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Distrust Between Kurdish Forces And Arabs May Benefit ISIS

9:13am October 09, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Kurdish forces in Iraq are protecting Arab villages from being attacked by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. They are also encircling those Arabs and not letting them enter or leave the villages.

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Broad channels of short-term economic impact from the Ebola epidemic, as laid out in the World Bank report. For a larger version, click here.

World Bank Says Ebola Could Inflict Enormous Economic Losses

6:43am October 09, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

In 2013, Sierra Leone and Liberia ranked second and sixth among countries with the highest GDP growth in the world. But that growth has stopped because of the deadly Ebola virus.

A woman walks past umbrellas with pro-democracy slogans written on them at a protest site near Hong Kong government headquarters on Saturday.

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On China's Mainland, A Less Charitable Take On Hong Kong's Protests

5:50pm October 08, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong largely have been peaceful, but many mainland Chinese see the demonstrators as spoiled troublemakers who are asking for too much, too soon.

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A team from Dr. Paul Farmer's Partners In Health nonprofit visited southeast Liberia's Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital in September. The hospital has a new, six-bed isolation unit financed by the U.N.

A Strong Voice From The Ebola Front: Lorenzo Dorr

4:23pm October 08, 2014

by Hannah Bloch

Drugs are in short supply. So is protective gear. Muddy roads may be impassable. But community health worker Lorenzo Dorr continues his efforts to keep Ebola in check in remote parts of Liberia.

The dog Excalibur belongs to Teresa Ramos, the Ebola-afflicted nurse in Spain. Here, the pet poses with her husband, Javier Limon.

Excalibur, The Dog Exposed To Ebola, Is Euthanized

3:19pm October 08, 2014

by Lauren Frayer

The pet belongs to the Spanish nurse who contracted the virus. Authorities are afraid he might have been infected and announced plans to put him down. Dog lovers begged for a reprieve.

Excalibur, the dog that belonged to the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola, bayed from its balcony in Madrid before being euthanized on Oct. 8.

We Don't Know A Lot About Dogs And Ebola — But We Should

2:27pm October 08, 2014

by Marc Silver

The story of Excalibur, whose Spanish owner has Ebola, raises many questions. Can dogs catch the virus? How would we know if they did? Could they infect humans? We asked a specialist for answers.

Janet Timal, 47 (right), stands with her niece Thairine, 21. Janet has had a tummy tuck and breast augmentation and helped her niece pay for liposuction. "The ideal is to be able to put something on, to sit down and not have your belly jumping out. Here i

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In Brazil, Nips And Tucks Don't Raise An Eyebrow

2:24pm October 08, 2014

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Brazil has surpassed the U.S. as the world capital of plastic surgery. All this cosmetic enhancement is widely embraced in a country where women flaunt, rather than hide, having work done.

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Two schoolgirls walk past a barricade on a street outside Hong Kong's government complex on Tuesday. Many protesters have returned to work and to school. Student leaders and government officials agreed Tuesday to hold talks on ending the protests.

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After Clogging The Streets, Hong Kong Protests Dwindle

2:24pm October 08, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The demonstrators still have widespread support, but many students have returned to class and businesses have grown weary of daily disruptions that have hampered their operations.

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Turkey Calls On U.S. To Ramp Up ISIS Airstrikes In Syrian Border Town

2:24pm October 08, 2014

Robert Siegel talks to The Washington Post's Liz Sly, from Turkey, where she's been covering the assault by ISIS on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, near the Turkish border.

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The Secret To Prize-Winning Porridge Is In the Spurtle

2:24pm October 08, 2014

An Scottish man won the prestigious 21st Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championships on Saturday. We learn from Dr. Izhar Khan about his secret to winning porridge.

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