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African health officials warn the epidemic is not over
some of the vessels will be deployed in the South China Sea, where Filipino maritime forces have figured in violent confrontations this year with China's coast guard
Concern has grown over the whereabouts and welfare of the young woman, with activists worried authorities could confine her in a psychiatric institution
The cases were household contacts of Britain's first case identified last week, according to the UK Health Security Agency
World Health Organization lists 17 pathogens that cause widespread disease and death, including HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, for which it says new vaccines were 'urgently needed'
Some blame attack on Sikh activists, as already frosty bilateral ties between Delhi and Ottawa plunge to a fresh low
The man was a member of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, the Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement, expressing condolences to his family, who did not want him publicly identified
The three men had arrived at Tiangong in late April and were joined there on October 30 by three new astronauts, two men and a woman
"If they [the Israelis] reconsider their behavior, accept a cease-fire and stop massacring the oppressed and innocent people of the region, it could affect the intensity and type of our response," Masoud Pezeshkian said, quoted by IRNA
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who presided over the summit, said trade with the continent surpassed $35 billion last year and Turkey's direct investments now totaled $7 billion
Conference ends with no agreement on a roadmap to ramp up funding for species protection
US also sending fighter and tanker aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers
They also seized weapons and ammo, officials say
Critics have questioned why a truce has still not materialized now that Israel has achieved many of its war aims, including last month's killing of Hamas's leader Yahya Sinwa
Under the dress code mandatory in Iran, women must wear a headscarf in public and loose-fitting clothes that cover all bodily contours
The leading opposition candidate has called for nationwide protests until November 7, with a final rally planned in Maputo
Police said the deceased and the people charged were probably members of 'a new generation of terrorists'
Hopes of finding survivors more than three days after the floods grow slim
Authorities warn of landslides and floods
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