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Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls ...Kurdish oil cargo unloaded at sea, destination a mystery
Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but ...Ukraine premier stays on, envoys agree on crash site route
Ukraine\'s parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk\'s resignation on Thursday and finally passed legislation he said was needed to finance an army ...Hamas and Israel agree 72-hour Gaza ceasefire
Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a three-day humanitarian truce to begin Friday morning, and negotiators ...Experts recover human remains at Ukraine crash site despite new fighting
International experts found the remains of more victims of the downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday but fighting nearby between ...Gaza truce over, Israel soldier captured, 50 dead in Rafah shelling
Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday, saying Hamas militants breached the truce soon after it came into effect and apparently ...Temporary ceasefire in Tripoli, 75 bodies found in Benghazi
Rival Libyan militias fighting for control of Tripoli\'s airport agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday to allow firefighters to try to ...Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site
Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine even as G7 leaders warned of further steps, ...At least 24 reported killed in Guinea beach concert stampede
At least 24 people were killed in a stampede at a beachside concert celebrating the end of Ramadan in Guinea\'s capital, news ...EU and U.S. announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The European Union and the United States on Tuesday announced further sanctions against Russia, targeting its energy, banking and defense sectors in ...




