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Workers drive around Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Sunday, telling people about the dangers of Ebola.

Skeptics In Sierra Leone Doubt Ebola Virus Exists

3:31pm August 06, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Sierra Leone is at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. But many people there don't think the virus is real. Others are so frightened by Ebola that they're afraid to take sick relatives to clinics.

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Sabrina Tavernise speaks Russian and covered Russia for The New York Times in the early 2000s. She has covered war and conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Chechnya. She now reports on public health for The New York Times.

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Malaysia Flight Wreckage Was 'Like The End Of The World'

2:56pm August 06, 2014

The New York Times' Sabrina Tavernise was among the first to arrive at the site of the downed flight in Ukraine in late July. She says it's hard to get the faces of the dead out of her mind.

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Ebola Photographer Introduces The West To Outbreak's Victims

11:58am August 06, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with freelance photographer Tommy Trenchard, who has been shooting in Sierra Leone the last two years. He offers an on-the-ground account of the Ebola virus outbreak.

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Obama Calls On Business To Bridge Divide Between U.S. And Africa

9:47am August 06, 2014

by Brian Naylor

President Obama capped the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in downtown Washington, D.C., with a speech to the collected leaders and business people at the conference.

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Victim Of Insider Attack, Gen. Harold Greene Was An Engineer By Training

9:47am August 06, 2014

by Tom Bowman

NPR has confirmed that U.S. Army Major Gen. Harold Greene was killed in Tuesday's "green-on-blue" attack in Afghanistan. It was his first deployment to the country.

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A monkey sits on a car and eats an orange snatched from a fruit vendor in New Delhi in 2012. The city has tried numerous schemes to bring its large and rambunctious monkey population under control. Now it is employing men to mimic the calls of the aggress

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It's Bananas: India Hires 'Monkey Mimics' To Scare Away Real Ones

8:28pm August 05, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

New Delhi has tried countless schemes to control rambunctious monkeys. The latest: 40 men roam the streets, mimicking the call of the menacing langur monkey in an attempt to scare off other monkeys.

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White House chefs chop a lot of vegetables to prepare for a dinner of 400 Tuesday night.

Making An All-American White House Dinner With Some African Flair

1:12pm August 05, 2014

by Tamara Keith

After Tuesday's African summit sessions, the White House is preparing to host the 50 heads of state and the chairman of the African Union for dinner. What goes into preparing a formal dinner for 400?

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Latest Cease-Fire In Gaza Seems To Be Holding

10:47am August 05, 2014

A 72-hour cease-fire has taken hold in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. David Greene talks to Nick Casey, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.

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Israeli Attacks In Gaza Crush Family's Nut Business

10:47am August 05, 2014

Dozens of family members are sharing a 2-bedroom apartment in a different part of Gaza City. Family patriarch and company founder Jabar Sukar says his losses are at least a couple million dollars.

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Islamic State Bolsters Its Control Over Northwestern Iraq

7:09pm August 04, 2014

The militant group known as the Islamic State has reportedly captured Iraq's largest dam, just another instance in its successful offensive in northwestern Iraq. Melissa Block talks with reporter Jane Arraf about the group's gains.

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