Ebola Could Strike 20,000, World Health Agency Says
By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and ALAN COWELLAUG. 28, 2014…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 29, 2014 at 6:46am —
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True scale of police corruption claims revealed: Almost 100 officers a year are suspended over misconduct allegations
- 460 police officers suspended for alleged corruption since the start of 2009
- Offences include lying about suspects and stealing drugs from police…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 26, 2014 at 6:33am —
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Egypt and UAE have been conducting secret air strikes on Libya – report
Published time: August 25, 2014 20:33
Edited time: August 26, 2014 04:14
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have been joining forces in…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 26, 2014 at 6:22am —
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Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine
Defence ministry source claims captured soldiers seen on video were on a border patrol and had strayed into Ukraine by mistake…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 26, 2014 at 6:16am —
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US and UK should back Assad to defeat ISIS - senior UK MP
Published time: August 22, 2014 11:30
Edited time: August 22, 2014 15:14
The US and UK must work with Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime if they are to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 25, 2014 at 2:30am —
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Largest earthquake in 25 YEARS rocks San Francisco Bay: 6.0 earthquake leaves 89 injured, buildings destroyed and thousands without power
- The 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Northern California about six miles southwest of Napa around 3:30am Sunday morning
- It was the largest earthquake to hit California since the 1989 Loma Prieta…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 24, 2014 at 3:41pm —
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Cop who killed Michael Brown started his career at disgraced unit that was DISBANDED over racial tensions - after officers opened fire on fleeing mother and child and beat up another woman
- Darren Wilson was a rookie cop in Jennings, Missouri
- The small city had a majority of black citizens but an almost completely white police…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 24, 2014 at 7:28am —
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Cop suspended over Facebook post branding Ferguson protesters ‘rabid dogs’
Published time: August 23, 2014 09:40
A police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been suspended over a series of Facebook posts, insulting Ferguson protesters,…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 24, 2014 at 3:43am —
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2 Swiss banks to end 200-yr secrecy and publish financials
Published time: August 22, 2014 19:41
Two Geneva-based banks that have kept their finance sheets shrouded in secrecy since 1796 will publish their earnings amid pressure from…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 23, 2014 at 5:52pm —
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'My mission is vengeance': Man says he killed four in response to US foreign policy
Published time: August 21, 2014 16:23
A Seattle man has told investigators he killed four people in Washington state and New Jersey this year in a mission to avenge the “millions” of lives “taken every single day” by the United States government, according to court documents.
Ali Muhammad…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 22, 2014 at 2:41am —
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S. Carolina student arrested after writing about shooting a dinosaur
Published time: August 21, 2014 23:16
The mother of a South Carolina high school student was left irate when her 16-year-old son was suspended and then arrested after writing that he intended to…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 22, 2014 at 2:17am —
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Life in space? Sea plankton discovered attached to ISS outer hull
Published time: August 20, 2014 03:13
Russian scientists say they made a “unique” discovery while analyzing samples from the exterior of the…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 20, 2014 at 9:21am —
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Four indicted in Feb. recall of 8.7 million pounds of contaminated beef
Published time: August 19, 2014 17:36
Four people from the slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall in February have been indicted for purposely allowing…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 19, 2014 at 7:58pm —
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'American bombing had signed my death certificate': Missing US journalist James Wright Foley goes unflinching to his death as ISIS behead him in horrific video, as a warning to Obama
- American photojournalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS forces
- Foley has been missing since Thanksgiving 2012 while working in…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 19, 2014 at 7:34pm —
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Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting in St. Louis near Ferguson
Published time: August 19, 2014 19:08
Edited time: August 19, 2014 19:49
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Added by Ragnarok on August 19, 2014 at 6:30pm —
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NSA bot MonsterMind can wage cyberwar on its own – Snowden
Published time: August 13, 2014 22:43
The US National Security Agency owns a “MonsterMind” program designed to prevent foreign cyberattacks and, also, automatically strike back, former NSA contractor Edward…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 13, 2014 at 6:56pm —
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BBC shows episode of Family Guy involving Robin Williams and a failed suicide attempt just minutes before his death is announced
- Social media users fire up over 7Mate's broadcast of old Family Guy episode poking fun at Robin Williams
- 'It was a coincidence', Seven spokesperson tells media blog…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 13, 2014 at 7:00am —
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'I'm sure you've seen much worse than that': Uncle of Australian SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy who was photographed brandishing the head of a Syrian soldier - taken by his jihadist father - says the image should be dismissed
- Mostafa Sharrouf says Australia should 'forget' about the photo of his nephew
- Young son of Khaled Sharrouf was photographed holding the severed head in the northern Syrian city of…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 11, 2014 at 10:50am —
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Vigil for St Louis teenager killed by police descends into violence
Vandalism and looting mars tribute to Michael Brown, 18, an unarmed black man who was shot by police after a street scuffle
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Added by Ragnarok on August 11, 2014 at 8:33am —
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Skipper of Navy cruiser retreated to cabin for weeks and left 330 crew members leaderless while having 'improper and unduly familiar' relationship with female officer
- A Navy investigation has found Captain Gregory Gombert retreated to his cabin from January to March during a deployment
- He was suffering an undisclosed…
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Added by Ragnarok on August 8, 2014 at 10:30am —
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