DAKAR, Senegal – Sierra Leone will soon see a dramatic increase in desperately needed Ebola treatment beds, but it’s still not clear who will staff them, according to the top United Nations official in the fight against the disease. Ebola has sickened more than 16,000 people of whom nearly 7,000 …
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus’ transport minister says tenders will be issued this week for management of the east Mediterranean island nation’s largest port of Limassol. Marios Demetriades told a news conference Monday that companies may bid to manage the port as a container hub, a cruise liner port of call …
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If you turn on the news these days, you’re likely to hear about the latest horrific incident in a long string of violence from Boko Haram. Best known for the heart-wrenching kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls last spring, the Nigerian-based terrorist group is also responsible for massacring up to 2,000 villagers …
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WASHINGTON – Lawyers for the government and Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. have come to an agreement on conditions he would have to abide by if he is allowed to live full-time outside a mental hospital. The lawyers filed a court document Wednesday laying out their agreements and …
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Even as the United States tries to ratchet up sanctions against North Korea for its March 26 sinking of a South Korean warship, the United Nations is preparing to spend more than $170 million on new programs in the xenophobic communist state. More surprisingly, it is doing so with the …
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An Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter has been placed on administrative leave from his job at a Minnesota high school after he insulted President Obama’s intelligence and challenged the commander in chief to a fight. Jacob Volkmann told Fox News Radio that he is under investigation by White Bear Lake High …
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The planet’s northern magnetic pole is drifting slowly but steadily towards Russia — and it’s throwing off planes in Florida. Tampa International Airport was forced to readjust its runways Thursday to account for the movement of the Earth’s magnetic fields, information that pilots rely upon to navigate planes. Thanks to …
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Beverly Hills Courier columnist George Christy gives you an insider’s peek into Hollywood’s A-list parties and personalities. “Could I live in Southeast Asia? Well, yes, having traveled through many countries there. Ten years ago, after I arrived in Cambodia on a tour with the World Monuments Fund, I fell in …
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The scientist who has been put in charge of the Commerce Department’s new climate change office is coming under attack from both sides of the global warming debate over his handling of what they say is contradictory scientific data related to the subject. Thomas Karl, 58, was appointed to oversee …
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Bestselling author Suzanne Somers’ new cookbook, “The Sexy Forever Recipe Bible”, serves up more than 400 recipes she says are delicious, healthy and are speciallyl designed to detox your system and lose those love handles. Somers’ big break was as the mysterious blonde driving around in a white Thunderbird in …
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