Hiroshima survivors' art to go on show

The powerful and often disturbing paintings will feature in an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery next month.

The pictures depict horrific scenes from 6 August 1945, when the first atomic bomb was dropped from a US aircraft during World War Two.

The images were created after a request by Japanese broadcaster NHK in the 1970s and later toured the country.

Twelve paintings and drawings by the so-called 'hibakusha', which translates as bomb-exposed people, will be included in The Sensory War 1914-2014 exhibition in Manchester.

They have been selected from more than 2,000 that were sent to NHK in 1974 and which were subsequently exhibited at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and around the country.

Between 60,000 and 80,000 people were killed instantly when the bomb was dropped in 1945. Many more died of the long-term effects of radiation sickness and the final death toll was calculated at 135,000.

The Sensory War exhibition explores "how artists have communicated the impact of war on the body, mind, environment and human senses" since World War One, according to the gallery.

The exhibition runs from 11 October to 25 January 2015.

British Ebola nurse travels to US to try to save victim

Will Pooley, 29, was discharged from the Royal Free Hospital in north-west London two weeks ago where he received treatment in a special isolation unit.

Both Mr Pooley and the new victim, who has not been named, are believed to have worked together in Sierra Leone.

The Foreign Office said it had arranged a replacement passport within 24 hours.

As a survivor of the disease, Mr Pooley could help the victim recover by donating his blood which will now contain natural antibodies that can help protect against Ebola.

Mr Pooley is thought to have flown to Atlanta at the weekend after the Foreign Office issued him with an emergency passport.

His original passport was burned along with other belongings as a precaution to stop the virus from spreading.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a statement: "Following a request from his family, the FCO Consular Team and the UK Passport Office worked together to get a replacement passport to Will Pooley within 24 hours, this enabled him to fly out to the US immediately and potentially assist with the treatment of an Ebola victim."

Infectious diseases specialist Dr Aneesh Mehta, one of five doctors working at a specialist unit in Atlanta, said the team were looking at all treatment options for the latest patient.

He said: "We believe the supportive care - allowing the body to heal itself and supporting it through that process - is the mainstay of therapy, as is true for any infectious disease. If we have therapeutic options, we'll evaluate those."

Ebola is transmitted through sweat, blood and saliva.

The World Health Organisation says that more than 2,500 people have been killed by the latest outbreak in west Africa, where the death rate stands at 90% if it goes untreated.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has rare 'aggressive' cancer

Mr Ford, 45, has a malignant liposarcoma in his abdomen and will begin chemotherapy within 48 hours.

"I'm optimistic about treatment," said Dr Zane Cohen, who is overseeing his care team.

Mr Ford withdrew from his re-election campaign last week after being diagnosed with the abdominal tumour.

The controversial mayor, who admitted to smoking crack cocaine while in office, maintains a strong support base despite calls for him to resign.

'A difficult tumour'

Liposarcoma is a rare cancer of the soft tissue which accounts for only 1% of all cancers, Dr Cohen said at a news conference at Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto.

Mr Ford has a 12cm by 12cm sized tumour in his abdomen and another smaller 2cm tumour in his left buttock, which are believed to have grown within the last three years.

"It's a rare tumour, a very difficult tumour," said Dr Cohen.

But he also said this type of cancer had proved to be more sensitive to chemotherapy than other tumours.

Jay Z and Beyonce reportedly working on a joint album

DJ Skee revealed the news on his Dash Radio show on Tuesday, claiming, 'I have confirmed and talked to a couple sources'.

The album reportedly will be released in late 2014 or early 2015.

Meanwhile, Beyonce, 33, and Jay Z, 44, just wrapped their joint On The Run tour in Paris over the weekend.

They have been the subject of divorce rumours for some time now, though the singer's father, Matthew Knowles, claims they orchestrated the speculation to 'ignite' ticket sales

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Boko Haram crisis: college attacked by gunmen

Gunmen have attacked a teacher training college in the Nigerian city of Kano, with officials saying at least 13 people have been killed.
Students were seen fleeing from the city's Federal College of Education and at least one explosion was heard.

Another 34 people were injured.

It is not clear who was responsible, although suspicion will fall on militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009.

In July the city suffered a spate of five attacks in four days, one of which also targeted a college and killed six people.

In May 2013, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, vowing to crush the insurgency.

However the militants have stepped up attacks, killing more than 2,000 civilians this year, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.

Boko Haram's name translates as "Western education is forbidden", and it has carried out several attacks on schools and colleges, seeing them as a symbol of Western culture.

In April, it raided a boarding school in Chibok town in the northern state of Borno, and is holding more than 200 girls that its gunmen abducted during that attack.

