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Another American doctor infected by Ebola even when not working with Ebola victims in Liberia

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© Dominique Faget/AFP/GettyFood distribution in Dolo’s Town, 60km east of Monrovia, quarantined as a measure to contain the spread of Ebola in Liberia
A third American missionary has been infected with Ebola while working in Liberia and is being treated in an isolation unit in the Monrovia hospital where he works.

The man, a doctor, was treating obstetrics patients, not Ebola patients. He is the second missionary working for SIM USA, a Charlotte, N.C.-based Christian organization, to contract the deadly disease.

It isn't known how the doctor was infected, SIM USA said in a statement Tuesday. He isolated himself as soon as he felt symptoms and "is doing well and is in good spirits," the organization said.

"My heart was deeply saddened, but my faith was not shaken, when I learned another of our missionary doctors contracted Ebola," said Bruce Johnson, president of SIM USA.

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Patient suspected of suffering from Ebola escapes in search for food in Liberia, public panics, forced back to quarantine

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A suspected Ebola patient caused panic in a market in Liberia's capital when he left a clinic to find food.

The man was caught by four medical personnel wearing yellow protective suits and bundled into a vehicle. Video footage, which has not been independently verified, shows a frightened crowd gathered near the scene in the capital, Monrovia. [watch below]

The man, clad in shorts and a red t-shirt, apparently resists the medics and tries to avoid being taken back to the Ebola clinic. He is eventually overcome and driven away.

At least 1,378 people have been infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia, according to the World Health Organisation, and 694 have died so far.

Comment: What a sad state of affairs! The poor man might be a victim of Ebola and he is treated like a criminal. But can we blame the people who are afraid of being also infected by a deadly disease that spreads so fast and no one in the world has tried to find a vaccine for it before because it so far affected only African countries? Just this one story contains so many elements of what is wrong with our world.


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Breaking: Russian war photographer Andrei Stenin was killed in Ukraine one month ago, Kiev lied

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© UnknownAndrei Stenin: A 33-year-old young man who was full of life, an incredible professional, and a compassionate person. He didn’t have any children and wasn’t married.
The official statement by the Director General of Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Dmitry Kiselev on the death of photojournalist Andrei Stenin.

"Our colleague, photojournalist Andrei Stenin has been killed. It turned out that he was not taken prisoner. It turned out, no one planned to swap him for any Ukrainian military personnel or accuse him of terrorist activities. All of the announcements that we heard from the Ukrainians about Stenin's fate were lies. He died one month ago in a car that he was in while fulfilling his journalistic duties. The vehicle came under fire and burned down on a highway near Donetsk.

Comment: For Andrei's work, see here:

Russian war photographer Andrei Stenin who disappeared in Ukraine still missing: not a word from Kiev


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Insane! Teacher kidnapped by police, being held in undisclosed mental facility for writing a fiction book

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A Maryland middle school teacher was recently placed on leave after local police informed his school that he was the author of a novel where a school massacre was depicted. Patrick McLaw, a teacher at Mace's Lane Middle School allegedly wrote two books under the pen name, "Dr. K.S. Voltaer."

He is currently being held in police custody without any formal charges filed against him for what was contained in one of those books.

The book in question, titled The Insurrectionist, includes a school massacre that is described as the biggest in history.

The synopsis for the book reads, "On 18 March 2902, a massacre transpired on the campus of Ocean Park High School, claiming the lives of nine hundred forty-seven individuals - the largest school massacre in the nation's history. And the entire country now begins to ask two daunting questions: How? and Why? After the federal government becomes involved, and after examining the bouquet of black roses that lies in front of the school's sign, it becomes evident that the hysteria is far from over."

How police discovered that McLaw was the author of these books is still unknown.

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Venezuelan socialist party swaps god for Chavez in new prayer

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© Reuters/Jorge Silva/Files Supporters of Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez display his image on a banner on a building, during the first anniversary of his death in Caracas March 5, 2014.
Caracas - A member of Venezuela's Socialist Party has rolled out a variation of the classic Christian "Lord's Prayer" to implore beloved late leader Hugo Chavez for protection from the evils of capitalism.

"Our Chavez who art in heaven, the earth, the sea and we delegates," red-shirted delegate Maria Estrella Uribe recited on Monday at the PSUV party Congress.

"Hallowed be your name, may your legacy come to us so we can spread it to people here and elsewhere. Give us your light to guide us every day," she said in front of an image of Chavez.

"Lead us not into the temptation of capitalism, deliver us from the evil of the oligarchy, like the crime of contraband, because ours is the homeland, the peace and life forever and ever. Amen. Viva Chavez!" she exclaimed to applause.

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Idiot cops: Texas mother and children pulled over at gunpoint by police


Texas mother Kametra Barbour was pulled over and arrested at gunpoint in front of her children after police mistook her for a suspect on the loose.

The police were responding to a 911 call reporting a driver who was waving a gun out of a "beige-or tan-colored Toyota occupied by four black men."

The caller told police that the suspect fled down the highway before turning off at a certain highway exit. When the officers explored the exit they found Barbour's red Nissan Maxima and proceeded to arrest her despite the fact that her car did not match the caller's description.

