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WHO: Ebola outbreak one of 'most challenging'
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08 Apr 2014

April 8, 2014 -- Updated 1654 GMT (0054 HKT) Members of the medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders carry a dead body in Guekedou, Guinea, near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia, on Friday, April 1. Dozens of people have died from an Ebola outbreak in coastal West Africa, aid workers reported. Gloves and boots used by medical...

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In this photo provide by MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), taken on Friday, March 28, 2014, healthcare workers from the organisation, react, as they prepare isolation and treatment areas for their Ebola, hemorrhagic fever operations, in Gueckedou, Guinea.
photo: AP / Kjell Gunnar Beraas, MSF

updated 01 Apr 2014; published 01 Apr 2014
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Doctors work to isolate Ebola outbreak in Guinea
updated 26 Mar 2014; published 26 Mar 2014
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Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
updated 01 Apr 2014; published 01 Apr 2014
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Ebola Toll in Africa Rises in Unprecedented Outbreak
updated 31 Mar 2014; published 31 Mar 2014
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Guinea - An Unprecedented Ebola Outbreak (B-ROLL)
updated 30 Mar 2014; published 30 Mar 2014
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Guinea: Ebola outbreak grips Conakry
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Ebola outbreak kills nearly 60 in Guinea
Missing Malaysian plane: Elusive 'pings' keep MH370 search in limbo
Full Article The Times of India
08 Apr 2014

PERTH: Ships listening for undersea signals from Flight MH370 have failed to detect any more "pings" and will spend several more days trying to pinpoint a crash site before a mini-sub is launched to scour the seabed, searchers said on Tuesday. Exactly one month since the Boeing 777 vanished with 239 people on board, optimism over the earlier...

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The Bluefin 21, Artemis autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is hoisted back aboard the Royal Australian Navy Australian Defense Vessel (ADV) Ocean Shield after successful buoyancy testing in support for the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH370, 1 April, 2014.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Peter D. Blair

updated 06 Apr 2014; published 06 Apr 2014
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MH370 Pings Re-Detected By Chinese Vessel - Plane Search Signal Important Lead - 6 April 2014
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Confirm They HAVE Found Signals Consistent With Black Box - 7April
updated 14 Mar 2014; published 14 Mar 2014
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April 8 2014 Breaking News REUTERS Search planes & ships divert to Indian Ocean area pings detected
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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MH370 Pings Re-Detected By Chinese Vessel - Plane Search Signal Important Lead - 6 April 2
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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MH370 Pings Re-Detected By Chinese Vessel - Plane Search Signal Important Lead - 6 April 2
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
0:52
Malaysian Plane Search: No Pings Since Sunday
Fund crunch forces UN to cut Syria food aid
Full Article Al Jazeera
08 Apr 2014

The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from donors, a senior official has said. Nevertheless, the United Nations' World Food Programme managed to get food to a record 4.1m people inside Syria last month, just short of its target of 4.2m,...

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In this picture taken on Monday Feb. 24, 2014, and released by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk wait for a possible new UNRWA humanitarian aid distribution, in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / UNRWA

updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Syria: Food Aid Getting Through, But Some Areas Still Cut Off
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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CAFOD: Syria Crisis Appeal
updated 18 Jan 2014; published 18 Jan 2014
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Distribution of food aid inside Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Assad cuts off food to Syrian town after gassing the citizens
updated 11 Feb 2014; published 11 Feb 2014
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Syria: UN delivers food aid to Palestinian Yarmouk camp
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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Syrian civil war: The UN bureaucracy does not help Syrian refugees
US Warns Russia Against Instigating Separatist Tensions in Ukraine
Full Article Voa News
08 Apr 2014

Zlatica Hoke WASHINGTON — The United States has warned Russia against stirring separatist sentiment in eastern Ukraine, following unrest in several cities in recent days. U.S. officials said there are clear signs that pro-Russian demonstrations were orchestrated from outside. Meanwhile, recent events in Ukraine have emboldened Russian-speaking...