Photos: Angry babe drags boyfriend on the floor in Yaba

This Article was not written by me...it's a promo piece. Enjoy...


Lol. Ok bro I think she’s had enough; you can just take a girl to the mall on a date and all you do is bury your head on your phone chatting the moment away I mean c’mon which Lagos babe wouldn’t snap? Me I will snap o, seriously. This spy shot of a thug-of-war between two supposedly lovebirds have been trending online for a while now.

Those who really know the full story said that the not-so-fortunate dude owe his girl friend a long overdue explanation for his divided attention and mischievous laughter while chatting on his phone.

His girlfriend who had endured the excruciating wait for some quality time from her man had begun to share her moments from a movie they had seen at a cinema when her man switched to his Palmchat mode (eyes fixed on the phone screen and fingers punching letters from the phone’s key pad). The poor girl demanded for the attention she deserved politely at first…you heard that, politely.
The dude apologized and put his cell phone on sleep mode while his girl resumed her talking. In less than 5 minutes our guy pulled out his phone while his babe was looking him straight in the eyes, flicked the cell phone’s function button and returned to his Palmchat mode; this time sending several loud chuckles to whoever he was chatting up. This was when all hell broke loose.

Angry babe demands an explanation
The story the way we heard it, continued with an obviously angry babe asking her man for some explanation for the gross negligence: “Guy, howfar who be dis person you dey chat sef wey make you no send me?” Our sources told us that our boy shushed his girl so that he could finish chatting whoever he was chatting on Palmchat without disturbance. That was when our babe threw all mannerism to the air and went ballistic, pulling for the cell phone. Our boy tried to hold onto his property but dis laby na iron laby… she pulled our poor boy along the Yaba bus stop while passers-by enjoyed some interesting drama unfolding before eyes.

It doesn’t always have to be this way
I agree that mobile social platforms can be quite an interesting experience especially with Nigeria’s trending platform, Palmchat overrunning the young and hearty right now (for more info on Palmchat, visit www.facebook.com/palmchatNow or microsite; www.palmchatnow.com). I think in spite of our love for these platforms we can still find that balance to give attention to whom attention is due or we shall end having more of this bizarre yet so hilarious spy shots overrunning the web. For now, I think I will savor this viral, is just crazy…see at that look on her face while in the bus…Lol.

mmigration Apprehends suspected human traffic kingpin in Enugu, repatriates 98

The Nigeria Immigration Service, Enugu State Command, says it has Apprended one Mr Koffi Hassan, Sierra Leonean, who specialises in trafficking women out of Nigeria for prostitution.

The Immigration Comptroller, Mr Bashir Ismail, disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu.

He said that Hassan, an alleged human traffic kingpin, who had been on their wanted list, was arrested following a tip-off.

“Human trafficking has been a challenge in this part of the country.

“Just last month we succeeded in arresting one notorious human trafficker called Mr Koffi, who has been involved in human trafficking of women and involving them in prostitution.

“We have been trafficking and we were able to arrest that kingpin. We have now forwarded him for prosecuting. After prosecution we will definitely repatriate him.

“That’s a great achievement for us; we have been challenged for this kind of things around this area.

“And that will signal to those who are involved in that to desist from it. Victims that are with him confessed what he uses them for and NAPTIP has succeeded in reuniting them with their families,” he said.

Ismail said that the command had embarked on the repatriation of irregular aliens in the state.

He said that such people had caused security breaches in the state and had become threats to their host communities.

“The service decided to embark on regular repatriation and removal of such kind of citizens that are among us.

“So far between January and now we have removed over 98 people out of Enugu. We have to be on it and to be fair and be frank we have been getting great support from Enugu State government.

“These people we remove are from our efforts to go and flush them out from the communities in which they live. They have become a threat to them.

“Then we also get people referred to us due to our synergy from other security agencies. Whenever they have such kind of people arrested among other criminals, they do refer to us then we take action.

“We are very happy with that because the synergy has been working very well. That’s why we were able to repatriate such number.

“Most of the nationals are from Niger Republic, Togo and Mali and a few Beninois and the Cameroonians,” he said.

He said that citizens from West African were entitled to stay in any member state under certain regulations backed up by prescribed documents.

Ismail said that those without the required documents would be vulnerable to manipulation and could commit criminal offences without records. (NAN)

MTO claims Chris Brown and Karrueche are expecting their first

Chris Brown's is celebrating his new album and now his alleged first baby with Karrueche Tran.

According to MediaTakeOut.com, Chris' number one woman in his life is reportedly telling friends that she is expecting their first child. Sources close to the model say that she does want a child, however, she would want marriage in the near future, "She's very confused right now, because she loves Chris and Chris wants a baby. But Karrueche wants more than just a child - she wants a real commitment. No more Rihanna jump off sessions, no more strippers, just the two of them."

