Friday, September 5, 2014
Photos: Doctors Without Borders in Port Harcout to help fight Ebola
Third American Ebola patient arrives U.S for treatment
The next American doctor to be identified as having the Ebola virus arrived Nebraska about one hour to start his treatment. Dr Richard Sacra (pictured above) contracted the deadly virus while employed in Liberia. Dr Sacra wasn't treating Ebola patients when he was infected.
He was today flown to the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment patient care unit, among the four facilities in America designed specifically to deal with patients confronted with extremely dangerous infectious organisms.
Two other Americans were recently treated of the deadly virus utilizing the experimental drug, ZMapp.
'Go ahead and sue me' - Australian negotiator tells Alimodu Sheriff
Australian negotiator Stephen Davis has dared former Borno state governor, Alimodu Sheriff to sue him for saying he's among the sponsors of Boko Haram. Mr Sheriff had threatened to sue at a media conference on Wednesday.
Speaking with TheCable today, Davis said if Alimodu Sheriff would go to court, evidences to prove he's connections with the sect is going to be produced.
"He is worried, is he? He knows that if he goes to court, the evidence will be produced and he cannot escape justice. Let him go to court if that is what he wishes. It is his right to do so. He will not be able to avoid close examination and then the facts will be known. Good luck to him if he decides to sue me in Australia. He can’t buy the judges here. Truth is not for sale. Australia has zero toleration for those who might sponsor terrorism."Continue...
Nigerian Targeted Email list - Latest technology !
Gone are days when names and addresses of individuals were noted to send them any type of information. With the upcoming of latest technologies Internet marketing has seen an immediate growth. Email marketing is an important section of online marketing, since it knocks the inbox of an individual individually to make him/her aware in regards to a particular good/service. Email marketing can be quite a big success when you yourself have the mailing lists of one's targeted audience. Emails disseminate information of any sort to a big amount of people across the planet through Internet. Email addresses of individuals are collected to whom the emails need to be mailed. Collecting email addresses on a typical basis forms a huge email list that represents a big targeted audience.
Joan Rivers: Clinic where She Stopped Breathing Targeted with Death Threats
Twin boys stabbed to death by their brother who then killed himself
9 year old twin brothers Patrick and Thomas O'Driscoll were stabbed to death yesterday September 4th by their older half brother Jonathan, 20, who then killed himself about an hour later. Read the full story below...
Nine-year-old Patrick and Thomas O’Driscoll were dressed in their school uniforms when found dead in separate bedrooms by their younger brothers, aged three and five. Their half-sibling Jonathan, 20, sped from the scene in Charleville, Co Cork, and was discovered hanged 15km away.
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Atiku Abubakar officially registers interest in contesting in the 2015 presidential election.
Political massacre for APC???
Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has finally declared his interest in contesting in the 2015 presidential election on the ticket of the APC. Atiku said he'll declare officially on Wednesday, September 24. This is in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mallam Garba Shenu, in Abuja this morning.
"The Turaki Adamawa will contest for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, in the 2015 presidential elections. The former Vice President will be making the declaration on Wednesday September 24." the statement read in part
Russian REN-TV News Crew Comes Under Fire In Donetsk
Russian TV crew from REN-TV television channel came under fire in Donetsk, according to REN-TV official website. “REN-TV reporters came under fire in Donetsk. One day before a ceasefire comes into effect, Ukrainian Army has shelled city center,” a statement on the website reads. Press freedom in Ukraine has steadily deteriorated since Kiev launched military operation in southeastern Ukraine aimed at suppressing independence supporters. Journalists have been detained, kidnapped, tortured and killed.
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Expert: Implementation of Sanctions Against Russia Is Wrong Strategy
Implementation of sanctions against Russia is a mistake, French oil and gas company Total Chief Executive, Christophe de Margerie said in his interview to Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
“We cannot let them persuade us that Russia is our enemy. Our energy supply depends on this country. If Americans, based on the historical reasons and internal political motives, want to escalate the conflict, then it is their choice. But we, Europeans, have to deal with this crisis in a different way, not painting everything in black and white only,” de Margerie said as quoted by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.Continue..
