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Police in Jerusalem have shot dead 2 Palestinians in separate attempted stabbing attacks on the Israelis in the city. In Bethlehem on the west bank, dozens of
Palestinian protestors clashed with Israeli troops. Paul Adams reports.
Fresh violence on the streets in Jerusalem. An Israeli woman was stabbed after nightfall as she boarded the bus on busy Jeffter road. The police say she was not badly
hurt. The attacker was shot dead. They came as the authorities announced a major security operation. Hundreds of extra soldiers mobilized across the country as the
government Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to end the wave of Palestinian attacks. New Israeli checkpoints in several of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods.
A new study has found the Ebola virus can linger on in male survivors for at least 9 months, much longer than previously thought. The researchers took semen samples
from nearly 100 men in Sierra Leone who recovered from the disease. In a quarter of them, the virus was still present 7 to 9 months after they become sick. It’s not
clear whether they were infectious.
The Head of Brazil’s army has warned that there is a risk of a social crisis developing. Brazil is facing a severe economic downturn, a corruption sandal of state-
owned oil company and attempts to impeach the President. From Rio De Janeiro, here’s Will Davis.
In a speech to fellow officers at the weekend, General Eduardo Villas Boas warned Brazil was living through a political, economic and ethic crisis which could have
negative effects on stability. Details has only just come out, but the chief of staffs comments could be interpreted as string into a taboo area. Brazil President
Dilma Rousseff is struggling to hold on to power. A damaging corruption scandal and economic recession has weakened their support and authority. For several weeks,
opponents in congress have been trying to begin an impeachment process against her.
Police in Mexico have arrested a 14-year-old boy who was recruited on Facebook to carry out a contract killing. The boy who was called FS thing told police a drugs
gang in the border town of Tijuana gave him a gun and took him by taxi to shoot a rival dead.
President Obama has announced that the United State is sending about 300 military personnel to Cameroon to conduct air-borne surveillance and reconnaissance
operations. It’s part of increasing effects by Washington to combat Boko Horam militants. As GD reports from Washington.
It’s likely that intelligence gathering will be done by drones and it’s expected that they’ll conduct missions over other countries in the region beyond borders of Cameroon. The senior administration official told the BBC that the force have been requested invitation of and in coordination with the Cameroonian government. He said the troops will be deployed on 2 existing military bases run by the country’s arm forces.
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A senior United State official has told the BBC that the American and Russia militaries are close to finalizing a memorandum of understanding. It sets on basic air
safety procedures in the skies above Syria. The 2 sides hope to prevent accidental clashes between planes during that parallel but uncoordinated air strikes.
More than 100 prominent American women have launched a lobby group to curb gun violence, a key issue in the early stages of the presidential campaign. The bi-partisan group is led by former congress woman Gabrielle Giffords who in 2011 narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil of a mammal which lived 125 million years ago. They say it's so well preserved so they will be able to conduct detailed analysis
of remains. RM has the story.
The researchers described this ancient mammal as an exceptionally cute fur ball caught by analysis.It was unearthed in a line stone quarry in central Spain and
unusually, this creature is preserved with its internal organs,skin and fur intact. It would’ve been small, somewhere between the size of a mouse and a rat with big
ears and a pointy face and has shout mane in the soft fussy belly. But its low back was covered in short - spines and some tough scales, helping it ward off preditors
such as the small dinosaurs that share its habitat.
The former President of Benin Mathieu Kerekou has died. He was 82. Mr. Karekou led the country for 30 years after seizing power in the military coup in 1972. He was
nicknamed the Chameleon because his changing political affiliations. After first embracing Marxism, the late helped pave the way for multi-party politics and returned
the power as a democratically elected President in 1996. The government has announced a week of national mourning.
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