The source added, "[Karrueche] is preparing her life for the child now."

Defence Headquaters denies retiring GOC attacked by soldiers

There were reports earlier today that the Nigeria Military has retired the former GOC, the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th. But the Defence HQ just tweeted denying the report...

Ebola vaccine trial begins

The first of 60 healthy volunteers will be injected with the vaccine.

It contains only a small portion of genetic material from the virus, so it cannot cause the disease.

Normally it would take years of human trials before a completely new vaccine was approved for use.

But such is the urgency of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa that this experimental vaccine is being fast tracked at an astonishing rate.

If the trials are successful, it could be used to immunise health workers in affected areas by the end of the year.

By then, around 10,000 doses should be available.

The vaccine is being developed by GlaxoSmithKline and the US National Institutes of Health

Funding for the trials is coming from the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, and the UK Department for International Development.

The Oxford study will aim to establish two things: that the vaccine produces a good immune response in volunteers and with few side-effects.

The vaccine uses a modified chimpanzee common cold virus to carry a single Ebola protein - it cannot trigger either disease, but should prompt the production of antibodies against Ebola.

Professor Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford, who is leading the trial, said: "This is a remarkable example of how quickly a new vaccine can be progressed into the clinic, using international co-operation".

Blood tests from the volunteers will reveal the extent of their antibody response within two to four weeks.

Further volunteers will be given the vaccine in Africa next month and there are trials in the United States of a different formulation - both vaccines could be used if they prove safe and effective.

Promising results from animal studies were published earlier this month.

The United States has said it will send 3,000 troops to West Africa to build treatment clinics and to train health workers in how to halt the spread of the deadly virus.

The official death toll now stands at more than 2,400 people, although the outbreak may have killed many times that number.

A Star-Lit September in Port Harcourt

With the ember months upon us, the days are becoming cool and the nights cooler, but in just a few days, Port Harcourt is going to be hot! The 2014 Native & Vogue Port Harcourt International Fashion Week is set to heat things up in the beautiful city of Port Harcourt.
When you take the experience of seasoned fashion professionals and infuse that with the vigour and enthusiasm of upcoming fashion professionals, what you have is a fashion show with a difference.
Port Harcourt will be awash with glitz, glamour, but most especially culture and diversity when the Native & Vogue Port Harcourt International Fashion Week kicks off on the 19th of September.

Nigeria is blessed with so much raw and artistic talent. Now picture these talents being offered a platform to excel. You get the picture, right? Well, that is what Native & Vogue is all about. Native & Vogue will bring to the fore young vibrant Nigerian models and put them on the runway with celebrity models including UK superstar model, Robert Evans, Devyn Abdullah (US), winner of Naomi Campbell’s ‘The Face’ competition, Millen Magase (US), Ojy Okpe (US), Uti Nwachukwu, Alex Ekubo, Bryan Okwara, Eku Edewor, Kenneth Okoli, Gbenro Ajibade and Isio Wanogho, and various other international models.

Designers that will showcase breathtaking displays at the fashion week include:

KluK CGDT from South Africa
Shaldon Kopman from South Africa
Jimi Luiz ‘De Laja from South Africa
Ade Bakare from the United Kingdom
Yemi Osunkoya (Kosibah Creations) from the United Kingdom
Frank Osodi
Zizi Cardow
Agbani Darego
Yomi Casual and other top Port Harcourt-based designers.

These a-list designers will be joined alongside charismatic and endearing young designers in showcasing their displays for Port Harcourt to marvel at.

The show which will be hosted by the dashing and evergreen Kate Henshaw, and the charming, Uti Nwachukwu, promises to be an unforgettable night of riveting fashion displays.

Derenle and Eku Edewor have the honours of hosting the red carpet at the show. The 2014 Native & Vogue Port Harcourt International Fashion Week is a celebration of our African culture and heritage; it is an embodiment of what African fashion entails, so what better way to celebrate this than with performances from 2Face Idibia, Chidimma, Cobhams Asoquo, KCee and DJ Jimmy Jatt.

Tickets for the show, which will take place from the 19th to 21stof September, are available in Port Harcourt at the following venues: Genesis Deluxe Cinema, Hotel Presidential and Studio 24.

Handsome homeless man picks up different women each night to keep him off the streets

Meet homeless Joe - the rugged roaming Romeo who lives many men's dream lifestyle despite occasionally sleeping on the cold, hard pavement.

Because it's a case of a different girl every night for the ladies' man, aged 26, who relies on pulling women to keep a roof over his head in Manhattan, New York.

