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Friday, 17 October 2014

The governments of Colombia and St. Lucia have each issued orders to bar entry to travelers coming from West African countries affected by Ebola. Colombia will not allow anyone in who has gone...

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Powerful Pacific storm churns toward Hawaii China Daily

HONOLULU - A powerful Pacific storm predicted to grow to hurricane force churned toward Hawaii, bringing with it heavy rains and potentially destructive winds that could begin hitting the state later Friday. Forecasters said that the storm likely will bring 40 to 50 mph (65-80 kph)...

'Ebola airport protocols should be tougher' claims US Congress man after passenger allegedly dies on ... The Independent

A US congressman is calling for tougher protocols in dealing with suspected Ebola cases after a “vomiting” man on a flight from Nigeria to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport allegedly died before the plane landed. In a letter addressed to the US Department of Homeland Security, Republican Peter King...

Brazilian serial killer suspect Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, 26, 'confesses to 39 murders' The Independent

A security guard in Brazil has confessed to killing at least 39 people “out of anger,” police have said. Brazilian police said Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, 26, targeted women, homeless people and homosexuals in the country’s central state of Goias. Rocha was arrested on Tuesday. In his confession...

Ebola nurse Nina Pham shown in emotional video in hospital isolation for first time The Independent

Video footage showing medics at the bedside of Nina Pham, a nurse who contracted Ebola in Texas, has been released. Ms Pham was seen for the first time since her diagnosis in a video shot in her Dallas hospital room and posted online by the Texas Health Resources on Thursday. In the video, a...

Joe Biden's son discharged from US Navy 'over cocaine use' The Independent

The son of US vice-president Joe Biden has reportedly been thrown out of the US Navy after failing a drug test for cocaine. Hunter Biden, son of President Obama’s deputy Joe Biden, failed check in June last year, according to...

US was prepared 'to use nuclear weapons against North Korea' if troops crossed border The Independent

The US was prepared to use nuclear weapons if North Korean forces crossed the border into South Korea, the former CIA Director and Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has claimed in his memoir. In a passage published in Newsweek from his autobiographical book Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War...

Ebola: US officials investigate Ohio flight Amber Vinson was on three days earlier The Independent

Health officials are now racing to track down passengers on another flight with Amber Vinson, after it emerged the health care worker may have been showing symptoms of Ebola three days before testing positive for the virus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now expanded its...

The Best Of Me Screen Daily

Dir: Michael Hoffman. US. 2014. 118mins The latest cinematic adaptation of romance author Nicholas Sparks, who has had nine of his 18 novels thus far converted to film (with another on the way next year), The Best Of Me sputters and struggles to find lift, relying almost entirely on the conviction...

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