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Khaleej Times
Liberian president chronicles fears about the ‘unknown enemy’ and how ‘collective resilience’ helped contain epidemic. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaking at the International...
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BBC News
Smart syringes that break after one use should be used for injections by 2020, the World Health Organization has announced. Reusing syringes leads to more than two million people...
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Stars and Stripes
On Feb. 9, a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan’s Helmand province killed Abdul Rauf, an Islamic State leader attempting to spread the would-be caliphate’s influence into South Asia....

Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan addresses the public after the commission of national inquiry released its report in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. A domestic inquiry commission in the Maldives Thursday concluded that former president Mohamed Nasheed's resignation earlier this year was legal, and that he was not forced to step down at gunpoint as he claims. Nasheed has rejected the report and his supporters have resumed street protests in the Indian Ocean nation. Nasheed resigned in February after public protests and losing support from military and police. The commission was set up to investigate allegations that mutinying police and soldiers forced him to resign.
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NEW DELHI: India on Monday reacted cautiously to the developments in Maldives and expressed concern over the arrest of former president Mohamed Nasheed again. Nasheed was arrested on terrorism charges on Sunday even though the offence cited relates...
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Simone Gbagbo, wife of Laurent Gbagbo, reacts during a pro-Gbagbo rally at the Palace of Culture in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. As the political standoff continues, Gbagbo backers are holding regular rallies to bolster support for the incumbent strongman who refuses to concede defeat to his rival, recognized internationally as the winner of the November poll.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Simone Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's former first lady, on Monday rejected charges of rebellion and xenophobia, in her first public statements at a trial over her role in a conflict that erupted after a contested 2010 election. Gbagbo is...
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Bangladeshis watch a rescue operation after a ferry capsized, on the banks of the Meghna River at Munshiganj, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
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Bangladeshi rescue workers attempt to lift the wreckage of a ferry that capsized after colliding with a cargo vessel in the Padma River in Manikganj district, about 40 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: A.M. Ahad Dhaka: The death toll...
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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Barkat said any partition of the city as part of a future peace agreement will not work, insisting only a united city could function and thrive.
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REUTERS/Baz RatnerJerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (C) walks after praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City October 23, 2013. Barkat won re-election on Wednesday in a hotly contested race that dealt a political blow to his challenger's main...
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Alaa Abdel Fattah
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By Shadi Bushra and Ali Abdelaty CAIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, part of one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt's history....
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, and President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder, right, arrive at the opening dinner of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, May 05, 2013.
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Reuters BUDAPEST— Hungary's ruling right-wing alliance lost its two-thirds majority in parliament after the opposition won a by-election on Sunday, hampering Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chances of changing the constitution and passing major...
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Mamie Morris lost her husband in November as he died from the Ebola virus. She lives in King Robert Farm, a suburb or Monrovia, Liberia together with her 3 children and has to support the whole family on her own . The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has produced increasing circles of victims beyond the infected and the dead. Survivors, families, children, and health workers are dealing with the stress and trauma left behind by the disease. Psychosocial support is an approach that helps victims of Ebola to cope with stress and fosters resilience in communities and individuals affected.   A team of 4 psychosocial workers and a supervisor from Action Contre la Faim (ACF) visit twice a week residents in some areas on Montserado in King Robert Farm to meet the only survivor in this village and affected families. UNMEER has provided ACF 9 cars to help it with logistics in reaching communities for contact tracing work and psycho social work. UN/Martine Perret. 2 February 2015
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James Butty A Liberian health ministry official said the country will continue to observe all Ebola preventive protocols and regulations until it achieves “zero infections.” This came as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Sunday ordered the...
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