Throughout the daytime, he manages to blag as many freebies as he can, pinching free shop samples of deodorant and hairgel, while spending what little money he earns from begging on keeping up his appearance.

Even though Joe has only four different outfits, he claims his arrogance and swagger charm women into inviting him into their homes for up to several nights at a time.

He said: "New York City is amazing it has 8 million people so you can f*** a different girl like, whenever you want.


"Dude I'll go up to any random girl and tell them I love them, I wanna marry 'em - just for general recreational purposes.

"I was sleeping at this broad's house and last night we went drinking and were eating lobster like classy individuals."

Joe, who admits to drinking copious amounts each day, claims he was kicked out of his mother's house after she found his drug stash - but he doesn't regret it.

he added: "I might sleep on cardboard like two or three nights a week but I literally wake up every single day and do whatever the f*** I want.

"It will be like 7 o'clock in the morning, girls wake me up and say you're passed out on the sidewalk - you need to go home. I say I f***ing am home!

"But I wake up with money in my pocket - my responsibility is to not look homeless, I go to the shop gel my hair, grab a Red Bull and walk out."

And his message for the youth of today?

"Never become like me... ever. This abstract lifestyle is not for everybody.

"I'm pretty sure if you look at all the homeless people in New York City I'm the only one that can really pull this s*** off."

Win a Table to Watch Bovi Man on Fire

Win a table to watch Bovi 'Man on Fire'. All you have to do is: Buy 2 VIP tickets online on NaijaTicketShop.com or QuickTeller.com. Make sure you leave your email and phone number so we can reach you. Follow us on twitter: @flytimeevents. Like us on Facebook - Facebook.com/flytimepromotions


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Physical tickets can be bought ONLY at NaijaTicketShop Stands at Silverbird Cinemas in VI and Ikeja, Ozone Cinemas and Eko Hotel Flytime Promotions, Rhythm 93.7fm, Brownhill and Kountry Kulture presents....the biggest comedy show in Nigeria Bovi- Man on Fire.

The first Bovi Man on Fire was held last year at Eko Hotel to a sold out audience. This year, Flytime is spicing it up a bit by adding R&B artist Ashanti and Hip Hop Legend Jarule to perform at the show. Patoranking will be performing alongside these 2 artists.

Basketmouth would also be Hosting this event. Bovi, Man on Fire is taking place October 3rd at the Eko Convention Centre.

Tickets N5k and N25k for VIP. For Tables, Call: 08174565603 Tickets available online at naijaticketshop.com and Quickteller.com Tickets are also sold at Silverbird Cinemas in VI and Ikeja, Eko Hotel and Ozone Cinemas Bovi man on fire is proudly sponsored by Diamond bank, Arik Air and QuickTeller

Nigeria Military fires GOC attacked by convicted soldiers

Former General officer commanding the. 7 division of the Nigerian Army Maiduguri Maj. Gen Abubakar Mohammed who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th has been retired by the Nigerian military authorities.
The soldiers who attacked him has since been sentenced to death for the action by the military court.

According to Punch. he was recalled to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army without posting for months after the soldiers’ attempt on his life.
It was gathered from a top military source in Abuja that the Army authorities quietly retired him last month.
The source said,
“The Maj. Gen. has been retired; you don’t expect that to be made public; issues of retirement especially in the military are confidential. The man was at the Army headquarters for some time. He was awaiting posting then   but he was eventually retired about a month ago.”

Meanwhile, the NLC, TUC and human rights lawyers have urged the Presidency and the Army Council chaired by the Minister of Defence to prevail on the military authorities to spare the lives of the 12 soldiers.

How I abandoned my husband, 3 children and ended up a robber — Suspect

According to Police sources, the suspects identified as Ahmed Isiaka and Victoria Amodu are part of five-man robbery gang operating along Seme-Badagry- Mile 2 route.
One of the apprehended robbers, 27-year-old Victoria, while narrating her story said:
 “I was arrested last Wednesday at Dakar Hotel in Seme where I used to work as a prostitute.

“I am from Edo State. I came to Lagos last February to look for greener pastures when my husband was constantly beating me. We were married for eight years.
“I abandoned my husband and three children and came to Lagos with the intention of living under the bridge until I found a place to lay my head. Fortunately for me, I didn’t have to sleep under the bridge as I met a lady in a commercial bus I boarded who had compassion on me when she saw me crying in the bus.
“She took me to the hotel where she was working as a prostitute and introduced me into the league of prostitutes.

“Everything was going on well until Okanlawon patronised me in the hotel. The first time we spent the night together. After that night I didn’t see him again untill three weeks later.

“Weeks later, someone stole my N100,000 from my room in the hotel while I was asleep. While I was still lamenting the loss, the collector of our Esusu contribution disappeared with my N150,000.

