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UK's RFA Argus sails to Sierra Leone to fight Ebola

2014-10-21 01:00:00| Naval Technology

The UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel (RFA) Argus has sailed from Falmouth to Sierra Leone, as part of the country's efforts to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Property tax fight brews in NY over absentee owners

2014-10-20 12:17:29| Real Estate - Topix.net

A proposed NYC levy would require part-time New Yorkers to pay a 0.5 per cent surcharge on dwellings valued at more than $5 million. Photo / Thinkstock The real-estate industry is mobilising to kill a proposed levy on non-resident owners of apartments valued at more than $5 million, seeking to ensure the world's biggest city doesn't follow London, Hong Kong and Singapore in extracting extra cash from trophy properties.

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Weekly Overview: Support to Fight African Swine Fever in EU, China

2014-10-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - African swine fever (ASF) has been much in the news in the last week as the EU has pledged financial support towards the disease control costs within the area. Germany is stepping up its efforts to keep the infection out of the country by involving hobby farmers and pet pig owners as well as commercial producers and wild boar hunters. FAO has set up its first ASF control project in China.

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International efforts look to fight human trafficking

2014-10-19 11:17:32| Energy - Topix.net

Oct. 18, 2014: Human trafficking is happening in Houston and in other popular destination areas around the world, but why is it so common in these places and what is being done to combat it? Courtney Gilmore reports. TWO OTHERS WERE ARRESTED.

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Roche, Merck extend immunotherapy fight to breast cancer

2014-10-18 04:23:46| Biotech - Topix.net

Swiss drugmaker Roche and U.S. group Merck & Co are to present data on their rival immunotherapy drugs in breast cancer in December, extending the novel approach to fighting tumors to another cancer type. Early clinical results with Roche's drug, known as MPDL3280A, in so-called triple negative breast cancer will be revealed at the Dec. 9-13 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the firm said after announcing third-quarter results.

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