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Ebola Quarantine in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Ebola fears, UN view on migrants, Guatemala's 'Arab Spring'

The Sierra Leonean authorities have ordered the quarantine of 1,000 people over Ebola fears following the death of a woman. The BBC's Umaru Fofana has the details of the lockdown which came just five days into the country's 42-day Ebola free countdown.

Thousands of migrants are caught up in a tense stand-off with the Hungarian government - they do not want asylum in just any European country, they want to go specifically to Germany.

A judge has ordered the former Guatemalan President, Otto Perez Molina, to be held in prison while hearings take place over his alleged role in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Fri 4 Sep 201506:00GMT

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  • Fri 4 Sep 201506:00GMT