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Ebola-infected UK nurse fighting for her life - 01/04/2015

LONDON, UK, Robin Millard- A British nurse with Ebola was fighting for her life Sunday as two health workers, who also spent time in Sierra Leone, were placed under observation in the US and Germany....

EU to set up expert cell to fight jihadist propaganda: report - 01/04/2015

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The European Union plans to set up a cell of advisors in Belgium that member governments can tap to fight jihadist propaganda, a top EU official told a newspaper Saturday. "The...

IS releases dozens of Iraqis seized over flag burning - 01/04/2015

KIRKUK, IRAQ- The Islamic State jihadist group on Saturday freed dozens of men it had seized while searching for people who burned its flag in north Iraq, officials and residents said. An...

Gunmen kill three Sunni clerics in south Iraq - 01/03/2015

BASRA, IRAQ- Gunmen shot dead three Sunni clerics in the Shiite-majority southern province of Basra, Iraqi officials said on Friday, an attack likely to increase already-significant sectarian...

Saudi King Abdullah has pneumonia: royal court - 01/03/2015

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Saudi King Abdullah, hospitalised earlier this week, is suffering from pneumonia and breathing with the aid of a tube, but is in stable condition, the royal court said on...

Lawsuit accuses Apple of storage sleight of hand - 01/03/2015

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- Apple on Friday faced a lawsuit accusing it of promising more available storage space than it actually delivers in iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices. The suit filed...

Prince Andrew named in US 'sex slave' case - 01/03/2015

WASHINGTON, US, Robert Macpherson- Britain's Prince Andrew has been named in a US court filing by a woman who claims she was kept as an underaged "sex slave" by a billionaire Wall Street financier....

Iraq violence killed 15,000 in 2014, worst in 7 years: govt - 01/02/2015

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, government figures showed Thursday, making it one of the deadliest years since the 2003 US-led...

Sudan's cinema lovers dream of better days - 01/02/2015

KHARTOUM, SUDAN, Tom Little- Standing in his dimly lit projection room, Ali al-Nur longs for the days when Sudanese filmgoers filled the rows of plush red seats below, enthralled by American...

Cancer often due to bad luck, not genes or environment - 01/02/2015

MIAMI, US- Cancer is often caused by the "bad luck" of random mutations that arise when cells divide, not family history or environmental causes, US researchers said Thursday. The study in the...
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