Defense Budget Constraints May See US Shedding Allies: CSBA
According to Harrison, the downsizing could occur “by shedding missions, by coming up with innovative concepts to execute missions with fewer resources.”
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Rasmussen: NATO Not Involved in Member States’ Decisions on Military Aid to Ukraine
NATO as an alliance is not involved in member states’ decisions regarding military assistance to Ukraine, as the alliance does not possess military capabilities, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
«NATO as an alliance is not involved in delivery of equipment because we do not posess military capabilities. This are possessed by individual allies. So such decisions are national decisions and we are not going to interfere with that,» Rasmussen said ahead of Ukraine-NATO commission consultations.
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Slovakia Asks EU to Cut Sanctions Against Russia
Slovakia speaks against some sanctions against Russia, proposed by the European Union, according to the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.
“We have addressed the EU, asking them to remove some clauses from the sanctions proposal. We want a number of products included in the list to be exempt from sanctions, so that we can continue exporting them to Russia,” Fico said during press conference after a special meeting dedicated to the discussion of new EU sanctions against Russia.
The ministers, who took part in a meeting, spoke against proposed export ban on goods that can have both military and civilian use, aimed for Russian private companies.
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Russia Bans All Ukrainian Candy, Confectionaries Imports - Consumer Watchdog
Russia’s consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has decided to ban imports of Ukrainian candy and confectionaries beginning Friday. “In line with providing consumer rights, Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the import of Ukrainian confectionary goods into the territory of the Russian Federation beginning September 5, 2014,” the consumer watchdog said in an announcement. Earlier in August, Moscow suspended imports of Ukrainian alcoholic beverages to Russia, citing violations of consumer rights.
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Rasmussen: NATO Ready to Welcome Putin’s Peace Plan for Ukraine if It Is Genuine
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed his readiness to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin’s peace plan for Ukraine in case it is genuine. “If recent statements from President Putin represent a genuine effort to find a political solution, I would welcome it, because that is exactly what we need, a constructive political process,” Rasmussen said during joint press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the course of NATO summit in Wales.
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Hollande Threatens: Ceasefire Should Be Reached In Ukraine For France to Deliver Mistral to Russia
French President Francois Hollande set terms for Mistral delivery to Russia, saying that his conditions were a ceasefire and a political settlement in Ukraine, Reuters reported Thursday.
«What are the conditions? A ceasefire and a political settlement… Today these conditions are not in place,” Hollande said as quoted by Reuters.
On the sidelines of a NATO summit currently held in Wales, Hollande told reporters that the contract for two Mistral-class helicopters carriers was neither cancelled, nor suspended, but mentioned that the above conditions must be met in order for the ships to be delivered to Russia.
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Maiduguri youths march against Boko Haram
The youths, who first assembled at the popularly Ramat Square Ground, later moved to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Elkanemi, saying they were willing to confront the terror group if given the go ahead.
I’ve given Igbo positions they’ve never had – Pres.Jonathan
The President also said the Igbo had also benefited from many projects completed by his government in the South-East.
He said these during this year’s World Igbo Congress Day in Huston, United States of America.
Delta dismisses herbalists’ cure claim
In a press release by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah, on Thursday, the state government said, “The claims are completely false, untenable, dangerous and represent a threat to public health.
“It is hereby restated that there is no known cure yet for the Ebola Virus Disease. The media, especially television and radio broadcast houses, should refrain from promoting any claim of cure for EVD by any unorthodox medical practitioner.
Ondo opts for cremation
Tanker crushes two army officers in Abia
A tanker carrying diesel on Thursday crushed two army officers at the Leru junction, Umunneochi council of Abia State on the Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway.
Eyewitnesses said the deceased were at a road block when the tragedy occurred.
The driver of the tanker was said to have also lost his live in the auto crash as the tanker reportedly caught fire after the accident.
According to an eyewitness account, the tanker driver apparently lost control and the vehicle started hitting the drums used as barricade on the road and eventually plunged into the median of the highway.
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