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Experimental Ebola vaccines ready for Africa by 2015: WHO
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» Experimental vaccines to treat Ebola could be ready for use in African countries badly hit by the deadly virus early next year, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Rose and Stenson 3-up at turn in Ryder Cup
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» GLENEAGLES (UNITED KINGDOM) - Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were 3-up for Europe at the turn over Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson in the lead-off Ryder Cup fourballs match at Gleneagles on Friday.
Japan 'calm' over dig at anthem from China's Sun Yang
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» INCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - Japanese swimmers and officials at the Asian Games refused to get drawn into a political row Friday after China's bad boy Sun Yang called Japan's national anthem "ugly".
Man 'stabs four school kids to death in southern China'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» BEIJING - A knife-wielding man stabbed to death four primary school children in southern China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of such attacks in recent years.
Myanmar kills $8bn Yangon project
dpa, Published on 26/09/2014
» YANGON — The mayor of Yangon Friday cancelled an $8 billion project to expand Myanmar's biggest city after a public outcry over the scheme's lack of transparency.
Mickelson, Bradley 1-up on McIlroy, Garcia at turn
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» GLENEAGLES (UNITED KINGDOM) - Unbeaten Americans Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley were 1-up at the turn on top-ranked Rory McIlroy and third-ranked Sergio Garcia in Friday's showcase fourth match of the Ryder Cup's opening fourballs session.
Cricket altitude record set on 'roof of Africa'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» A group of eccentric international cricketers on Friday set a new record for the highest-ever match with a lung busting effort at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Zhou lifts heaviest weight ever by a woman at Asian Games
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» Gentle giant Zhou Lulu on Friday raised the heaviest single weight ever recorded by a woman weightlifter at the Asian Games but insisted she is just "an ordinary girl."
Kvitova, Bouchard set up Wimbledon re-match in Wuhan
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard will battle for the Wuhan Open title in a re-match of this year's Wimbledon final after winning their semi-finals Friday.
Up to 100 Afghans killed, 12 beheaded, in Taliban offensive
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» A major Taliban offensive in eastern Afghanistan over the past week has left up to 100 civilians and security personnel dead, 12 of them beheaded, officials said Friday, as violence worsens with the withdrawal of US-led troops.