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Pharmaceutical company tests “successful” experimental vaccine against Ebola

Four monkeys received today an experimental vaccine against Ebola, developed by the Canadian pharmaceutical Immunovaccine, and survived after being exposed to a lethal dose of the virus. Immunovaccine added that two monkeys which were exposed to Ebola but not did not receive the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Father of gunned down in Ferguson calls day of silence

The father of the African-American of 18 years old who died after being shot by a white police in Ferguson, urged on Sunday, August 24, to save a “day of silence” while his son is buried on Monday. “Tomorrow all I want is peace,” said Mr. Michael Brown to...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Pope Francis spoke with the family of beheaded journalist

According to the culture editor of the Jesuit magazine America, James Martin, Pope Francisco spoke by phone with the family of American journalist James Foley, who was beheaded this week by the jihadists that had kidnapped him. “The family was excited and very...
Posted On 23 Aug 2014
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18 alleged collaborators with Israel were executed by Hamas

Hamas gunmen executed this Friday 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel. In the public execution, militants dressed in black and masks shot and killed the suspects, who had their hands tied and their faces covered, as worshipers were leaving the mosque Omari at...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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FARC and Colombia propose subcommittee creation to analyze definitive ceasefire

Create a subcommittee to examine possible working conditions for a permanent ceasefire in the conflict was the proposal announced today by peace delegations of the Colombian government and the FARC. Seven members of the Armed Forces and National Police, will be part of the group...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Suspected members of `Mara Salvatrucha´ are arrested in Mexico

Mexican authorities arrested 13 people apparently related to the transnational criminal organization `Mara Salvatrucha´, for the alleged crimes of robbery, kidnapping, murder and extortion, reported on August 21, the National Migration Institute (INM for its Spanish acronym). The...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Experimental serum ZMapp saves two Americans infected with Ebola

“Thanks to the care of the team in Liberia, the use of an experimental treatment and the experience and resources of the medical team at Emory University Hospital, God saved my life,” said Kent Brantly, American doctor, 33, who survived the Ebola virus. The doctor and...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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UN estimates that more than 191,000 people were killed in Syria

The UN reported on Friday that more than 191,000 people died in Syria’s war since its beginning in 2011, which represents “more than double” of the balance of a year ago. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 191.369 documented cases of people who died in...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Ukraine denounces as “invasion” Russian convoy income without authorization

Ukraine today denounced an “invasion” by Russia due to the entry of Russian humanitarian convoy on Ukrainian territory without the permission of the authorities of this country and without the escort of the Red Cross. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Assange case remains unresolved

From Guatemala, during a visit to participate in the V Esquipulas Forum, Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon, legal representative of Julian Assange, said his client has suffered “inhuman treatment” after 2 years of living as a political refugee in the Embassy of Ecuador...
Posted On 21 Aug 2014
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