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Pro-democracy activists participate in a night run in support of the ongoing Occupy Central movement at Admiralty district in Hong Kong, China, on October 16, 2014. (EPA/Rolex Dela Pena)


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Yemeni supporters of the separatist Al-Hirak shout slogans demanding independence from the north during a demonstration on October 14, 2014 in the southern port city of Aden. (AFP PHOTO/STR)


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A US Navy handout photo shows ships breaking formation during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) in May 2013. (AFP Photo/US Navy/MC2 Terah L. Mollise)


GCC to set up joint naval force

GCC to set up joint naval force

Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is mulling the establishment of a joint naval force as a precautionary step to protect the waters of the Gulf from potential terror threats, a senior Kuwaiti official said Wednesday. The new marine force...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L), European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton (C), and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) participate in a trilateral meeting in Vienna, Austria, on October 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)


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US President Barack Obama holds a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response in the White House, Washington, on October 15, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)


US steps up its domestic response to Ebola crisis

US steps up its domestic response to Ebola crisis

Washington, AP—The federal government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas nurse became ill and the disclosure that she had been cleared to fly a day before her diagnosis. While Ebola patients are not considered contagious until they...