| Ebola outbreak is "out of control" but can be stopped - WHO
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 West Africa's Ebola outbreak is out of control but it can be stopped, World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan has said. Sierra Leone's president declared a public health emergency and its security forces are introducing a raft of measures to stop Ebola's spread. VoR's Natasha Moriarty reports.
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| Affymax, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
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| Affymax, Inc. (OTCQB:AFFY) today reported financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014. The net income for the second quarter of 2014 was $7.2 million (or $0.19 per share) compared to net income of $15.4 million (or $0.41 per share) for the second quarter of 2013.
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| Aussie women ease into hockey final
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| Australia cruised into the gold medal match of the women's hockey at the Commonwealth Games today with a 7-1 mauling of South Africa. The hockeyroos will face New Zealand or England in the final on Saturday. Winners of the gold medal in ...
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| Bill Maher Hated The 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Trailer As Much As You Did
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 If your reaction to seeing the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trailer was anything close to this, you're in good company: In an exclusive clip of his New Rules, Bill Maher had a similar response to the sexual thriller's first look, but it wasn't because of the BDSM, or even the fact that it's based on "Twilight" fan fiction. It was the casting of two "nobodies," including a girl Maher thinks "they found on Craigslist." "This time, we're seeing them like we've never seen them before ... Because we've never see them before!" Maher joked. "Real Time with Bill Maher" airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET on HBO.
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| Amos beats Rudisha to gold at Commonwealth Games
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 Nijel Amos of Botswana turned the tables on Olympic champion David Rudisha to win the 800-meter gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on a cool, rainy Thursday night at Hampden Park. Amos, who finished second to Rudisha at the 2012 London Games, cut outside with about 30 meters to go and swept past the world […]
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| Russia Built an Underwater Cable to Bring Its Internet to Newly Annexed Crimea
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 Crimean internet service providers have started to receive their first data from Russia, according to internet analysis company Renesys. Previously, Crimea was dependent on Ukraine for internet, but a new underwater cable links the peninsula with Russia. In March, telecoms news site TeleGeography reported that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had called for state-owned internet company Rostelecom to provide their services to the region as soon as possible. This involved the construction of the cable in the Kerch Strait, which Renesys said measures 46km and cost 400-900 million rubles (or $11-25million). It was actually finished pretty quickly, with Rostelecom declaring the project complete on April 25th. However, it took another two months until it started to be used. Senior analyst Doug Madory, who wrote the detailed Renesys post, confirmed to me that the arrangement will mean Crimeans using services linked to the cable will be held to the same censorship controls as in Russia. This includes a new ...
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| Sarah Palin says what?! about Obama
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 During a speech at the Western Conservative Summit, Sarah Palin talked about the "cuddling and purring and tummy-tickling" between President Obama and his "fat cat" benefactors. Read more
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