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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 7 Oct, 2014

Husband of Spanish nurse with Ebola has been quarantined

Madrid, Reuters—The husband of a Spanish nurse who on Monday became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside of Africa is now in quarantine in hospital, a Spanish health official said on Tuesday. The nurse, who had helped treat two Spanish priests after they were repatriated to Madrid having contracted Ebola in Africa, tested positive for the virus on Monday. "The husband is already in hospital and is being monitored so that he can have a quarantine situation with bett...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Monday, 6 Oct, 2014

Hong Kong democracy protests fade, face test of stamina

Hong Kong, Reuters—Pro-democracy protests in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong subsided on Monday as students and civil servants returned to school and work after more than a week of demonstrations, but activists vowed to keep up their campaign of civil disobedience. Protesters lifted a blockade of government offices in the heart of the city, which had been the focal point of their action which initially drew tens of thousands onto the streets. The civil servants were allowed to pass through pro...

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Alex Edwards
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on : Monday, 6 Oct, 2014

Brazil’s Rousseff in tight runoff against pro-business Neves

Rio den Janeiro, Reuters—Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff faces a tough election runoff against her pro-business rival, Aecio Neves, after he rode a dramatic late surge and won ...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Sunday, 5 Oct, 2014

Brazilians voting in nail-biter election for president

Rio de Janeiro, Reuters—Voters across Brazil were casting ballots Sunday in the most unpredictable presidential election in decades and the first since the end of an economic...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Sunday, 5 Oct, 2014

Protesters to lift Hong Kong government blockade, vow to stay in Central

Hong Kong, Reuters—Fearing a police crackdown, Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters bowed to government pressure and said they would lift a blockade of key government buildings, bu...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Saturday, 4 Oct, 2014

Home where Ebola patient stayed disinfected

Dallas, AP—After days of scrutiny about their treatment, a family that was living in the Texas apartment where an Ebola patient was staying when he got sick was moved to a privat...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Saturday, 4 Oct, 2014

UN condemns beheading as ‘heinous and cowardly’

United Nations, AP—The UN Security Council late Friday sharply condemned a new video that purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, ...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Friday, 3 Oct, 2014

Hong Kong clashes break out, protesters threaten to boycott talks

Hong Kong, Reuters—Violent scuffles broke out in one of Hong Kong's most famous and congested shopping districts on Friday, as hundreds of supporters of Chinese rule stormed ...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Friday, 3 Oct, 2014

Turkey will try to stop ISIS taking Kurdish border town: PM

Istanbul, Reuters—Turkey will do whatever it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Thursday, 2 Oct, 2014

Hunger threat shadows Ebola in West Africa

Freetown and Dakar, Reuters—The threat of hunger is tracking Ebola across affected West African nations as the disease kills farmers and their families, drives workers from the f...

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