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From A Fake Embassy In Ghaziabad To The Weird World Of Micronations
After Delhi Police shut down the 'embassy' of the Grand Duchy of Westarctica, a real micronation in the western part of that frozen wasteland, NDTV looks into what is a 'micronation'.
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98 Dead In Fuel Tanker Blast In Sierra Leone Capital
A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.
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Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown
The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named
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Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered From Sierra Leone Mudslide: Chief Coroner
Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the chief coroner said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.
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Call For Release Of Sierra Leone Diplomat Kidnapped In Nigeria
Nigerian security officials are questioning the driver of Sierra Leone's kidnapped deputy high commissioner, an official in Freetown said Saturday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Quarantines 31 Health Workers
Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said today.
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Ebola Returns to Sierra Leone Capital After 3-Week Gap
Sierra Leone has recorded two new cases of Ebola in Freetown in the past few days, disproving the assumption that the capital city had already defeated the deadly virus, officials said on Monday.
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Sierra Leone Chimpanzees Return Home After Ebola Retreat
In the rising afternoon humidity 30-year-old Tom sits in the shade, picking fleas off his neighbour, unaware of how close he came to losing his home to Ebola.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Delays School Reopening
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday that it had postponed by two weeks the reopening of schools, shut for almost eight months to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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A Year After Ebola Discovered, Relapses Seen in Fight to End it
Lapses that fuelled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic.
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From A Fake Embassy In Ghaziabad To The Weird World Of Micronations
After Delhi Police shut down the 'embassy' of the Grand Duchy of Westarctica, a real micronation in the western part of that frozen wasteland, NDTV looks into what is a 'micronation'.
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98 Dead In Fuel Tanker Blast In Sierra Leone Capital
A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.
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Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown
The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named
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Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered From Sierra Leone Mudslide: Chief Coroner
Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the chief coroner said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.
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Call For Release Of Sierra Leone Diplomat Kidnapped In Nigeria
Nigerian security officials are questioning the driver of Sierra Leone's kidnapped deputy high commissioner, an official in Freetown said Saturday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Quarantines 31 Health Workers
Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said today.
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Ebola Returns to Sierra Leone Capital After 3-Week Gap
Sierra Leone has recorded two new cases of Ebola in Freetown in the past few days, disproving the assumption that the capital city had already defeated the deadly virus, officials said on Monday.
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Sierra Leone Chimpanzees Return Home After Ebola Retreat
In the rising afternoon humidity 30-year-old Tom sits in the shade, picking fleas off his neighbour, unaware of how close he came to losing his home to Ebola.
-
Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Delays School Reopening
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday that it had postponed by two weeks the reopening of schools, shut for almost eight months to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
-
A Year After Ebola Discovered, Relapses Seen in Fight to End it
Lapses that fuelled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic.
