Sierra Leone secludes millions as Ebola drive speeds
Sierra Leone orders 6 million residents confined to homes for three days while volunteers conduct house to house searches for victims amid a rising Ebola outbreak. The UN Security Council calls the crisis a threat to international peace and urges global medical aid.
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West Africa
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UK Muslim leaders urge mercy for held aid worker Henning
British Muslim figures publish a letter in the Independent pleading for Alan Henning released from Islamic State captivity in Syria. They note his age forty seven and his work as a humanitarian aid volunteer who traveled to help war victims, not for politics. The letter appeals to IS to spare him and release him immediately.
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England
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Scotland votes on independence in landmark referendum
Unofficial counts show No leading with about 54 percent to 46 for Yes as 26 of 32 regional centers report. Aberdeens oil capital wins for No amid record turnout around 86 percent. crowds await final results while politicians react and UK leaders hint at further powers.
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Britain
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Florida sheriff reports six grandchildren among six killed in Bell shooting
Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz identified 51 year old Don Spirit as the gunman in a Bell home incident that left six grandchildren ages 3 months to 10 years dead along with his adult daughter and himself. He said a deputy encountered Spirit and he later died by suicide. seven others survived. Spirit had a prior gun conviction and Bell lies about 30 miles west of Gainesville.
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Republicans push over the counter birth control in Senate bids
Democrats accuse GOP candidates in Colorado North Carolina Virginia and Minnesota of using nonprescription birth control to target women voters The debate centers on ObamaCare coverage and insurance payment for over the counter contraceptives highlighting conflicts with Planned Parenthood and candidate positions in key races.
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Thom Tillis
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Planned Parenthood
Mark Udall
Cory Gardner
Udall
Gardner
Elizabeth Warren
D-Mass
Cecile Richards
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