“As I was still grieving over the loss, Okanlawon came to the hotel to see me. He told me to accompany him to a night club. Initially I declined but after much persuasion I followed him.

“Instead of going to the club, he took me to his place where we spent the night together. In the morning, he asked me to enter the front seat of his vehicle and he started picking passengers and I asked him why he was carrying passengers but he didn’t respond.

“It was when he and his gang members attacked the passengers that I knew what he was into. I told him I didn’t want to take part in their operations. But he threatened to deal with me, saying nobody would know my whereabouts if I didn’t co-operate with the gang.

“That was why I had a rethink and continued to participate in robbery operations. The first time I participated, I wasn’t given anything while at two other times I was given N15,000 and N10,000 respectively.”

The gang had two operational styles. First, they could use two operational vehicles.
One of the suspects, Ahmed would occupy the driver’s seat while Victoria, the only female suspect in the gang sits in front and another gang member at the back as unsuspecting passengers board the cab.
The other two members would sit in the back-up vehicle. Immediately they get to a lonely place along the road, the gang members in the back-up cab would signal the driver with the passenger to stop by flashing his phone.
The driver would then pretend to be fixing his vehicle that would have suddenly become faulty. This will allow those in the back-up vehicle to launch an attack. That way the passengers won’t suspect any foul play.
The second mode of operation is that they use one vehicle with Victoria sitting beside the driver to pick passengers without the back-up vehicle.
Ahmed’s account
During interrogation, 33-year-old Ahmed Isiaka from Kwara State told Vanguard: “I was introduced to the gang by Okanlawon last November. Other members of the gang are Nuru, Victoria and Isiaka.

“I am the driver of the operational vehicle, a Honda Accord, while Nuru used to drive the back-up vehicle, a Mazda.

“We used to operate along Iyana-Iba-Badagry expressway. Usually, Victoria sits at the front while another member sits at the back. I take passengers from Iyana-Iba bus stop going to Badagry. Before we get to a lonely area between Agbara and Oko-Afo the other members of the gang in the back-up vehicle would signal me to stop.

“Immediately, I receive the signal, I would pretend like the vehicle was faulty then park and pretended to be fixing the vehicle. While this was going on, the other members would strike.

“We don’t use guns or juju to rob passengers, instead we use wheel spanner. We don’t even make them unconscious during operation. Usually we operate in the night. Sometimes we operate in broad daylight.

“Depending on our loot, I could get as much as N10,000 from one operation. And I have participated in about four robbery operations.

“Okanlawon used to take all the phones we get from operations. Before I joined the gang I was a commercial bus driver.

“I am married with a child. I used to live at Ibafo before my rent expired and I moved to 1, Denton Street in Oyingbo.

Source:Vanguard

model spends £30k on plastic surgery to look like a blow-up SEX DOLL

A glamour model has spent a staggering £30,000 on cosmetic surgery to look like a blow-up sex doll.

Latvian Victoria Wild underwent an array of procedures such as three boob jobs, which enlarged her breasts to a whopping 32G, permanent lip implants and botox to transform herself to resemble an inflatable love toy.

And the 30-year-old, who lives in Cannes, France, admits she loves the attention she receives.

"Who wouldn't want to be treated like a bimbo doll?" she said. "It's such a sexy look.

"People stare at me in the street and I love the way I stand out."

She added that modelling and her sugar daddy boyfriend funded her new look.

Victoria's epic transformation began in 2011 when she spent £25,000 on three boob jobs in Hungary.

Victoria says her obsession with looking like a doll began while she was still a teenager.

"I had a very normal childhood, living in a small village in the countryside," she said.

"I was very slim and blonde and people would call me Barbie, but I hated my small A cup boobs.

"I didn't like myself or the way I looked. I had an inferiority complex.

"I didn't know about plastic surgery at that age, but I would always dream about resembling a sexy bimbo doll with huge breasts and insanely big lips.

"I loved the way dolls looked and how sexy they were. They are so bright and bold. It was this fantasy in my head"

Hehehe Barbie victoria bimbo doll that's what ill call her o.

Funny:Teen admits rubbing scrotum on customer's pizza

A teen employee at a Texas pizzeria rubbed his testicles on a pizza because he was upset the customer had ordered it close to closing time, police said.

Police said the customer at Papa Murphy's in Georgetown arrived at the eatery Sept. 2 and caught Austin Michael Symonds, 18, rubbing his scrotum on the family-sized stuffed pizza with Canadian bacon, pineapple and extra cheese.

Officers wrote in the arrest affidavit the customer confronted Symonds and told the worker he was "old enough to know better than to put your balls on someone's pizza."

