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WHO identifies blood therapy, 2 vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak
Sept. 7, 2014GENEVA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said the whole blood therapies and convalescent blood serums, as well as two vaccines need to be considered ...
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Somalia on high alert over Al Shabaab chief death
Sept. 7, 2014MOGADISHU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Somali government on Saturday said it's on high alert for possible retaliatory attacks following the US drone attack targeting Al Shabaab's leader on Monday.
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Lack of dedicated resources, funds fuel Ebola crisis: Kofi Annan
Sept. 7, 2014GENEVA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The former secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on Friday said the lack of dedicated resources and funds is fuelling the Ebola crisis in ...
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160 killed in worst flood in 60 years in Indian-controlled ...
Sept. 7, 2014NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua/Sun) -- At least 160 people have been killed and tens of thousands threatened in what the authorities described as the worst flood in 60 years ...
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Al Shabaab confirms death of its leader, names new one
Sept. 7, 2014MOGADISHU, Sept 6, (Xinhua/Sun) -- Islamist group of Al Shabaab in Somalia on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Ahmed Abdi Godane in the US drone attack early in ...
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Tomato-rich diet helps prevent prostate cancer
Sept. 7, 2014LONDON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Men who eat over 10 portions a week of tomatoes have an 18 per cent lower risk of developing prostate cancer, a new research by ...
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Oil slick detected after private plane crashes near Jamaica
Sept. 6, 2014KINGSTON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- An oil slick has been detected on the waters where a private plane crashed off the coast of Jamaica Friday while the wreckage of the ...
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UN to establish Ebola crisis centre to stop spread in ...
Sept. 5, 2014UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said Friday that the world organization is going to establish an Ebola crisis centre to stop the spread of ...
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Britain gives over 25 million pounds to help fight Ebola
Sept. 5, 2014LONDON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Over 25 million pounds (41 million U.S. dollars) of British funding has been earmarked to help the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia tackle the ...
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U.S. conducts fresh airstrikes against IS militants in Iraq
Aug. 31, 2014WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua/Sun) -- U.S. warplanes have conducted a fresh round of airstrikes and emergency aid drops at a new site in northern Iraq to protect civilians from offensive ...
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Lesotho's deputy PM takes charge: minister
Aug. 31, 2014JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 31 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has taken charge of the kingdom's government, as the Prime Minister had fled to South Africa amid attempted military ...
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Ebola hits 5th African country, experimental drug heals all monkeys ...
Aug. 31, 2014DAKAR, Aug. 30 (Xinhua/Sun) -- With the first case of Ebola confirmed on Friday by Senegalese health authorities, the epidemic has spread to a fifth West African country and claimed ...
