-Abadi to replace defiant Maliki as prime minister in bid to end Baghdad deadlock Continue reading...
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In an effort to protect personal data from falling into the hands of thieves, a bill that requires mandatory technology on all smartphones sold in California is one step away from becoming law after a California Senate vote on Monday. -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comSecretary of state John Kerry urges Iraq's new leaders to work quickly to form an inclusive government and says the US is prepared to offer significant help to stabilise a new Iraqi government. Speaking at a press conference in Sydney he...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPhotographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Continue reading...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comCNN's Ivan Watson was on Iraqi chopper that ran ISIS gauntlet.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News & AnalysisThe German ZEW indicator of economic sentiment saw a steep drop in August, missing analysts' expectations and sending the euro lower.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedSpain’s Health Ministry said a day earlier that it had obtained a course of the U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug ZMapp to treat Father Miguel Pajares
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comShaun Robinson, Hal Sparks, and Krista Smith reflect on the life and career of the late Robin Williams
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from CNN.comRobin Williams delighted fans with his off-the-wall, high-energy comedy that took unexpected turn after unexpected turn.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comAmnesty International says 1,800 Afghan civilians killed by U.S., allies since 2009, and for some families grief has turned to anger
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Vanyo Tanov will be reappointed as a head of Bulgaria's Customs Agency, said the interim Finance Minister Rumen Porozhanov at a news conference. Porozhanov said that an analysis shows that the Customs Agency has a serious deficit in the...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)In July, the unemployment rates in Bulgaria registered a decline for the sixth consecutive month reaching 10.6%, according to data collected by the National Employment Agency. The decrease compared to June is of 0.1 percent, Bulgarian Na...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)New medical standards will be introduced for Bulgaria's GP medics, reports Sega daily. Currently it is being discussed by the Association of Bulgarian GPs. According to the chair of the association Lyubomir Kirov, the main new feature w...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalChina announces birth of extremely rare panda triplets
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalPanda Watch: Giant panda Tian Tian, or Sweetie, 'believed' pregnant at Edinburgh Zoo
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Prime Minister Erdogan’s use of his official position plus biased media coverage gave him a distinct advantage in Turkey’s presidential vote, international observers have said. According to the observers’ preliminary conclusions released...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlineFootage of the dramatic blast was taken by Natella Ankudinova, 38, in the city of Makhachkala in Russia’s south-western Republic of Dagestan.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalRights groups organizing flotilla to try breaking Israeli blockade of Gaza
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldFather Miguel Pajares, 75, had been receiving treatment on an isolation ward in Madrid.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Daily Trust]Lagos -Five of the 10 persons currently in isolation after being infected with the Ebola virus have been responding to treatment and are in stable condition, Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, said at a meeting with tr...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesOpinion: Yes, stocks look expensive, but why let bearish sentiment get in the way of a feel-good story?
