| Nebraska hospital prepares for arrival of Ebola patient Posted: 05 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A Nebraska hospital is preparing for the expected arrival of an Ebola patient who contracted the disease in Liberia, a spokesman said on Sunday. Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson would only identify the patient as a male U.S. citizen expected to arrive on Monday. But the father of Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance NBC cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, told Reuters on Friday that his son was going to Nebraska for treatment. The Nebraska hospital last month treated and released Dr. Rick Sacra, an American missionary who also contracted Ebola in Liberia. ...
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| Hong Kong protesters agree to remove some barricades Posted: 05 Oct 2014 10:12 AM PDT  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists agreed Sunday to remove some barriers blocking roads and sidewalks ahead of the government's deadline to scale back their protests. But the demonstrators appeared to be divided, and others refused to budge, with only hours to go.
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| Texas Ebola patient in critical condition Posted: 04 Oct 2014 07:52 PM PDT  Thomas Eric Duncan has been kept in isolation for a week at a Texas hospital.
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| Ex-Haiti dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dead at 63 Posted: 05 Oct 2014 06:29 AM PDT  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation with an iron fist from 1971 until his ouster in 1986, died of a heart attack. He was 63.
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| Report: CDC agents escort man off flight in Newark, N.J. Posted: 04 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT  By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - U.S. disease-control agents in biohazard suits removed a sick passenger and his daughter from a United Airlines jet that landed on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, but local media said the man was not believed by federal health officials to have Ebola. ...
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| Ebola patient in Dallas 'fighting for his life' says CDC head Posted: 05 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT  DALLAS (Reuters) - The first person to develop Ebola in the United States was struggling to survive at a Dallas hospital on Sunday after his condition worsened to critical, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said. Thomas Eric Duncan became ill after arriving in the Texas city from Liberia two weeks ago - heightening concerns that the worst Ebola epidemic on record could spread from West Africa, where it began in March. It has killed more than 3,400 people. ...
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| African immigrants worry about backlash from U.S. Ebola case Posted: 04 Oct 2014 05:09 PM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz DALLAS (Reuters) - In Dallas and other cities home to large populations of African immigrants, worries are abounding among many that their standing in the United States has been tainted by one Liberian man infected with Ebola being treated in Texas. "Some people around here see us as bringing the disease and that's just not right," said a Liberian who asked to be called Sekou, fearful that he and other West African immigrants are going to face bias in their U.S. home because of the sick man. ...
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| Parents of American hostage plead for son's release Posted: 04 Oct 2014 12:02 PM PDT  The parents of an American hostage being held by Islamic State militants Saturday pleaded for their son's life, saying he had voluntarily embraced Islam and was dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people.
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| Mass grave found near Mexico town hit by violence Posted: 04 Oct 2014 08:18 PM PDT  IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — A clandestine grave site with multiple burial pits was found outside this city where violence last weekend resulted in six deaths and the disappearance of 43 students after protesters clashed with police, Mexican officials said Saturday.
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| Ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies Posted: 04 Oct 2014 01:34 PM PDT  Jean-Claude Duvalier's brutal regime sparked an uprising that sent him into exile.
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