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You need to install Flash Player to play this content. David Cameron: ''The murder of Alan Henning is absolutely abhorrent, senseless, completely unforgivable" The murder of hostage Alan Henning was "completely unforgivable" David Cameron has said, as he vowed the UK would do all it could to find the killers. A video purporting to show Mr Henning being beheaded has been released by Islamic State (IS) militants. Mr Cameron said IS was a "repulsive" and "barbaric" organisation.

British PM Cameron says he will use 'all assets' against Islamic State; Turkish president demands apology from Biden; Germany plans to expand its military engagement in northern Iraq. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad prays during Eid al-Adha at a mosque in Damascus, Syria, Ocober 4, 2014. Photo by AP. 1:03 P.M. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday he would use "all the assets we have" to try to find hostages being held by Islamic State. Speaking in a broadcast message after the release on Friday of a video showing the decapitated body...

  Pakistan is one of three countries where polio is endemic despite huge investment in vaccination schemes Pakistan has recorded its highest number of polio cases for 15 years, with health officials blaming the rise on attacks on immunisation teams. The number of new cases in 2014 so far is 202, exceeding the 199 cases in 2001 but short of the 558 cases in 1999.

Heavy fighting is being reported between Kurdish militiamen and Islamic State (IS) militants advancing on the northern Syrian town of Kobane. A BBC correspondent across the border in Turkey saw explosions and smoke rising from buildings hit by shells. IS has moved to within a few kilometres of the town despite US-led air strikes seeking to halt its two-week offensive. On Thursday, Turkey's prime minister promised it would do whatever it could to prevent the fall of Kobane. Ahmet Davutoglu spoke only hours after the Turkish parliament authorised military operations against militants in Iraq and Syria who threaten Turkey's security, and for foreign troops to use Turkish bases.

With funds from the World Bank Group, UNICEF delivers essential supplies to Sierra Leone on September 5, 2014. Background The Ebola epidemic continues to spread rapidly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, with the World Health Organization (WHO) projecting that the virus could infect more than 20,000 people. More people have died in the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa than in all previous outbreaks combined.  If the virus continues to surge in the three worst-affected countries, its economic...

Charlie Austin’s nascent Earnshaw-itis, the Wayne Rooney non-conundrum and Alan Pardew’s Professional Hell roadshow. Arsenal will have to do something new, Manchester United will be without Wayne Rooney, Charlie Austin must step up and Alan Pardew is under pressure. Photograph: Rex / Getty / Reuters. 1) What have Arsenal got up their sleeves for Chelsea? “I think we will try new things on Sunday to get a better result than last year.” Careful, Per, or you’ll start getting a few hopes up. Arsenal’s German centre-back may simply have been talking for the sake of it in the mixed zone on Wednesday night, full of the joyous flushes of a healthy win over Galatasaray, but there will certainly be intense scrutiny on Arsenal’s approach at Stamford Bridge.

On Sunday Cesc Fàbregas comes up against his former club Arsenal and the player that made the Gunners decide they did not want him back, Mesut Özil Cesc Fàbregas has made a huge impact at Chelsea since joining from Barcelona in the summer. Photograph: Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Home has always been a portable concept in football but it is still hard to recall a more complex collision of domes...

(Getty Images) Scammers play sophisticated psychological tricks to fool their marks, says Colin Barras, and that means anyone can be vulnerable unless they know what to look for. JP Morgan has revealed it suffered a massive cyber attack on 76 million private and seven million business customers in the US. None of us likes being scammed, and David Modic is no different. But it’s not the fact that scammers try to trick us into handing over our money that bothers him – it’s the way they can rob people of something far more important: their hope.