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News From SFGateA convoy of 280 Russian trucks headed for Ukraine early Tuesday, one day after agreement was reached on an international humanitarian relief mission.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesHere are the big-box chains that parents should visit (and the ones they can skip) for school supplies, clothing and other essentials.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldTurkey's state-run news agency says a mine has collapsed in the north of the country, trapping nine people inside.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUkrainian security spokesman: Russian humanitarian convoy will not be allowed across border
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News From SFGateBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared more isolated Tuesday as he pressed his battle to remain in power while Iraqi politicians and the international community rallied behind a Shiite premier-designate w...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Rupturing in the walls of two dams in the northwestern Vratsa district caused the deadly flooding in the town of Mizia in early August. The findings of experts were reported by the municipal administration in the flood-stricken town, acc...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News From SFGateSpain's Health Ministry said Monday it had obtained a course of the U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug ZMapp to treat Father Miguel Pajares, 75. The World Health Organization says 1,013 people have died so far in the Ebola outbreak in Wes...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldGermany's ZEW indicator of confidence among professional investment analysts sagged to a 20-month low in August.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalMyanmar lifts curfew in violence-hit Mandalay after finding calm restored
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News24 WorldUS fighter jets have carried out airstrikes on four checkpoints manned by Sunni militants in northwest Iraq near where thousands of minority Yazidi refugees have been trapped on a mountain to escape violence.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News24 WorldA Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine has set off, amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from News24 WorldThe US is continuing efforts to get food and water to tens of thousands of people who have been forced from their homes in Iraq.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldScientists have developed a camera to help the police spot highly stressed individuals.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldApple's latest iPad reportedly goes into production with a coating to make the screen easier to read
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RIA NovostiThe Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday ratified an agreement that would allow Malaysian investigators and police access to the MH17 crash site in the country’s east.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: World
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldA lawmaker with Uganda's ruling party says President Yoweri Museveni is urging parliamentarians not to rush to reintroduce a controversial anti-gay law that was invalidated earlier this month.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from mirror - World newsThe only known living Panda cub trio have been branded a 'new wonder of the world' by animal experts at Chimelong Safari Park
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The consumer price index in July 2014 compared to June 2014 was 100.4%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.4%, Bulgaria’s Statistical Institute latest data indicates. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (July 2014 compared t...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlineA defiant and unyielding forearm bursts out from the rubble - this is the amazing photo of the buried worker who survived a building collapse that killed three people in Thailand today.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RIA NovostiFrancois Hollande, the president of France, marks his 60th birthday Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldBritish cargo planes have dropped water and solar lamps to thousands of people trapped on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq since fleeing advancing Islamic militant forces.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World News From SFGateCAIRO (AP) — The New-York based Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for an international commission of inquiry into mass killings in Egypt last summer that left hundreds dead, saying they likely amount to crimes against humanity. Based on ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Daily Trust]Maiduguri -Hundreds of wives of soldiers serving under the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army yesterday in Maiduguri took to the streets to protest a planned deployment of their husbands to reclaim Gwoza and other volatile area...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[allAfrica]Briggs Bomba calls for domestic resources to be mobilized to bring about inclusive development in Africa, in particular by stopping the illicit flow of money out of the continent.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Daily Trust]President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will meet tomorrow with the 36 state governors and their commissioners for health to discuss how to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the country.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Daily Trust]The National Conference secretariat distributed a draft new national constitution to delegates yesterday, in what came as a surprise to many of them who said the idea of producing such document was never approved.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from mirror - World newsThe 72-year-old Star Wars star looked in peak health as he posed for pictures at the star-studded event in Los Angeles last night
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldA former top spy in Yugoslavia's feared secret service has been charged with complicity in murder in Germany in connection with the killing of a political dissident 31 years ago.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RIA NovostiThe arrival of a Russian humanitarian convoy at the Ukrainian border is expected on Wednesday, August 13, a source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Daily Express :: World FeedTHE Spanish priest who became the first person in Europe to be treated for Ebola died in hospital this morning.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Shanghai Daily: WorldFATHER Miguel Pajares, the Spanish priest who was flown back to Spain suffering from the Ebola virus, died on Tuesday morning, the Spanish Health Authorities confirmed. Father Pajares is the first Spaniard
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldA spokeswoman for a Madrid hospital says a Spanish missionary priest who was evacuated from Liberia last week after testing positive for Ebola has died.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Shanghai Daily: WorldONE has been confirmed dead, with eight people still missing, in a crash between a fishing boat and a tug boat in waters off the South Korean southeastern city of Geoje, local broadcaster YTN reported
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldA critique of America's immigration policy is that people ordered to immigration court often don't show up. Steve Inskeep went to an immigration court in Los Angeles to see if that narrative is true.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldThe White House believes a unified government could counter Sunni extremists of the Islamic State. But that has proven to be difficult, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tries to cling to power.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldThree companies are working to develop a drug that can battle Ebola. The free market has not produced a solution — a situation the U.S. government has been trying to correct.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldGlobal demand for oil is set to rise slower than expected as China and Russia slow production.
