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Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono
BBC NEWS
Health officials in Sierra Leone have discovered scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may have been underreported.
US House passes $1.1tn budget bill to avert shutdown
BBC NEWS
The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1tn budget, hours before government was due to shut down at midnight on Thursday.
CIA report: UK defends actions over interrogation claims
BBC NEWS
None of the redactions from a CIA report on interrogation related to British involvement in the mistreatment of prisoners, Number 10 has said.
Ferguson shooting: Darren Wilson quits police force
BBC NEWS
Resigning was, he said, the "hardest thing" he had ever had to do. Rioting rocked Ferguson and other towns this week after a jury decided he should not be charged over the killing. BBC Washington correspondent Tom Esslemont says that to many in Ferguson, it was only a matter of time before Mr Wilson resigned.
Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread - UN's Tony Banbury
BBC NEWS
The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world.
Hong Kong protesters clash with police at government HQ
BBC NEWS
Hong Kong police have clashed with pro-democracy activists overnight, briefly shutting down government offices on Monday.
Scores arrested as Ferguson protests spread to other U.S. cities
REUTERS
(Reuters) - Police arrested scores of people in cities around the United States who were protesting a Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer for killing an unarmed black teenager, authorities said on Wednesday, but the town where the shooting took place was a little calmer.
Marion Barry: Ex-Washington DC mayor dies at 78
BBC NEWS
Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, who won re-election after a drug arrest, has died at the age of 78.
Japan PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament for election
BBC NEWS
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved parliament, paving the way for a snap election.
Zimbabwe stampede after Kwekwe church service
BBC NEWS
Eleven people have been killed in a stampede after a religious service in a stadium in Zimbabwe, police say.
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