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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the internet
October 8th, 2014

Chikungunya in the United States
Spread by mosquitoes, chikungunya first appeared in the Americas late last year and has since spread rapidly to other areas of the hemisphere. There are now confirmed cases in the continental United States.

There Will Be Pestilences: Why Are So Many Deadly Diseases Breaking Out All Over The Globe Right Now?
Ebola, Marburg, Enterovirus and Chikungunya - these diseases were not even on the radar of most people coming into 2014, but now each one of them is making headline news.

Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan dies at Dallas hospital
The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. has died, a Dallas hospital announced minutes ago. Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, who recently traveled from West Africa to Dallas, had been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas since Sept. 28.

Political Cartoons - Political Humor, Jokes, and Pictures
Political cartoon of the day. Most interesting.

Double-reverse on Ebola military mission
Rodriguez said: “These are the U.S. troops that will be involved testing directly people in Liberia suspected of having the disease.” Meanwhile, the Daily Observer of Monrovia, Liberia, reported Tuesday that eight Liberian soldiers who contracted the Ebola virus have died.

Do You Know This Terrorist? FBI Asks Public for Help with ISIS
Crowdsourcing may be the key to prosecuting foreign nationals fighting in Syria, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) revealed Tuesday, as it asked for the public's help identifying an Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist. “We need the public's assistance in identifying U.S. persons going to fight overseas with terrorist groups or who are returning home from fighting overseas,” said Michael Steinbach, assistant director of the FBI’s Counter-terrorism Division.

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
The full Moon turned red on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8th, when it passed almost directly through the shadow of Earth.

Rabbi vows to continue gay conversion therapy
According to Rabbi Aviner, the reality on the ground proves that conversion therapy is efficient and that men who have undergone such treatment are "happy, love their wives and have children and good, normative families.

Letter from Fayetteville: Why this military town is having second thoughts
But behind the gung-ho, business-as-usual attitude, it’s not hard to detect a sense of weariness and frustration about the prospect of another open-ended conflict that could drag on for years.

Syrian rights groups call on world to save Kobani
Several Syrian human rights groups have issued a dramatic appeal, calling on the world to save the embattled Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from falling into the hands of the Islamic State group. The appeal came as more fighting was underway on Wednesday in the town on the Syria-Turkish border. The town is also known under its Arabic name of Ayn Arab.

At LEAST 10 ISIS Fighters Have Been Apprehended At US Border
California U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter made the alarming claim Tuesday that at least ten fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been apprehended trying to enter the U.S. at the southern border.

Spain quarantines 3, plans to euthanize Ebola nurse's pet dog
Health officials scrambled Tuesday to figure out how West Africa's Ebola outbreak got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nursing assistant became infected. Determined to contain the spread of the deadly virus, they even announced plans to euthanize the woman's pet dog.

Sierra Leone burial crews reportedly on strike, leaving Ebola victims in the street
Burial teams in Sierra Leone reportedly went on strike over lack of hazard pay this week, leaving the bodies of victims of the Ebola outbreak in the country's streets.

UN warns of pending 'massacres' as ISIS closes in on Syrian city
A UN official warned of pending "humanitarian tragedies" and pleaded desperately with the world to intervene on behalf of Kurds trapped in a Syrian city near the Turkish border, as Islamic State fighters stood on the brink of taking it.

Throwing Barack Obama Under the Bus
Barack Obama is now about to meet the underside of Hillary Clinton’s bus. The only chance Hillary Clinton has of winning in 2016 is to blame shift to Barack Obama and sacrifice him for the good of the party.

New Wellington fault line could produce 7.1 quake
The Aotea Fault so far measured 2km long and ran from Oriental Parade to Westpac Stadium, said National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research (Niwa) marine geologist Philip Barnes. However, data shows the fault could be up to 30km in length, running onshore across the city to the Cook Strait on the southern shoreline, he said.

URGENT - Mexico earthquake
A 6.2-magnitude quake struck northeast of San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Islamic State group flier claims responsibility for Gaza attack
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a Tuesday night explosion at the French Cultural Center in Gaza City, according to an unverified proclamation published Wednesday morning in the Strip. ...Around midnight local time, several explosions rocked the French Cultural Center, causing damage but no casualties. The center resides in an upscale new building built two years ago.

Syria declares new chemical weapons facilities
The UN Security Council has been told that Syria has revealed for the first time the existence of four more chemical weapons facilities. Three of the sites are for research and another is for production. Correspondents say the announcement heightens concerns that the Syrian government has not been fully open about its chemical weapons programme.

Facebook, Twitter and Google to attend EU anti-extremist meeting
A "private" dinner between tech firms and government officials from across the EU is to take place on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways to tackle online extremism, including better cooperation between the EU and key sites. Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Facebook will all be attending in Luxembourg.

Australian PM seeks to block visas for 'hate preachers'
Australia's PM Tony Abbott has said he wants visa rules tightened so preachers of extremist ideologies will be refused entry into the country. He said the proposed legal amendments would also make it a crime to "promote terrorism" in Australia and make it easier to ban extremist groups. Australia has been on high alert for terrorist attacks and has conducted anti-terror raids in recent weeks.

Hezbollah sends message to Israel: No more carte blanche for the IDF in Lebanon
Hezbollah is not interested in war with Israel, but is striving to achieve a balance of deterrence against it. This is the conclusion from the blast of the two explosive devices on Mount Dov (Shaba Farms) on Tuesday. The devices were laid a while ago, and on Tuesday Hezbollah commanders decided to activate them. Fortunately, only two soldiers were lightly injured, and therefore the IDF’s response was moderate...

'Blood Moon' set to wow skywatchers
A total lunar eclipse will be visible across much of the Americas and Asia in the coming hours. The eclipse starts at 08:00 GMT (04:00 EDT), reaching totality just before sunrise at 10:25 GMT (06:25 EDT). During the eclipse - which is the second to occur this year - our only natural satellite will be fully covered by the Earth's shadow.

Ebola crisis leaves Dallas a city on edge
Leaders are urging calm, but Dallas is a city on edge as it approaches the first Ebola incubation deadline this week. Several residents of the neighborhood where the first U.S.-diagnosed case of Ebola was found told city officials they'd been sent home from work. Some community volunteers shunned a nearby after-school program. And the hospital at the epicenter of fear acknowledged for the first time that some patients were staying away.

Syria conflict: Jihadist rebels abduct Franciscan friar
Roman Catholic priest and about 20 of his parishioners have been abducted by jihadist rebels in north-western Syria. Father Hanna Jallouf was taken from the convent in the village of Knayeh by members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front on Sunday, the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land said.

Vietnam tanker missing, likely hijacked by pirates
A maritime watchdog agency says a Vietnamese tanker carrying gas oil has lost contact and may have been hijacked by pirates after leaving Singapore port almost a week ago.

Turkey says Syria town about to fall as Islamic State advances
Turkey's president said on Tuesday the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes.

Israel PM orders new legislation against illegal immigrants
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered ministers on Tuesday to draft new legislation to tackle illegal immigrants after the High Court overturned a law allowing their extended detention without trial.

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