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Ebola: 3 athletes can't compete at Youth Olympics

Ebola: 3 athletes can't compete at Youth Olympics

NANJING, China (AP) — Three teenage athletes from the Ebola-affected region of Africa will not be allowed to compete at the Youth Olympics in China because of the risk of possible infection, the IOC and local organizers said Friday. All

Five Suspected Ebola Victims Found in Albania

Five Suspected Ebola Victims Found in Albania

Newsweek is reporting that five immigrants out of 40 who were arrested in Albania on Thursday have shown signs of symptoms of Ebola, according to the Macedonian newspaper Vecer.  Albanian police believe the five immigrants arrived from Eritrea by illegally

World View: Russia Employing Army of 'Trolls' on Social Media

World View: Russia Employing Army of 'Trolls' on Social Media

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s sophisticated disinformation campaign over Ukraine Russia uses an army of trolls on social media Russian military convoy crosses border into Ukraine Russia’s humanitarian convoy appears poised to enter Ukraine without consent Ukraine fears

Indian PM Urges an End to Violence Against Women

Indian PM Urges an End to Violence Against Women

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that India had been shamed by rapes and attacks against women, and called on parents in this deeply misogynistic country to treat their sons and daughters equally in his first

Poll: Americans Slam Obama's Israel Policy

Poll: Americans Slam Obama's Israel Policy

A Fox News poll reveals that a solid majority of Americans reject President Barack Obama’s policies on Israel. 54% of respondents voiced disapproval of Obama’s policies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while only 30% approved. The poll was conducted August 10-12,

U.S. Seeking European Arms, Ammunition for Kurds

U.S. Seeking European Arms, Ammunition for Kurds

(Reuters) – The United States is asking European countries to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. and European officials said, signaling a widening of the international role in the conflict.

Ebola Highlights Growing Global Virus Threat

Ebola Highlights Growing Global Virus Threat

(AFP) — Like the Spanish flu, polio, AIDS, and SARS before it, Ebola has erupted from seemingly nowhere to claim lives and sow fear of a catastrophic global outbreak. While experts say the current epidemic is unlikely to become global,

Syrian Troops Seize Contested Damascus Suburb

Syrian Troops Seize Contested Damascus Suburb

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops captured a fiercely contested suburb of the capital Thursday after five months of heavy fighting, flushing rebels from their last hideouts and quickly moving to crush pockets of resistance in the surrounding countryside, activists

7 Dead as Battle Erupts in Somali Capital

7 Dead as Battle Erupts in Somali Capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Combat shook Mogadishu early Friday as government troops launched a dawn attack on a house belonging to a former warlord as part of a disarmament campaign. Seven people died in the violence. Explosions and gunfire were

Russia Lets Ukraine Inspect Aid Convoy

Russia Lets Ukraine Inspect Aid Convoy

KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia (AP) — Russia let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy on Friday and agreed to let the Red Cross distribute the aid around the rebel-held city of Luhansk, easing tensions and dispelling Ukrainian fears that the aid operation

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak,” the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared

Boko Haram Kidnaps Scores of Boys in Nigeria

Boko Haram Kidnaps Scores of Boys in Nigeria

(AFP) Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away on boats across Lake Chad, witnesses said Friday. Several people were also reportedly killed in the militant raids on

Iraq's al-Maliki Gives up Post to Rival

Iraq's al-Maliki Gives up Post to Rival

BAGHDAD (AP) — Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister for the past eight years, relinquished the post to his nominated replacement late Thursday, ending a political deadlock that has plunged the country into uncertainty as it fights a Sunni militant insurgency.