The teenager apologized to the customer and later admitted his actions to police, the affidavit states. Symonds said his actions were motivated by the customer's order coming in close to closing time.

Symonds was charged with tampering with a consumer product.

Obama says Ebola outbreak is 'global security threat'

"The world is looking to the United States," Mr Obama said, but added the outbreak required a "global response".

The measures announced included ordering 3,000 US troops to the region and building new healthcare facilities.

Ebola has killed 2,461 people this year, about half of those infected, the World Health Organization said.

The announcement comes as UN officials have called the outbreak a health crisis "unparalleled in modern times".

The spread of the disease means the funds needed to fight the outbreak have increased 10-fold in the past month, the UN's Ebola co-ordinator said, saying it needs $1bn (£614m) to fight the outbreak.

Among the measures announced by Mr Obama on Tuesday:

Building 17 healthcare facilities, each with 100 beds and isolation spaces, in Liberia

Training as many as 500 health care workers a week

Developing an air bridge to get supplies into affected countries faster

Provide home health care kits to hundreds of thousands of households, including 50,000 that the US Agency for International

Development (USAID) will deliver to Liberia this week

no cure and no vaccine. The outbreak began in Guinea before spreading to its neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Mr Obama said the outbreak had reached epidemic proportions in West Africa, as the disease "completely overwhelmed" hospitals and clinics and people were "literally dying on the streets".

He called on other countries to step up their response, as a worsening outbreak would lead to "profound political, economic and security implications for all of us".

There's a "potential threat to global security if these countries break down", he said, which would impact on everyone.

"The world knows how to fight this disease. We know if we take the proper steps we can save lives. But we have to to work fast," Mr Obama said.

Earlier, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the 3,000 troops would not provide direct care to Ebola patients. Some soldiers would be stationed at an intermediate base in Senegal, while others will provide logistical, training and engineering support at locations in Liberia.

On Tuesday, a US congressional panel heard testimony from Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and Dr Kent Brantly, who recovered from an Ebola infection after receiving an experimental treatment for the disease.

Dr Fauci told the committee 10 volunteers in a separate vaccine study had shown no ill effects from an early stage trial.

West Africa Ebola casualties
Up to 13 September
2,461
Ebola deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
1,296 Liberia
595 Guinea
562 Sierra Leone
8 Nigeria

GOD HELP WEST AFRICA OOO

Three-eyed cow born in India is worshipped as reincarnation of Hindu god Shiva

This is the three-eyed calf that is being hailed as a spiritual icon across India.

The baby animal has been hailed as a blessing by Hindus after being born with a third eye in the middle of its forehead two weeks ago.

Proud owner Meghala described baby Shiva as a miracle, while many believe the calf is the reincarnation of three-eyed Hindu God and namesake Shiva.

The cow has become a major attraction in Tamil Nadu, southern India, with hundreds flocking to catch a glimpse of the 'deity' and pray to it.
Hindu children have been touching the cute animal on the head, believing it will bring good fortune.

In Hinduism, Shiva is regarded is one of the primary gods and patron of yoga and arts.

Rihanna says "F--K YOU" To CBS For Pulling Her Song From Thursday Night Football Lineup

Last week CBS pulled Rihanna's theme song from its thursday Night football lineup amid the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal,and now the singer is firing back on twitter

"CBS you pulled my song last week,now you wanna slide it back in this thursday"wrote Rihanna who was involved in a very public domestic violence dispute with ex-boyFriend chris Brown back in 2009 "No f-k you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this.

Twelve Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny

The soldiers were angry after a convoy was ambushed on a road frequently targeted by Islamist Boko Haram militants.

Five other soldiers were acquitted and one was convicted on another count.

All denied the charges at a court martial in Abuja.

Front-line troops often complain that they lack adequate weapons and equipment while there have also been reports that they have not been paid or properly fed.

Last month, a group of soldiers in the north-east refused to fight Boko Haram until they received better equipment, one of them told the BBC.

Boko Haram fighters are well armed and determined. Having been brainwashed with extremist ideology, many are likely to have little fear of death. So the Nigerian soldiers sent to the battered north-east have a difficult fight and need to be well resourced.

But there have been numerous reports of low morale amid calls for better arms and even complaints over pay. Soldiers' wives recently demonstrated in the barracks in Maiduguri in an effort to stop their husbands being sent to the front line.

Shooting at your own commanding officer is an extreme reaction to seeing the bodies of colleagues killed in an ambush and it would lead to a severe punishment in any army. But it is just one sign of the problems undermining the fight against Boko Haram.

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised that better equipment is on the way but given that Boko Haram has been growing for several years, why were the billions of dollars earned from Nigeria's oil industry not spent on giving every soldier the best chance of defeating the enemy and staying alive?


