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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the internet
October 10th, 2014

‘We’re screwed!’: Hot mic catches reporters after WH Ebola presser A hot mic generally picks up conversations that are embarrassing, funny, or truthful. But when the words “we’re screwed” come out of a reporter’s mouth at a White House Ebola presser, something tells me things are about to get real.

Indian Navy Puts Warships On High Alert Following Karachi’s Naval Dockyard Attack: Report
India's navy is preparing for a terror attack by placing its warships on high alert following an attempt last month by al-Qaida’s South Asia wing to hijack a Pakistani navy frigate, The Indian Express reported Friday, citing military sources. The newly created group reportedly attempted to seize the Pakistani naval ship to fire rockets at U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea.

Super Typhoon Vongfong: Japan Braces For Strongest Storm Of The Year As It Moves North
The super typhoon is reportedly following the path of the deadly Typhoon Phanfone, which reportedly claimed the lives of more than nine people in Japan on Monday. Vongfong is reportedly expected to make landfall on Okinawa, an island chain about 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo, on late Saturday or early Sunday, BBC reported. The typhoon is reportedly carrying winds up to 160 miles per hour.

Reporter body-slammed for asking Harry Reid question
'How does someone on a government salary most of their career accumulate your type of wealth?' “It’s funny how Harry Reid has no problem vilifying the Koch brothers for their wealth, but when it comes to questions about his own, it’s a different story.”

Ebola Virus Outbreak: NYC Hospitals Isolated 27 Patients On Suspicion Of Ebola In Past 2 Months
“In the last two months we’ve had over 25 patients who have been held on suspicion that they had Ebola, but none of them turned out to have it. That’s just in the 11 hospitals that make up the New York City public hospital system, but then there are a lot of other hospitals in New York,”

Ebola Virus Vaccine: The Drugs That Will Help End The 2014 Ebola Outbreak
As Ebola spreads from West Africa to countries including Spain and the U.S., world health authorities are scrambling to find a way to put an end to the outbreak. There is currently no federally endorsed cure or vaccine for the disease, but two new candidate vaccines are being fast-tracked for approval by the U.S. government, and a number of drugs are in various stages of development.

Ebola Children Survivors Accused of Witchcraft, Black Magic in West Africa
"There's a strong belief in witchcraft that Ebola is contracted through a curse or in some cases that it is a white man's fabrication," "There is a mistrust of foreigners, and in one place everyone threw away soap given out by the government because they thought it was poisoned."

Putin says ex-Soviet states must remember Moscow when getting closer to the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country does not oppose ex-Soviet states seeking closer ties with Western countries, but has criticized them for not taking Moscow's interests into account.

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un reportedly misses key celebration due to 'pulled tendon'
North Korea's mysterious leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for 35 days and was not on a list of dignitaries at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, sparking speculation that the head of one of the world's most secretive countries is ailing or has been removed in a secret coup.

Kotel Rabbi: 'Temple Mount has Turned into a Terror Base'
the rabbi of the Kotel (Western Wall) and Holy Sites, decried the Arab attempts to wreck the week-long Sukkot holiday by launching violent riots against police and Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.

Amputees discern familiar sensations across prosthetic hand
Spetic, of Madison, Ohio, can feel with the prosthetic system being developed by Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Spetic was excited just to "feel" again, and quickly received an unexpected benefit. The phantom pain he'd suffered, which he's described as a vice crushing his closed fist, subsided almost completely.

Briton 'dies of Ebola in Macedonia' - latest
A British man has died in Macedonia of suspected Ebola, Macedonian officials have said. A second Briton had also shown symptoms of the virus, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. The Foreign Office said they were investigating both reports. "We are aware of the reports and are urgently looking into them," said a spokesman.

Fears of global Ebola outbreak spread across continents
Fears of a global Ebola outbreak spread yesterday as French officials sealed off a building with 60 people inside, an Australian nurse was tested for the disease and airplane cleaners went on strike in New York. In France, police imposed a lock-down on a social services centre in a town near Paris after four people who arrived from Guinea this month fell ill with headaches and fever.

