Ebola: Games Athletes Afraid To Return Home

Many members of Sierra Leone's Commonwealth Games team are afraid to return home because of the outbreak of ebola, it has been reported. A team representative told The Times newspaper the athletes fear they may not be safe if they go back to their country...

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Pistorius' Brother Critical After Head On Crash

The brother of bladerunner Oscar Pistorius is in a critical condition after a head on collision in South Africa. Carl Pistorius, who has regularly been seen in court during his brother's murder trial, was in a head on collision on the N1 near Modimolle...

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Death Toll Surges As Israel Hunts For Soldier

Why Obama's Hands Are Tied Over Gaza Updated: 4:38am UK, Friday 01 August 2014 By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent On the day the White House said the Israeli military should do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the US confirmed...

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Why Obama's Hands Are Tied Over Gaza

On the day the White House said the Israeli military should do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the US confirmed it had agreed to supply the same military with more ammunition. The Obama administration has hardened its criticism of the...

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Mystery Gas Blasts Tear Up Streets In Taiwan

A series of underground gas blasts in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung has killed 25 people and injured 267 others. The explosions sparked a huge fire that tore through the city's Chian-Chen district and were powerful enough to upturn cars and...

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Israeli Soldier May Have Been Kidnapped In Gaza

Why Obama's Hands Are Tied Over Gaza Updated: 4:38am UK, Friday 01 August 2014 By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent On the day the White House said the Israeli military should do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the US confirmed...

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UK Border Staff 'Unprepared' For Ebola

Border, customs and immigration staff feel unprepared to deal with people arriving in Britain who may be carrying the deadly ebola virus, a union leader has warned. The virus - which has no vaccine and a fatality rate of up to 90% - has now killed nearly...

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Ebola Crisis: Your Questions Answered Live

Follow Alex Crawford's questions and answers live. Refresh page for updates. Andy: Those poor people must be so frightening for them. Alex Crawford: Very scary and those in the epicentre are terrified. They distrust modern medicine and fear isolation...

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International Experts Reach MH17 Crash Site

International observers have reached the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine. It is the first time experts have been able to visit the scene in almost a week due to fierce fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian...

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Cobra Meeting As UK Doctors Warned Over Ebola

The Government's emergency committee is to discuss how to tackle the "new and emerging" threat of ebola, as doctors in Britain are put on alert to spot symptoms of the deadly disease. The outbreak is the largest in history, with the virus killing more...

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Top Ebola Doctor Falls Victim To Deadly Virus

A doctor who was hailed as a national hero in Sierra Leone after risking his life to treat dozens of ebola patients has himself died from the disease. Dr Sheik Humarr Khan had been hospitalised in quarantine but died on Tuesday, officials said. Health...

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Strikes Kill 43 In Gaza As UN School Hit

At least 43 people have been killed in Gaza, including many at a UN school, during another night of heavy shelling, medics have said. The building in Jebalya refugee camp, which is used as a shelter by some of the 200,000 people who have been displaced...

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MH17 Crash Investigators Stopped By Fighting

Officials sent to collect the remains of victims of flight MH17 have abandoned plans to access the crash site, as fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine reportedly left 22 people dead. Investigators from the Netherlands and Australia had also been due to...

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Gaza's Power Plant Knocked Out By Missile Strike

The fuel depot of Gaza's only power plant was practically destroyed this morning, potentially cutting electricity to the enclave's 1.8 million residents. The power plant supplies two thirds of the territory's energy needs and was engulfed in flames...

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Bankers Face World's Longest Bonus Clawbacks

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Staff at British banks could be made to hand back bonuses more than six years after the money has been paid to them under a regime that will amount to the world's toughest rules on clawing back remuneration. Sky News...

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'Rivers Of Hail' As Freak Storm Sweeps Coast

A freak summer storm has brought chaos to the south coast of England and parts of London with lightning, floods and hailstones and a power cut on the railway lines. Forecasters warned a "deeply unstable airmass" had brought the risk of heavy thundery...

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Gaza Strikes Resume As UN Calls For Ceasefire

The Israeli military says it has carried out three airstrikes on Gaza, ending a 12-hour lull in fighting at the start of a major Muslim holiday. Fighter jets reportedly hit two missile launchers and a rocket factory, in what a defence spokesman said...

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MH17 Black Boxes: Plane 'Hit By Shrapnel'

Black box data from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane reveals the jet crashed due to a "massive explosive decompression" after being hit by shrapnel from a missile, claims a Ukrainian security official. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's Security...

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Clegg: Russia Should Be Stripped Of World Cup

Russia should be stripped of the 2018 World Cup in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. He said it was "unthinkable" at present that the tournament could go ahead in the...

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American Doctor Infected With Deadly Ebola

An American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus. Kent Brantly, 33, recognised his own symptoms and confined himself to an isolation ward. The medic, who is married and has children, is being treated...

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Hamas Agrees To New 24-Hour Truce In Gaza

Hamas has agreed to a new 24-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza to coincide with the Muslim festival of Eid, marking the end of Ramadan. The ceasefire was due to start at noon UK time. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said: "In response to UN intervention...

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