Ebola test results now in 15 minutes!
london: A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be tried in Guinea. The project, led by the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, uses a “mobile suitcase laboratory”, BBC reported. It is portable, solar-powered and can be used at room temperature.
New attack in Nigeria forces 3,000 to flee: UN
Geneva: A Boko Haram attack this week on the northern Nigerian town of Damassak has left 50 people dead and forced at least 3,000 to flee to neighbouring Niger, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
US plans to release more detainees Washington:
The Pentagon is preparing to release more prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba, in the coming weeks, official sources in the US have revealed.
Over 100 dead in clashes in Sudan’s Kordofan
Khartoum: More than 100 people have been killed in several days of fighting between two clans in Sudan’s oil-rich West
Kordofan region, tribal leaders have said.
Venezuela: 13 dead in prison disturbance
Caracas:Venezuela’s Government said at least 13 prisoners died of drug overdoses after inmates stormed a prison infirmary during protests demanding better living conditions, though activists have questioned the official version and said the death toll could be far higher.
Not closing down ops in Baluchistan: WHO
Karachi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday dismissed reports that it was suspending operations in Pakistan’s troubled Baluchistan province following the killing of four polio workers.
Beijing bans smoking in public places
Beijing: Home to the world’s largest number of smokers, China on Friday slapped a ban on smoking in all indoor public places and offices in Beijing, despite failure of earlier attempts to prohibit its 300 million smokers.