2014年10月6日星期一

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Journalist with Ebola headed to U.S.

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 05:46 PM PDT

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Tom Frieden speaks at a news conference Sunday Oct. 5, 2014 at the CDC in Atlanta. Frieden said that he was aware that Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan's health had "taken a turn for the worse," but he declined to say what signs of poor health Duncan had shown. (AP Photo/Johnny Clark)Ashoka Mukpo will be treated at Nebraska Medical Center's specialized isolation unit.


Hitmen admit killing 17 of 43 missing Mexican students

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 11:46 PM PDT

A member of the civil defense looks at the site of a mass grave in Pueblo Viejo, on the outskirts of Iguala, Guerrero state, Mexico, on October 5, 2014Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - Two gang hitmen linked to police admitted to killing 17 of 43 students missing in southern Mexico, amid fears the victims were among bodies found in a mass grave.


Typhoon washes 3 U.S. airmen out to sea in Japan

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:09 AM PDT

Pedestrians make their way through a street in Tokyo while a powerful typhoon approaches Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Typhoon Phanfone made landfall in central Japan Monday morning after washing three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea the previous day, killing at least one. Bullet train service was suspended between Tokyo and Osaka because of heavy rain, and more than 600 flights were canceled at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITTOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that washed three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea, killing at least one, slammed central Japan on Monday, stalling trains and flights and triggering mudslides, before swerving to the Pacific Ocean.


Dallas Ebola patient fighting for life, another headed to Nebraska

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 11:08 PM PDT

Workers in hazardous material suits step out of an apartment unit where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in DallasBy Lisa Maria Garza and Sharon Begley DALLAS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital and appeared to be receiving none of the experimental medicines for the virus, a top U.S. health official said. Thomas Eric Duncan became ill after arriving in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago, heightening concerns that the worst Ebola epidemic on record could spread from West Africa, where it began in March. ...


Parents of American held by Islamic State release photos, letter

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 08:42 PM PDT

Abdul-Rahman Kassig works as a medic to help a wounded man in this family handout photoBy Daniel Wallis (Reuters) - The parents of an U.S. aid worker held hostage by Islamic State militants on Sunday released photographs of their son and parts of a letter he wrote them from captivity in which he says he is scared to die but at peace with his belief. Peter Kassig, 26, was taken captive a year ago while doing humanitarian work in Syria, his family has said. He was threatened in an Islamic State video issued on Friday that showed the beheading of a British aid worker. Ed and Paula Kassig of Indianapolis, Indiana, appealed for his release on Saturday in a video message. ...


Two dead as ultralight helicopter crashes in Colorado

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT

DENVER (Reuters) - Both people aboard an ultralight helicopter-like aircraft were killed when it crashed into a river in western Colorado, authorities said on Sunday. The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said the aircraft reportedly took off from the Grand Junction Regional Airport before crashing into Colorado River a few miles away near the town of Loma at around dusk on Saturday. Local media said the aircraft was a Xenon gyroplane, which resembles a lightweight helicopter. ...
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