W.H.O. Forecast For Ebola Worsens As Mortality Rate Rises -- New York Times
The World Health Organization reported sobering new figures Tuesday about the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying the mortality rate had risen to 70 percent and that the number of new cases could reach 10,000 per week by December.
The organization had been saying that the number of new cases was about 1,000 per week for the past four weeks, and that the mortality rate for Ebola had been around 50 percent.
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MIDDLE EAST
US-led strikes on ISIL intensify in Kobane.
Coalition hits ISIS hard in Kobani; militants keep pushing.
Islamic State crisis: Kurds 'recapture key Kobane hill'.
Guerrilla groups hunt down Islamic State in Syria. Ten Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with Islamic State: monitor.
Islamic State seizes third Iraqi army base in Anbar after military retreat. ISIS captures Iraq army camp as bombs hit Baghdad.
Iraq: Shia militias 'killing Sunnis in reprisal attacks'. Iraqi Shia militias accused of murder spree.
Istanbul rattled by signs of Islamic State support.
Mideast violence spreads as Turkey bombs Kurdish militants. Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK rebels near Iraq. Turkey bombs Kurdish PKK rebel positions, Kobani inaction threatens ceasefire. Kurdish PKK militants say Turkey violated ceasefire with air strikes.
Iran expects progress, if no breakthrough, in nuclear talks with EU, U.S..
Saudi Arabia and Iran swap accusations as tensions persist.
Houthi rebels seize parts of Yemeni port city.
U.S. national shot dead in Saudi capital Riyadh: police.
ASIA
Japan secretly sends seasoned diplomat to China.
China cashes in on Russia's shrinking economic options.
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un 'appears in public'. North Korea leader Kim re-appears, with walking stick: state media.
Taliban kill six more Afghan police as attacks stepped up.
U.N. agency to cut food rations for 1 million Afghans over funding.
Some female Afghan journalists slip back behind Burqa.
Pakistani, Indian armies discuss border clashes.
Hong Kong police clear protest sites. HK police use sledgehammers, chainsaws to clear protest barriers, open road.
School attacks create climate of fear in Thailand's restive south.
AFRICA
WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen.
WHO: W. African Ebola rate underreported. Doctors Without Borders loses 9 medics to Ebola.
Tunisia arrests 12 for car bomb plot.
Two killed in Arab-Berber clashes in Algeria: media.
Group that seized Tripoli takes Libyan government, oil company websites.
Horrific sexual violence in South Sudan, UN envoy says.
South Africa considers declaring certain minerals as 'strategic'.
Regional violence causes French to rethink trips to Tunisia.
EUROPE
Russian hackers suspected of Kremlin ties used Windows bug ‘to spy on west’.
Ebola outbreak: UN health worker dies in Germany hospital.
Ukraine far right battles police at parliament in Kiev. Tense stand-off btw far-right march and police at Kiev parliament building.
Shelling continues in Donetsk and Luhansk despite ceasefire agreement: OSCE.
Seven killed by shelling near Ukraine's Mariupol.
Nationalists win majority in Bosnia’s elections. Bosnia ethnic divide 'key factor' in election - OSCE.
Catalonia's Mas waters down Spain secession vote. Catalonia to hold unofficial poll instead of independence referendum.
British ex-PM Blair may have been terrorism target, court hears.
Vatican forced to backtrack over document supporting gay people and divorcees after backlash from conservative bishops.
AMERICAS
Obama to nominate new attorney general after November 4 elections.
Internet caretaker ICANN to escape US control.
Ebola poll: Two-thirds of Americans worried about possible widespread epidemic in U.S..
CDC says US needs to ‘rethink’ Ebola containment efforts.
Dedicated U.S. Ebola hospitals sought after nurse’s infection.
Obama urges more ‘robust commitments’ to combat Ebola.
US slips to 12th in economic freedom.
Mexican anti-riot police sent to Guerrero after clashes.
Powerful earthquake strikes off El Salvador, one dead.
Deadly storm rips through US states.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
US, Russia vow intel-sharing on Islamic State.
Pakistani Taliban leaders pledge allegiance to Islamic State Caliph.
Some captured terrorists talk willingly and proudly, investigators say.
Germany's Islamic State problem.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Global wealth jumps $20 trillion.
Google: Amazon is biggest search rival.
Crude settles down 4.6%, lowest since June 2012.
Facing new oil glut, Saudis avoid 1980s mistakes to halt price slide.
IEA revises world oil demand growth sharply lower.
How the Ebola outbreak is set to make the price of chocolate soar after huge rise in cost of cocoa beans.
Alibaba e-commerce giant launches cloud service: Reports.
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