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Daily Archives: Oct 12, 2014

A female health worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has been infected with Ebola virus after treating Thomas Eric Duncan

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Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said a mistake was "clearly" made by staff treating Thomas...
Robert Redford’s career highlights will be celebrated at a gala in New York in April 2015

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Robert Redford will receive Chaplin Award, a lifetime achievement award from New York's Film Society of Lincoln Centre. Robert Redford’s career highlights will be celebrated...
Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated as Cyclone Hudhud pounds the eastern Indian coast

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Cyclone Hudhud has hit the eastern Indian coast, causing extensive damage and prompting the evacuation of some 300,000 people. The cyclone, classed "very severe" and...
So far, there have been more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola, and at least 4,033 deaths

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Dr. David Nabarro, the UN's senior system coordinator for Ebola, says he hopes that the outbreak can be brought under control within three months. People...
The 43 students were last seen being pushed into police vans after a protest in Guerrero state on September 26

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Mexican authorities say that some bodies found in shallow graves near the town of Iguala are not those of students missing after clashes with...
Japan is bracing for the arrival of powerful Typhoon Vongfong

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Typhoon Vongfong brought heavy rain and fierce winds to the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, causing flight cancelations and power cuts to over 20,000...
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their bases

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President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their bases, Russian media report. Vladimir Putin's spokesman...