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Sierra Leone investigating suspected Ebola death: health ministry
Sierra Leone's Health Ministry said on Thursday it was investigating a suspected Ebola death in Tonkolili district, hours after the World Health Organization said transmission of the virus in West Africa had ended. “A suspected Ebola death has been reported in Tonkolili district today,” said a note sent by the ministry to health officials in…
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Haier nears deal to buy GE’s appliances business for over $4 billion: WSJ
(Reuters) – China's Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd is nearing a deal to buy General Electric Co's appliances business for more than $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Haier beat other foreign corporate bidders vying to buy GE's Louisville, Kentucky-based business, the WSJ said. GE could not be…
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Italian medieval village orders elderly to defy death
The Grim Reaper has got his work cut out in Sellia in southern Italy, thanks to a decree ordering the village's elderly and dwindling population to stay in good shape. “Human life is naturally valuable, but here it has a social value as well because every person who dies takes us a step closer to…