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Boko Haram Could Release Kidnapped Girls, Nigerian Officials Say
Nigerian officials reportedly reached a cease-fire with the insurgent group. The agreement would reportedly allow for the release of 219 girls that the group abducted earlier this year — but some...
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Morgan Stanley Prepares For Collapse Of Deal With Russian Oil Giant Rosneft
“The terms of the contract are such that if the deal doesn’t close by year end, the contract expires,” the bank’s chief financial officer said Friday morning. Richard Carson / Reuters / Reuters Shannon...
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World Health Organization Admits To Mishandling West Africa Ebola Response
Lack of information and thick bureaucracy muddied relief efforts. Still, the WHO officially declared that the Ebola outbreak in Senegal ended on Friday. The draft of an internal WHO report revealed a...
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U.S. Officials Are Complaining That They Don’t Have Enough Intelligence On ISIS
While Pentagon officials boasted Friday that their airstrikes had succeeded in driving ISIS back, defense officers are complaining that not enough is known about the militant group they are fighting in...
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Chinese State Media Warns People To Stop Calling Themselves Dumbledore
CCTV News, the broadcaster owned by the Chinese government, warned citizens not to pick an English name that would be considered strange by native English speakers, such as Dumbledore, Lawyer, or...
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Third United Nations Staffer Dies Of Ebola
The staffer was a driver for the Sierra Leone office of U.N. Women. The organization said it is taking immediate action to quarantine everyone who came in contact with the victim. AFP / Getty Images...
View ArticleKenny G Deletes Selfie He Took At Hong Kong Protests, After Striking Sour...
The saxophone player is wildly popular in China. After government officials reminded everyone that they think the protests are illegal, Kenny G deleted the selfie, saying “I don’t really know anything...
View ArticleOut Of Nowhere, Mark Zuckerberg Now Speaks Mandarin
He discussed “connecting the world, internet.org, innovation and the early days of Facebook” in Beijing. View Video › Facebook: video.php Here's a short YouTube clip from the longer video. youtube.com...
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37 Amazing Images You Should See This Week
A view of spewing pyroclastic flow from Sinabung Volcano eruption seen from Sigarang village of Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Oct. 18. Getty Images Anadolu Agency A French-made “Long Ma,” a...
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How I’m Coping With Life Inside The Ebola Bubble
When Ebola takes away the ability to touch, you have to reinvent the language of compassion. A health worker nears a woman suspected of having Ebola. Getty Images John Moore MONROVIA, Liberia — Back in...
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What Will The Ancestors Think If You Burn A Body In Liberia?
Ebola has turned dead bodies into public health threats in Liberia. But dealing with death is also about grief, loss and long-held beliefs about the spiritual afterlife. Liberia's crematorium, lit...
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Ugandan Court Dismisses High-Profile Case Against Ugandan LGBT Activist
Sam Ganafa was arrested in November 2013 in the run-up to passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. facebook.com / Via facebook.com A Ugandan court has dismissed charges against Sam Ganafa, head of the...
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Britain Won’t Support Future Operations To Prevent Migrants Drowning In The...
The Foreign Office’s decision not to help was met with outrage from charities and political commentators. Migrants sit in a boat during a rescue operation by the Italian navy off the coast of the south...
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The Legacy Of The Polio Vaccine In 7 Countries
Today is the 100th birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine. Here are the places still using his gift. Google on Tuesday used its Doodle to celebrate Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of...
View ArticleIndian Man Arrested For Homosexuality After Being Filmed On Wife’s Spy Cameras
“My husband is a homosexual performing acts against nature,” the wife said in her complaint to Bangalore police. Police in the Indian technology hub Bangalore have arrested a 32-year-old man for...
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29 Of The Most Amazing News Photos From This Week
Kurdish refugees stand and walk on a hilltop as thick smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani during heavy fighting between Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Kurdish peshmerga forces, seen from...
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Mexican Expats Demand Justice For Slain And Missing Students
Mexicans around the globe are mobilizing to put pressure on the Mexican government to find the 43 students from Guerrero who have been missing since September 26. Activists blame the government for...
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30 Pieces Of The Berlin Wall Spread Out All Over The World
This Sunday, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To mark the event Reuters photographers around the world captured images of segments of the wall, which are kept...
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An Infamous Nazi Concentration Camp Sign Was Stolen This Weekend
A sign bearing the Nazi slogan “Work Sets You Free” (Arbeit Macht Frei) has been stolen from the earliest known concentration camp, the BBC reported . The main gate of the former concentration camp in...
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U.S. To Tighten Screening Of Europeans And Australians Amid Concerns Of...
Additional security measures will be imposed for millions of travelers from countries that do not require U.S. visas due to the rising threat of Islamic militants with Western passports. AP Photo/Craig...
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