Dr. Gorbee Logan tried using lamivudine against Ebola out of sheer desperation.                                     Only two out of 15 patients taking it died -- far lower than the average death rate.                                                     Logan read about the medication and similarities between Ebola and HIV in a medical journal (CNN) -- A doctor in rural Liberia inundated with Ebola patients says he's had good results with a treatment he tried out of sheer desperation: an HIV drug. Dr. Gorbee Logan has given the drug, lamivudine, to 15 Ebola patients, and all but two survived. That's about a 13% mortality rate. Across West Africa, the virus has killed 70% of its victims.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Thomas Eric Duncan is the first person diagnosed with Ebola on American soil He was hospitalized in Dallas this week Sanitizing company says it was turned away for lack of proper transportation permits (CNN) -- Four days after a Liberian man was diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, the apartment where he stayed has not been sanitized, a cleaning crew contracted to do the job said. Four other people are still living there. Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person diagnosed with Ebola on American soil when he was hospitalized days after arrival from Liberia.

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Fashion bloggers have become a new force in the industry, often earning hefty fees through brand collaborations and advertising. One of the most successful is 27-year-old Italian, Chiara Ferragni, whose blog The Blonde Salad gets five million views a month. New kids on the block. Fashion bloggers have become important players in the fashion industry With millions of followers, they command front row seats at fashion weeks Bloggers are now converting their social currency into hard cash Top bloggers earn six-figures a year from advertising, brand collaborations London (CNN) -- Seven years ago, Imran Amed started a blog from the living room of his flat in Notting Hill, West London. He had recently quit his job as a management consultant and decided to pursue a passion he harbored since childhood -- fashion. Fast forward to today, and what started as a collection of musings read by Amed's friends and family has grown in...

. A general view of The Ivy Apartments in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the man who is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance. The Dallas Ebola case, involving a man who flew back to the United States last month from Liberia, has prompted national concern over the potential for a wider spread of the deadly virus from West Africa, where at least 3,338 people have died in the worst outbreak on record. U.S. ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ebola has orphaned about 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone "The fear surrounding Ebola is becoming stronger than family ties," a U.N. official says As Ebola infections skyrocket, experts fear the number of orphans could double this month (CNN) -- Ebola has orphaned thousands of children in West Africa, and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection, the United Nations said. About 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have lost one or both parents to the disease, according to U.N. child agency, UNICEF. In addition to mourning the loss of caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations, the children feel abandoned and stigmatized. "Orphans are usually taken in by a member of the extended family, but in some communities, the fear surrounding Ebola is becoming stronger than family ties," said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF's regional director.

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. Ebola Patient's Texas Contacts Zoom to 80, Authorities Say (ABC News) The number of people who came into contact with Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has zoomed from as many as 18 to 80, health officials in Texas announced in a statement today. Duncan, a Liberian man who is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, is being treated in an isolation unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas after being brought to the hospital by ambulance earlier this week.

As the number of patients with Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone surpassed 6500 with more than 3000 deaths, the United Nations is increasing the momentum to curb the spread of the disease. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr Anthony Banbury, arrived in Accra to head the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), which will join governments and international partners to respond to the Ebola outbreak

European Union (EU)  The European Union (EU) has warned Nigeria over ‎a possible future food insecurity challenge and insurgency due to the high demographic growth rate in the Northern part of the country. Head of Operations, EU Delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Brian O' Neil  explained that the demographic growth in the Northern part of Nigeria has a growth rate of 3 per cent which doubles every 20 years, maintaining that if Nigeria cannot feed its teeming population now, the situation is likely to get much worse.

You probably know you could be making better use of your time at work. But how do you do it? There are a few tricks to being more productive, and the five steps outlined below will explain exactly how to get there. It's not easy. To truly be a more productive person, you'll need to cultivate habits, rather than rely on quick-fixes. But there are some things you can do to help yourself pick up those new habits. You'll also find there are many mobile apps, software programs, and tech services that can help guide you toward a more productive workday.

I'm a huge fan of the overall service that LinkedIn provides and sincerely believe that all professional adults should set up an account on that social-professional network. That said, I don't spend a lot of on the site. Quite the contrary. A LinkedIn account can pretty much run itself—if you take a few steps to set it up that way. With these five tips, you can trust that your LinkedIn account is doing its job for you, letting your name, skills, and expertise be known to everyone in your network, as well as new potential new connections who might be interested in finding people like you.