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People gather near a barricade with razor wires at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, late Monday, April 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Alexander Ermochenko

updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Battle for Ukraine: Kremlin-backed separatists storm government buildings in eastern provinces
updated 17 Mar 2014; published 17 Mar 2014
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Pro-Russian separatists: Crimea is just the beginning
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
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Putin puts Russian troops on alert amid Ukraine separatist fears
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Kharkiv Separatists Arrested: Ukrainian police detain 70 pro-Russian separatists
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
0:53
Battle for Ukraine: Kremlin-backed separatists seize government buildings in east Ukraine
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
4:07
Ukraine: Pro-Russian Activists 'Take Hostages' & 'Mined' Govt Buildings In Luhansk
Afghanistan's Beasts of Burden and Ballots...and Jackasses
Full Article WorldNews.com
07 Apr 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey."(1) -Ancient Indian Proverb Beating the donkey senseless over the head with a large piece of wood, as a young hired hand I desperately wanted to stop him. Perhaps...

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Afghan election workers carry ballot boxes and election materials on donkeys to deliver to polling stations in Dara-e-Noor district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 4, 2014.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul

updated 10 Mar 2009; published 10 Mar 2009
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Donkeys a draw for Kenya's Lamu island
updated 12 Nov 2011; published 12 Nov 2011
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tiny little donkey working the fields
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
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Nepal - Naughty Donkeys.AVI
updated 03 Apr 2014; published 03 Apr 2014
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Teenager becomes one millionth Syrian refugee to register in Lebanon
updated 13 Nov 2009; published 13 Nov 2009
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Afghanistan's burden of corruption - 13 Nov 09
updated 10 Sep 2012; published 10 Sep 2012
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Afghan Refugees Heavy Burden on Pakistan Economy and Society - HCP Report from Mansehra
Flight 370: 'Ping' Signals 'Most Promising Lead' Yet
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
07 Apr 2014

Signals that may have come from the black box on the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last month have been detected in the southern Indian Ocean, giving investigators an important clue in the ongoing search for the missing jetliner. An Australian ship, called Ocean Shield, picked up signals consistent with those emitted from airplane black...

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The chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference about the on going search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Rob Griffith

updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Missing flight MH370: "most promising lead" yet as search crews detect two signal pings
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Confirm They HAVE Found Signals Consistent With Black Box - 7April
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Flight 370: Ships detect "most promising lead" in search
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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"Promising lead" in search for MH370
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Flight 370: Ships detect most promising lead in search
updated 06 Apr 2014; published 06 Apr 2014
3:25
MH370 Pings Re-Detected By Chinese Vessel - Plane Search Signal Important Lead - 6 April 2014
US mudslide dead rises to 33 amid search for missing
Full Article BBC News
07 Apr 2014

The number of dead in a mudslide that destroyed a town in the north-western US state of Washington has risen to 33, as the list of missing drops to 10. The latest victim identified by authorities is Navy Chief...

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Workers use hand tools next to heavy equipment at the scene of a deadly mudslide nearly two weeks earlier nearby, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Oso, Wash.
photo: AP / Elaine Thompson

updated 30 Mar 2014; published 30 Mar 2014
3:22
Still 30 People Missing After Washington Landslide
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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Washington mudslide: 14 confirmed dead and over a hundred missing
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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Watch Washington landslide: 14 Confirmed Dead, As Many As 176 May Be Missing In Slide Zone
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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Washington mudslide: 14 confirmed dead, as many as 176 may be missing
updated 26 Mar 2014; published 26 Mar 2014
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Washington Mudslide "Plea For Help" 24 Dead 176 Missing
updated 24 Mar 2014; published 24 Mar 2014
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Mega Mudslide "Mountains Melting" 8 Dead 18 Missing
Oscar Pistorius on faith: 'My God's my God of refuge'
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
07 Apr 2014

PRETORIA, South Africa -- South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius told Pretoria’s high court Monday that his religious faith had gotten him through the past year after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. “It’s definitely the thing that has got me through this past year,” Pistorius told the court....

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Oscar Pistorius reacts as he listens to evidence by a pathologist in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Deaan Vivier

updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Pistorius takes the stand: Live Report
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Oscar Pistorius testifies about faith and love for woman he killed
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Oscar Pistorius trial: athlete struggles as he talks about his faith
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius to face murder charge over girlfriend's shooting
updated 06 Apr 2014; published 06 Apr 2014
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MSNBC Faith Jenkins on Upcoming Pistorius Testimony Off Camera 4/6/14
updated 10 Mar 2014; published 10 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius vomits at trial
Pro-Russia Activists Proclaim Separatist Republic In East Ukraine City
Full Article Business Insider
07 Apr 2014

Pro-Russia protesters hang a banner as they storm the regional government building in Donetsk April 6, 2014. DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russia activists occupying a regional government building in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Monday proclaimed the creation of a separatist Donetsk republic, a Reuters witness said. One of...

