Zaire tightens travel as Ebola outbreak hits Kikwit city
Officials impose travel limits and urge staying off streets in Kikwit where the Ebola outbreak began. Schools clinics close, flights canceled, and work halted in the agricultural region as death tolls and infection links remain uncertain. Doctors Without Borders and CDC teams arrive to contain spread and assess wider reach, with a nun from the Poverelle order among the deceased.
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Zaire
Kikwit
Musango
Doctors Without Borders
Veerle Eygenraam
Eygenraam
Eggenraam
Kikwit Hospital
Danielangelina Sorti
Poverelle Order
Poverelle
Mauricia
Witnesses oppose computer crackdown
A Senate panel heard civil liberties experts and a media advocate argue the Internet should remain largely protected by the First Amendment despite harms like hate speech and bomb making instructions. They warned federal monitoring would be ineffective and shun broad censorship while urging voluntary self policing by networks.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Senate
Oklahoma City
Interactive
Sen
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Feinstein
Frank Tuerkheimer
University of Wisconsin
U.S
Study finds female veterans harassed and assaulted
A May Archives of Family Medicine study based on 333 women at Minneapolis VA Medical Center and University of Minnesota finds nine of ten women under 50 report military sexual harassment and 25 percent report rape or attempted rape by coworkers or superiors. Older women report lower rates but still substantial harassment. The report notes higher rates than other government jobs and calls for policy attention.
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Chicago
Archives of Family Medicine
American Medical Association
Maureen Murdoch
Kristin Nichol
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Pentagon
Kenneth Bacon
Coast Guard
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