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Leaked Celebrity Photos: Don't perpetuate the abuse of privacy by looking at hacked photos

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Taking naked photos isn't illegal. Stealing them and publishing online is.

Yesterday, pictures of women posing naked were stolen from their phones and posted on image sharing forum 4chan by an anonymous hacker, supposedly in exchange for Bitcoins. He claims he has more to come. The photos are intensely private, taken in intimate situations by trusted partners, and have now been shared millions of times, viewed by hordes of salivating strangers across the globe.

Why? Because the images are of celebrities. Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, Kate Bosworth, Kate Upton: talented, beautiful women whose only mistake was to choose a career which erroneously gives the public a belief that we own their bodies.

I can understand the temptation to perform a speedy search. Just to see what the fuss is about, obviously. You're not a bad person: you abhor the man who leaked them, but the pictures are already out there, so the damage has been done. One extra person quickly flicking through isn't going to add to the hurt and humiliation. You aren't even going to masturbate over them, just 'inform' yourself, and it's not as if you haven't seen almost all of it before - Kate Upton's swimwear shoots? Rihanna's mesh dress? These women aren't known for their modesty; they use their bodies to sell their brand. Plus if they were stupid enough to take explicit pictures and leave them lying around on the iCloud where any half-decent hacker with the inclination could access them then, frankly, they deserve everything they get. They knew the risks.

But this is utterly, breathtakingly, wrong. Taking naked photos isn't illegal. Stealing them is. Searching out these images is to be complicit in the crime. Lawrence's spokesperson has already released a scathing statement, warning that the authorities will "prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos". And rightly so. These women had a reasonable expectation of privacy from Apple's iCloud. Serious questions need to be answered about how their protection was breached so disastrously, and what is being done to ensure the safety of other users.

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Celebrity photo leaks being investigated by FBI and Apple

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© AFP Photo/Robyn BeckOscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives for the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California
The FBI and Apple were urgently investigating after an apparent massive hack of a cloud data service unleashed a torrent of intimate pictures of dozens of celebrities across the Internet.

Anonymous posters to online message boards boasted of having nude images of scores of female stars including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence and top model Kate Upton.

Reports suggested hackers had "ripped" private images from Apple's iCloud online data storage, a potentially embarrassing -- and damaging -- breach for the California tech giant.

"We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report," said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris, the Re/code website reported.

The FBI has also joined the hunt, other US reports said.

"The FBI is aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter," The Los Angeles Times quoted Laura Eimiller, spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles, as saying.

"Any further comment would be inappropriate at this time," she added.

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GCHQ attack? Anonymous website shut down following privacy rights protest

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Following a privacy rights protest outside GCHQ's headquaters, Anonymous UK's site has been taken down.
Anonymous UK's website was recently targeted and taken down in the midst of a four-day privacy rights protest organized by the collective. The demonstration was held outside Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

A spokesman for the hacktivist group believes the targeted attack was carried out by GCHQ officials.

The protest, which began outside Britain's Cheltenham-based spy base last Friday, was reportedly launched to highlight an ongoing assault on Britons' privacy rights against a backdrop of increasing mass surveillance. But prior to the main day of protest scheduled for Saturday, Anonymous UK's website was taken down. The incident occurred late Friday evening.
Anonymous protest disrupts UK spy agency #GCHQ#OpGCHQhttps://t.co/M2XDTybGvX
- Mr & Mrs AjacxUK (@AjacxUK) August 31, 2014
This is not the first time the group's communications platforms have been shut down. A spokesman for the hacktivist collective, who runs its online radio station, insists Anonymous UK has been unjustly targeted by GCHQ on several occasions. "One of our servers was destroyed and our UK radio station has been shut down," the told RT on Friday, adding that the group's site was also targeted following the launch of a campaign to feed homeless people.

Comment: If Anonymous UK has attracted the attention of the GCHQ, they are probably doing something right. Keep up the good works hacktivists!


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Mississippi gay man says Baptist teacher raped him for three years so he'd hate men

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A Gulfport, Mississippi man says that he was repeatedly molested by a teacher at the conservative Christian school he attended in the 1990s, beginning when he was 14 years old and ending when he was 17.

The Washington Blade reported that Jeff White said his teacher at Bethel Baptist School in Wills, Mississippi justified the abuse by calling it "ex-gay therapy," designed to make White "hate men."

White told the Blade that he was enrolled at Bethel from 1996 to 1999 and that his appointments with the accused teacher took place every Wednesday.

"He would rape me because I was gay and because it would make me hate men and make me change," White said in a July interview.

White's parents sent him to the school when he came out to them at the age of 14. The teacher is now an associate pastor at Bethel Baptist Church, which operates the Christian school. The church is known for its hardline approach to Christian doctrine.

"[Bethel's pastors] looked at Southern Baptists like they were liberal faggots, like they would say from the pulpit," White told the Blade.

"In general it was a cult," he said. "Aside from all of that other stuff going on, there was a thousand other things that they were doing."

The Associated Press said that White was forced to have oral and anal sex with the pastor every week.