The nine-member military tribunal heard that the incident happened when shots were fired at the commanding officer of the Nigerian Army's Seventh Division, which is at the forefront of the fight against Boko Haram.

Witnesses said the soldiers lost discipline and threw stones at the officer when he arrived at their camp, and shots were fired into the air.

General Amadu Mohammed had to take cover as they aimed their guns at him - firing bullet-holes in his armour-plated staff car - but he was not injured

Court President Chukwuemeka Okonkwo said that while the sentences were subject to confirmation by Nigeria's military authorities, there was no doubt about the seriousness of the offence.

The sentencing panel took into account the "likely effect on counter-insurgency operations" of the incident as well as its "implications on national security".

Nigeria's army has been under pressure to end the bloody five-year insurgency - and a state of emergency was declared in three north-eastern states last year.

Boko Haram is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria - and has stepped up its attacks after being pushed out of its bases in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, targeting towns and villages in deadly raids.

The fighting has claimed thousands of lives, made tens of thousands of people homeless and seen the militants make recent territorial gains.

Ebola outbreak: UN calls for $1bn to fight virus

David Nabarro made the announcement as the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health crisis as "unparalleled in modern times".

It has killed 2,461 people this year, half of the 4,985 infected by the virus, the global health body said.

There has been criticism of the slow international response to the epidemic.

Later, the US president is to announce plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia, one of countries worst-affected by the outbreak, to help fight the virus.

It is understood the US military will oversee building new treatment centres and help train medical staff.

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) called on other countries to follow the US lead as the response to outbreak continued to fall "dangerously behind".

The outbreak began in Guinea before spreading to its neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Nigeria and Senegal have reported some cases, but seem to have contained the transmission of the virus.
"We requested about $100m a month ago and now it is $1bn, so our ask has gone up 10 times in a month," Mr Nabarro told a briefing in Geneva.

"Because of the way the outbreak is advancing, the level of surge we need to do is unprecedented, it is massive."

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Linda Ikeji one of Africa's successful blogger just got her self a N24million brand new 2014 Range Rover Sports supercharged

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World leaders pledge to help Iraq fight ISIL

Thirty countries have pledged to help Iraq in the fight the al-Qaeda breakaway group ISIL "by any means necessary", as leaders gathered to discuss their strategy.

French president Francois Hollande called for a global response to counter ISIL on Monday, as he opened a conference on Iraq, bringing together members of a US-led coalition.

"[The threat] is global so the response must be global," the French leader said, at a Paris conference aimed at coordinating a strategy against the group, which controls parts of northern Iraq and Syria.

Foreign ministers from the main European states, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Iraq's neighbours and Gulf Arab states Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE, are in Paris to discuss broad political, security and humanitarian aspects of tackling ISIL.

In holding this conference, the countries meeting today are showing their solidarity and the will to protect themselves against terrorism," Hollande added in a joint news conference with Iraqi president Fouad Massoum.

Massoum said ISIL fighters were responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed in Iraq's history.

The conference convened as Tehran claimed it had rejected a US request to cooperate against ISIL, citing Washington's "evil intentions", despite the US insisting it would not coordinate militarily with Iran.

"The United States asked through its ambassador in Iraq whether we could cooperate against [ISIL]... I said no, because they have dirty hands," said Iran's leading religious and political figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

French officials say the coalition against ISIL must go beyond military and humanitarian action, arguing there must also be a political plan for once ISIL has been weakened in Iraq.

They argue that the 2003 US-led intervention in Iraq, in which Paris did not participate, ultimately contributed to the current crisis.

France has said it is ready to join US air attacks in Iraq but says legal and military limitations make it more difficult in Syria, where ISIL's main power base lies.

French aircraft will begin reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday at the request of the Iraqi government.

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A design that could see the end of plastic water bottles has been hailed as one of five ideas which could change the world.

The Ooho! bottle's composition has been likened to that of a jellyfish or a breast implant.

Due to it being biodegradable, even if you didn't want to eat the bottle, throwing it away still wouldn't have a negative effect on the environment.

Ooho! was designed by Royal College of Art and the Imperial College of London postgraduate Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez.
The Global Design Forum said the product could “make the ubiquitous and unsustainable plastic water bottle obsolete.”

Alongside Ooho! on the Global Forum Design's 'Five ideas that could change the world' shortlist, was a tile that produces energy from the footsteps of people walking across it and a mobile phone app which allows users to perform their eye tests on themselves.

Doctor abused child cancer patients

Myles Bradbury, a paediatric haematologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, committed sexual offences against boys aged 8 to 17 between 2009 and 2013, Cambridge Crown Court heard.

