Subject: Morning Brief: Second Ebola Case Hits U.S. as Global Reach Spreads
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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:09:46 -0400 (EDT)

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Second Ebola Case Hits U.S. as Global Reach Spreads

Second Ebola Case Hits U.S. as Global Reach Spreads

<p class="p1"><b>Top news: </b>A health worker in Dallas, Texas has <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvMPoA8RWF4kZA681a>contracted</a> the Ebola virus, the first case of infection in the United States so far. The outbreak of the deadly virus has killed more than 4,000 people, most of them in West Africa. Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who recently returned to Texas from his home country, died in a Dallas hospital last week and the infected woman cared for him at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. The hospital has come under harsh criticism its handling of the case.</p>
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<p class="p1">The United States has stepped up protection against the disease. John F. Kennedy Airport in New York has begun <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvMPoA8RWF4kaA3dbd>screening</a> travelers returning from Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, the three hardest-hit countries. The Center for Disease Control has been <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kbA594b>criticized</a> for how it has dealt with the Texas case.</p>
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<p class="p1">In Liberia, where the virus has killed hundreds of people people, nurses have <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kcA2ff0>threatened to go on strike</a> to demand an increase in hazard pay but many have showed up at work <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kdA0d81>despite</a> the strike threat. The government is reportedly looking into the nurses&rsquo; demands. Meanwhile, a <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4keA9d1f>United Nations special Ebola envoy</a> said that the outbreak could be contained within three months if community awareness in West Africa improved. A nurse in Spain who contracted the virus is said to be <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kfA9781>improving</a>.</p>
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<p class="p2"><b>Syria: </b>Kurdish troops <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kgA783d>continue to hold off</a> the Islamic State&rsquo;s (IS) forces outside the town of Kobani near the Turkish border. Last week, U.S. officials and others said they believe the strategic Kurdish town could fall to the jihadists soon. Secretary of State John Kerry <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4khAf24e>said</a> defending the town is not a top U.S. priority. Although Washington has promised not to engage in a ground war in Syria or Iraq, U.S. officials now say that they may increase advising capacities to anti-IS forces. Turkey <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kiA97d2>will allow</a> the United States and other allies to use bases in its country for the U.S.-led airstrikes against IS, according to U.S. military officials.</p>
 
Africa

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Twenty-seven people, including the wife of Cameroon&rsquo;s vice prime minister, have been <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kjAaed4>freed after months in captivity</a>, allegedly at the hands of the radical Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;A <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kkAe32a>car bomb killed at least six people in Mogadishu</a>, Somalia in what Somali authorities suspect was an attack by the radical jihadist group al-Shabab.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Two people were <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4klA01ce>killed in fighting in Central African Republic&rsquo;s capital</a> and six United Nations peacekeepers were wounded as a shaky peace holds after years of deadly violence.</p>     
Asia

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plainclothes <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kmAf379>mobs attacked</a> pro-democracy protesters in central Hong Kong. The attacks came a day after chief executive of Hong Kong <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4knAe826>insisted that the government in Beijing would not change its mind</a> on the format for Hong Kong&rsquo;s 2017 elections.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dozens of people were injured and at least one went missing when <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4koA4cc5>a powerful typhoon hit Japan</a>. At least 44 people were injured in typhoon-related accidents.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;More than 300,000 people were evacuated and eight people were killed as <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kpA76d6>a &ldquo;very severe&rdquo; cyclone slammed eastern India</a> with winds over 100-miles-per hour.</p>
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Americas

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bolivia&rsquo;s President <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kqA16b5>Evo Morales easily won a third presidential term</a> in elections on Sunday with nearly 60 percent of the vote.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marina Silva, who came in third in the first round of Brazil&rsquo;s presidential election last week, has <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4krA2b53>endorsed center-right candidate Aecio Neves</a> in the upcoming runoff, in what is being seen as a set-back for incumbent President Dilma Rousseff.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;The U.S. <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4ksAbbc8>Defense Department released a report</a> laying out plans for how to deal with the military and strategic impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels and naval bases.&nbsp;</p>
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Middle East

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;A conference in Cairo attended by 30 foreign ministers and envoys raised approximately <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4ktAacdb>$5.4 billion in aid for the reconstruction of Gaza</a>. Qatar alone pledged $1 billion.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;United Nations Secretary General <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kuA4e3d>Ban Ki-moon visited the Libyan capital Tripoli</a>, where he called for reconciliation between the country&rsquo;s various warring militias.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Islamic State militants <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvHTsPoc2uzms45A0897>killed the chief of police in Iraq&rsquo;s Anbar province</a>. The Sunni-majority area in western Iraq is the jihadist group&rsquo;s next target.</p>
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Europe

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;French economist Jean Tirole won the <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kvA61fb>Nobel Prize in economics</a> for his work on regulation and privatization.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ukraine&rsquo;s government said that <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kwA9280>Russian troops stationed on the Russia-Ukraine border</a> are being redeployed to their original bases.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right-wing nationalist <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71wbgs.1dn8/VDvNvcPoA8RWF4kxA47ed>UK Independence Party won a new seat in parliament</a> in a by-election and came in close second in another in what many in Britain see as a bellwether for growing anti-immigration sentiment.</p>
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- By Max Strasser 

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