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Pro-Russian activists hold a huge Russian national flag in front of the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 6, 2014
photo: AP / Andrey Basevich

updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Ukraine: Pro-Russia activists declare Donetsk independent from Ukraine
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Activists Declare 'People's Republic Of Donetsk' in Eastern Ukraine
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Activists Declare 'People's Republic Of Donetsk' in Eastern Ukraine
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Video: Pro-Russian activists scuffle with police, storm local admin building in Donetsk, U
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Ukraine crisis escalates as pro-Russia protestors declare independence in Donetsk
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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Independence movement spreads in Eastern Ukraine
NZ prepares to go ga-ga over blue-blooded baby
Full Article CNN
07 Apr 2014

April 7, 2014 -- Updated 1052 GMT (1852 HKT) Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are pictured with their 8-month-old son, Prince George of Cambridge, in a family portrait taken at Kensington Palace. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leave with their son, Prince George, after...

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Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George arrive for their visit to New Zealand at the International Airport, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, April 7, 2014.
photo: AP / SNPA, David Rowland

updated 12 Oct 2013; published 12 Oct 2013
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Prince William And Kate Show Off Their Newborn Baby Boy! (George Alexander Louis)
updated 24 Oct 2013; published 24 Oct 2013
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Prince George Christened At St James's Palace Baptism of Kate Middleton Prince William baby
updated 24 Jul 2013; published 24 Jul 2013
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BBC News - Royal baby: Prince William and Catherine name son George
updated 19 Dec 2013; published 19 Dec 2013
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Kate Middleton, Prince George, and Prince William Kick Off Christmas | Royal Report
updated 23 Jul 2013; published 23 Jul 2013
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Royal baby boy leaves hospital: William and Kate's first public appearance with new son - BBC News
updated 24 Jul 2013; published 24 Jul 2013
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Royal Baby's Name Revealed! Prince William & Duchess Kate Announce Their Son, George Alexander Louis

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The practice of taking selfies may be banned from the White House after U.S. President Barack Obama took exception to Samsung advertising stunts involving self-directed snaps....
The Examiner
Within various formats—from statistics to Atheist vs. Christian debates and much more in between—the issue of wars, and specifically religious wars, is considered. To begin with...
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Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's long-term lover who married the Nazi leader hours before their joint suicide in his Berlin bunker, may have had Jewish ancestry, ground-breaking DNA...

Pakistan army soldiers patrol in the vicinity of the army training camp in Mardan near Peshawar, Pakistan  Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. A teen suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp killing many troops and injuring dozens of others, police and the military said.
A bomb has ripped through a passenger train in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 14 people. Police say Tuesday&aposs; blast occurred after the train stopped...
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Supporters of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) leader, Artur Mas, wave their pro-independence "estelada" flags during the last day of campaigning in a meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.
MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) – Spanish lawmakers are set to debate a request on Tuesday by Catalonia's regional assembly to hold a referendum on independence from Spain....
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Germany’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned North Korea’s envoy in Berlin over Pyongyang’s threat to carry out...
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Special Event:  Commemoration of World Press Freedom Day 2012  Opening remarks by:  - The United Nations Secretary-General, - H.E. Mr. Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland; - H.E. Mutlaq Al-Qahtani, Chef de Cabinet of the President of the General Assembly; - Mr. Mogens Schmidt, Director of Field Coordination for UNESCO; - H.E. Eduardo Ulibarri-Bilbao, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations; Chairperson, Committee on Information; - Giampaolo Pioli, President, United Nations Correspondents Association  Moderated by: Mr. Maher Nasser, Acting Head, Department of Public Information
8 April 2014, 2:40 Irish President Makes Historic State Visit Tweet Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina will be guests of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle. The two heads of state have met informally but President...
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Nicolas Maduro takes the presidential oath from National Assembly's President Disodado Cabello during a swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013.
Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, is set to meet opposition leaders for the first time since the start of street protests that left 39 dead. The meeting was proposed by foreign ministers belonging to the South American regional group...
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A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
ABUJA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 150 people were killed in separate weekend attacks in northwest and northeast regions of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, officials and witnesses said here on Monday. In the northwestern state of Zamfara,...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French President Francois Hollande after their meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.
The White House is telling Russia to stop intervening in eastern Ukraine, or face more sanctions. The warning from the White House came after groups of pro-Russian demonstrators took over government buildings in at least three cities in eastern...
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