The 41-year-old from Herringswell, Suffolk, pleaded guilty to 25 offences including sexual assault and the making of more than 16,000 indecent images.

He was bailed and is due to be sentenced at a later date.

As he left court, Bradbury told reporters "I'm so sorry" and refused to answer further questions.

The offences involved 18 complainants, prosecutor John Farmer said.

The court heard the blood cancer specialist had worked at the hospital for five years.

The judge said the doctor could expect a "substantial" custodial sentence and would have to sign the sex offenders register.


Dr Myles Bradbury admitted a total of 25 offences
Addenbrooke's Hospital said it had contacted the families of the children it was aware of that Dr Bradbury saw. It has set up a helpline for anyone else affected by the case.

Dr Keith McNeil, its chief executive, said: "Our most abject and sincere apologies go out to any and all of our patients and their families who are affected by this in any way.

"There is a very ancient and sacred trust that exists between a doctor and his patients, and quite frankly, it sickens me to think that trust has been breached."

Chief nurse Ann-Marie Ingle, said: "His cold and calculating abuse of trust has deeply shocked us all, including staff who worked alongside him to care for these vulnerable and sick children.

"As soon as we were alerted, we took immediate action to suspend him from clinical practice."

Cambridgeshire Police said "there are likely to be more victims" and asked affected people to call the hospital's helpline.

Det Sgt Shane Fasey, said: "Bradbury's offences were an appalling breach of trust committed against vulnerable victims who had been placed in his care.

"The families believed the boys were in his safe hands but they were actually being abused by Bradbury, who carried out examinations purely for his own sexual gratification and with no medical justification whatsoever."

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Pervert who sexually assaulted teenage girl on train caught after she took his picture

A 'grinning' man who sexually assaulted a girl on a train was caught after she covertly snapped him on her mobile phone.

Raja Hussain indecently touched the 18-year-old girl on a train between Rotherham and Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but was hauled before a judge after she revealed the image of him.

The victim was praised for her bravery following her ordeal - which led to his quick arrest by the British Transport Police.

At Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Paul Watson QC, said: "She is to be commended for the fact that she stuck to her guns and brought this to the attention of the authorities.
"People who randomly sexually assault members of the public must expect custodial sentences.

"What makes it serious is the element of fear this causes others.

"She was brave enough and alert enough to report you and give the police information which eventually led to your arrest and eventual plea of guilty."

Catherine Duffy, prosecuting, told the court that the woman was waiting for a train at Sheffield Midland station on October 29 last year when Hussain started 'grinning' at her.


Raja Hussain was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court
Miss Duffy said she felt 'intimidated'.

They boarded a train and Hussain sat opposite her but passengers were asked to change trains.

On the second train Hussain, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, sat next to the woman.

"The defendant was looking at pictures of naked women on his mobile phone," Miss Duffy said.

"He moved closer to the complainant and began to take off his jacket. As he did so he touched her."

The student edged away but his body remained in contact with hers and he touched her leg while 'grinning'.

The woman pretended to text a boyfriend to get Hussain to stop and also sent messages to her mother.

One read: "I think this man is trying to stalk me, I actually feel sick."

Miss Duffy added: "As he got off the train in Rotherham she managed to take a picture of the defendant on her mobile phone."

Police issued an appeal with the picture of Hussain and he was arrested.

Sarah Smith, defending, said there was no premeditation and Hussain was suffering from poor mental health at the time.

He had lost his 'highly respectable' job due to his mental health problems which included depression with psychotic features, hallucinations and delusional beliefs.

Judge Watson said the woman had been left scared to use the rail network.

Hussain pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was given an eight-month jail term, suspended because of his previous good character, and an ASBO, banning him from trains for three years.

Libya migrant boat sinks: Scores feared drowned

Navy spokesman Ayub Qassem said 36 people had been rescued after the vessel - which carried 250 - went down near Tajoura, east of Tripoli.

"There are so many dead bodies floating in the sea," Mr Qassem told reporters.

Reports are also emerging of another sinking, in which up to 500 people may have drowned last week off the coast of Malta.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted two Palestinian survivors as telling them that the traffickers deliberately sank the boat after an argument on board.

The Maltese authorities have not yet commented.

There has been a surge in the number of migrants leaving Libya this year, with human traffickers taking advantage of the political chaos.

Rival militias have been battling for control of the country.

The navy and coastguard have few resources and often have to borrow boats from fishermen and other agencies.

Mr Qassem said most of the migrants were Africans and many were women.

One of the 36 survivors was a pregnant woman, he told the AP news agency.

This is the fourth boat carrying migrants from Libya to have sunk in the past month.