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World Service,13 Aug 2019,23 mins

Ebola: new drug cures 90 per cent of infected patients

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The deadly virus may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates. Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has said "law-breaking activities in the name of freedom" are damaging the rule of law and it could take the city a long time to recover from the protests. Archaeologists working in the buried Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered what they've described as a sorcerer's "treasure trove" of artefacts.

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