INCREASING CHANCE OF FLARES
NOAA forecasters have raised the odds of an M-class solar flare today to 40%. The likely source is sunspot AR2182, which has tripled in size since yesterday.

Yemen: Suicide blasts kill dozens in Sanaa and Hadramawt
At least 47 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on supporters of a Shia rebel group in the centre of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, reports say. The blast struck as hundreds of people were arriving in Tahrir Square for a demonstration called by the Houthis. Later, a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in the eastern province of Hadramawt left 20 soldiers dead.

North and South Korea 'exchange land border fire'
North and South Korea have exchanged fire across their land border, South Korean officials say. The incident came as South Korean activists launched balloons containing leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Pyongyang had warned of "catastrophic" consequences if Seoul allowed the activists to go ahead.

Germany on brink of recession as exports tumble
Data published by the Federal Statistics Office on Thursday (9 October) indicated that exports slumped by 5.8 percent between July and August, the sharpest monthly fall since 2009, at the height of the financial crisis. Imports also fell by 1.3 percent, suggesting that German consumers are also losing faith in the country's economy.

Europe at risk of 'huge number' of returning jihadist fighters
The EU is planning to step up border checks and passport controls to counter the threat of returning jihadist fighters. “We may be faced soon with...huge returns from Syria and Iraq,” the EU’s counter-terrorism co-ordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, told reporters... He said the US-led airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria could prompt European nationals fighting alongside the jihadists to go back home.

EU considers military response in Africa on Ebola crisis
EU institutions are analysing potential evacuation of EU citizens from Ebola-hit African states and military operations to restore security in the outbreak zone. The EU foreign service... said: “The EU and MS [member states] have not yet designed an operational strategy making the best of all our collective assets”.

Report: Hezbollah attack on Har Dov ordered by Iran following explosion at nuclear facility
According to unnamed sources in Washington, Iran ordered its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah to carry out Tuesday's attack on Israeli forces patrolling the Israel-Lebanon border following an alleged attack on the Parchin nuclear facility in Iran "by a foreign state," the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai reported on Friday.

Watch: Islamic State honors its youngest 'martyr' - a 10-year-old Saudi boy
Supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization recently posted a tribute video on social media in honor of a 10-year-old who they claim is the youngest "martyr" to die during their campaign to conquer territories across Syria and Iraq. The boy, who went by the name Abu Obadya al-Abassi, was nicknamed "Baghdadi's puppy," a reference to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Japan braced for 'powerful' Typhoon Vongfong
Japan is bracing for the arrival of a powerful typhoon, Vongfong, which officials have said will be the strongest storm to hit Japan this year. The southern island of Okinawa is likely to bear the brunt of the storm when it makes landfall late Saturday or early Sunday.

Ebola is 'entrenched and accelerating' in West Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of all three worst-affected countries and is accelerating in almost all settings. WHO deputy head Bruce Aylward warned that the world's response was not keeping up with the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Two suicide attacks leave 70 dead in Yemen
Two suicide bombers struck in Yemen on Thursday — one targeting a gathering of Shia rebels in the country’s capital and the other hitting a military outpost in the south — in attacks that killed nearly 70 people, officials said.

Spain Ebola patient at 'serious risk' of dying
A Spanish nurse who is the first person known to have been infected with Ebola outside Africa is at "serious risk" of dying after her condition worsened Thursday, officials said.

The US Is In The Midst Of A Full-Scale Strategic Meltdown In Syria
For a while there, he had us going. When President Obama announced his long-contemplated strategy for confronting the Islamic State (ISIS) last month and made it clear that this would necessitate air strikes in Syria, many Syrians rejoiced at the news, believing that any intervention in their ravaged country was better than no intervention at all.

No One Really Knows What Happened To Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un, the 31-year-old "semi-divine" leader of the world’s most secretive state, has not made a public appearance in almost 35 days. Rumors have been flying about what happened to the dictator — some say he's having health problems, some say someone else has taken control of the country, and others speculate the regime is about to topple.

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