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The United Nations is maintaining that there is no scientific basis to restrict travel of health workers returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, or put them under strict quarantine unless they present with symptoms.
The latest comments from UN officials come as a judge in Maine rejected a legal request to restrict the movements of a health worker who returned to the US from Sierra Leone.
Liling Tan reports from the UN in New York.
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A private space plane owned by Richard Branson's "Virgin Galactic" has crashed in the California desert and one of the two pilots aboard has been killed.
SpaceShipTwo experienced what controllers called an "in-flight anomaly" after its rocket motors fired.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A private space plane owned by Richard Branson's "Virgin Galactic" has crashed in the California desert and the hunt is now on for two pilots who were aboard.
SpaceShipTwo experienced what controllers called an "in-flight anomaly" after its rocket motors fired.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Russia's central bank has raised its key interest rate from 8% to 9.5% to try and tackle inflation.
Analysts had only predicted a 0.5% rise, so the 1.5% rise comes as a surprise, amid economic woes for Russia after sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
Tom Barton reports.
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Russia's rouble currency has fluctuated wildly after once again falling to historic lows against the dollar.
A 5% jump in value followed more falls after news of a natural gas supply agreement between Ukraine and Russia and speculation Russia's central bank may raise interest rates to support the rouble.
Russia has seen economic damage with capital flight and inflation after Western sanctions over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
Tom Barton reports.
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NATO has been tracking Russian warplanes over the Atlantic, Black Sea and Baltic, in what the alliance says is an unusual spike in activity not seen by Russia's military in recent years.
Though a spokesman stressed their had been no violation of NATO airspace, the flights come at a time of heightened tension between Russia and the West.
Tom Barton reports.
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US President Barack Obama says the country may continue to see individual cases of infection by the Ebola virus until the outbreak in West Africa is contained.
He hailed the efforts of US medical staff travelling to the region to try to treat and prevent outbreaks.
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