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Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic
Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a guarantine centre after it was attacked by club-wielding youths were missing.
18 August 2014
Nepal floods death toll climbs to 101
The death toll from from landslides and flooding in Nepal has risen to 101 after rescuers recovered four more bodies.
18 August 2014
Leading Scottish historian backs independence campaign
Prominent Scottish historian Tom Devine backed independence on Sunday in a boost to the Yes campaign a month from the referendum.
18 August 2014
'Some progress' in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks: Germany
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended "difficult" talks on the Ukraine crisis with no concrete advances but "some progress".
18 August 2014
Police shot Ferguson race victim six times: report
Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old gunned down by a white officer in a suburb of St Louis was shot at least six times.
18 August 2014
Pope makes plea for Koreas to unite as 'one people'
Pope Francis urged the divided Koreas to reject suspicion and confrontation and unite as "one family, one people".
18 August 2014
Tens of thousands mourn Brazil presidential candidate Campos
More than 160,000 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.
18 August 2014
Strong earthquake shakes western Iran: US monitors
A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran on Monday, the US Geological survey which monitors quakes worldwide reported.
18 August 2014
'Turtles' outmuscle Stallone, Schwarzenegger at box office
The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" remained in top spot at the North American box office this weekend.
18 August 2014
HK pro-government activists rally against Occupy protest
Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong to protest against a pro-democracy campaign to blockade the business district .
18 August 2014
Orbital cargo ship makes planned re-entry to Earth
Unmanned Cygnus cargo ship disintegrated as planned as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere after a month-long resupply mission.
18 August 2014
Kazakhstan and Canada agree on peaceful use of nuclear power
Kazakhstan and Canada have exchanged documents on peaceful use of nuclear power.
17 August 2014
Putin, Nazarbayev and Lukashenko discuss Ukraine
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko have had a telephone conversation on Ukraine.
17 August 2014
Kazakhstan plans to increase grain exports to Russia amid sanctions
Kazakhstan intends to increase grain exports to Russia amid the sanctions Russia imposed on agricultural products import from the western countries supporting sanctions against Russia.
17 August 2014
Publications in pseudoscientific journals damage reputation of Kazakhstani scholars
The Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan has acknowledged that a significant part of the articles of Kazakhstani scientists published abroad in the past two years appeared in psedoscientific journals.
17 August 2014
'What would we die for?' Pope asks at mass for Korean martyrs
Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul and challenged the crowd to ask what values they might be willing to die for.
16 August 2014
Stores looted after police say slain US teen is robbery suspect
Vandals attacked stores in Ferguson, after police said the unarmed black teenager that was killed by a white officer was a robbery suspect
16 August 2014
Denis Ten makes cover of Western magazine
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten has appeared on the cover of Canadian International Figure Skating magazine.
16 August 2014
Heavy storms kill 16 in northwest Pakistan
Heavy storms and rains killed at least 16 people, including nine children, and injured over 80 others in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
16 August 2014
Struggling SeaWorld plans new tanks for killer whales
US theme park operator SeaWorld said it would build new, giant tanks for its killer whales, whose captivity has caused uproar
16 August 2014