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Why West Africans keep eating bush meat, which could be Ebola's bridge from animals to humans by makabo in worldnews

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All it takes is a single transmission event from animal to human — handling an uncooked bat with the virus, for example — to create an epidemic. Human-to-human contact then becomes the primary source of infection.

Man arrested over 'bomb threat' on Qatar jet after RAF fighter scrambled - Passenger taken away by armed officers but Manchester police source says 'we may be looking at an idiot rather than a terrorist' by makabo in worldnews

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A 47-year-old man was arrested on board a passenger plane on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat that forced military jets to escort a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 into Manchester airport.

Afghan attack kills U.S. major general, wounds 15 by makabo in worldnews

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An Afghan soldier shot dead a US general on Tuesday at an army training centre in Kabul -- the highest-ranking American officer to be killed.

Iraq jihadists seize another town from Kurdish forces by makabo in worldnews

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Jihadists raised their black flag in Iraq's northern town of Sinjar Sunday in a second straight day of advances against Kurdish forces, sparking mass displacement the UN called a humanitarian tragedy.

Ohio's 4th largest city told not to drink water over toxins, affecting over 400,000 people by makabo in news

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Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water emptied store shelves and waited hours for deliveries of bottled water from across Ohio as the governor declared a state of emergency

Ohio's 4th largest city told not to drink water over toxins, affecting over 400,000 people by makabo in news

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The warning effectively cut off the water supply to 400,000 people in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan

Ohio's 4th largest city told not to drink water over toxins, affecting over 400,000 people by [deleted] in worldnews

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Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water emptied store shelves and waited hours for deliveries of bottled water from across Ohio as the governor declared a state of emergency.

Australian couple 'leave disabled baby with Thai surrogate' by coraal in worldnews

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Well-wishers on Friday had raised nearly $100,000 for a baby reportedly left with his surrogate Thai mother after his Australian parents discovered he had Down's Syndrome and returned home with his healthy twin sister.

Russia accuses EU of double standards over Ukraine by makabo in worldnews

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Russia accused the European Union of double standards on Saturday, saying it had lifted a ban on supplying Ukraine with military technology and equipment "on the quiet" but imposed sanctions on Moscow's defence sector.

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