Lists are a powerful feature for keeping your Twitter stream organized, and for helping you stay on top of what's important. The ability to create Lists in Twitter is a feature that's seriously underutilized. Lists help you organize your Twitter feed so you can see tweets coming from people with specific interests and expertise, or that you might for any reason categorize into a group.

Save words or praise, track your work, and use these other simple tech tricks and tips to organize and manage your career Negotiating a salary, promoting your own achievement, networking—these career-related activities aren't simple or easy. But they are necessary. Organized people often have some neat tips and tricks for staying on top of their professional development and helping them advance their careers. Here are five that I personally use.

I Foreign Minister Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal of Yemen addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Loey Felipe With Yemen pressing ahead after coming through a complex, United Nations-assisted transition, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal, told the General Assembly yesterday that continued international support would be needed, including a “strong call” from the UN Security Council against those seeking to undermine the political process.

“Both President Ghani (left, second) and Dr. Abdullah (left, first) carry the nation’s expectations,” said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš. Photo: UNAMA/Fardin Waezi   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan yesterday welcomed the inauguration of Ashraf Ghani as President and reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to cooperate with the national unity government in the country’s progress to peace, stability and development.

Oluwakemi Adekoya,An Unsung Hero In Nigeria Shines In Bahrain, As Ogunode sets record in 100m win recently. Qatar's sprinter bags Asian Games gold in record time as China continues to lead the medals table in Incheon. Ogunode (C) has been training in Doha without a coach for the last five years [REUTERS] Qatar's Femi Ogunode set a continental 100m record of 9.93 seconds at the Asian Games, firmly indicating his determination to contend for an Olympic podium appearance two years from now in Rio. China's Su Bingtian took silver at 10.10 and Japan's Kei Takase third at 10.15, while China's Zhang Peimeng came up short again in his quest to become the first Asian sprinter to break the 10-second barrier, ...

The latest attempt at Facebook killer is nothing but misplaced idealism. Congrats, dude! You just scored an invite to Ello , the hottest social network that's totally going to topple that capitalist cesspool known as Facebook. It's about damn time, because I hate waking up every morning, going to my connected device, opening Facebook and seeing nothing but updates from my real-life friends, news I'm interested in, and images of frolicking puppies. Man am I tired of that crap.

Have you heard that the great,great  google is abandoning google+ sign-up requirement for new google accounts?Is this a good news or its opposite? Is this just one more sign that Google is cooling off on its social network? If you're a brand-new Google user, then you might have noticed—or taken advantage of—a new modification that no longer ties your account to the company's Google+ social platform. According to a new report from Marketing Land , Google has quietly shelved the requirement that new Google account creators also create a Google+ profile during the signup process. This is a pretty big step for the search giant, as Google had been mandating this Google+ account creation for the better part of 2.5 years or so—since January 2012.

Next Ali Moore: Protesters are taking time to clean up after themselves. Hong Kong leader CY Leung has urged pro-democracy protesters to stop their campaign "immediately", as huge crowds continue to bring parts of the territory to a standstill. Tens of thousands of people have been blocking streets in several areas. The protesters want Beijing to give Hong Kong a free vote for its next leader, something Beijing has rejected. Occupy Central has called on Mr Leung to meet protesters in person on Tuesday night. During a news conference, the pro-democracy group also said it would open "humanitarian corridors" in protest areas to allow emergency vehicles to pass.

On the eve of his departure for Ghana to begin work at the helm of the UN's new Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), mission chief Anthony Banbury speaks with the UN press corps in New York. UN Photo/Yubi Hoffmann. The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) yesterday joined an advance team deployed in Accra, Ghana, to ensure the rapid, effective and coherent action necessary to stop the outbreak, treat the infected, ensure essential services, preserve stability and prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

A new barrier was erected following the security breach A man arrested for breaking into the White House earlier this month gained access to more of the building than previously believed, US media report. Omar Gonazalez, 42, made it to the East Room in the highly guarded home on 19 September, unidentified officials told multiple news outlets. It was earlier reported he was stopped at the North Portico doors after scaling the building's main fence. The Secret Service boss will be questioned about the breach on Tuesday. US lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will ask Secret Service Director Julia Pierson to explain this latest lapse.

Social network Ello has been dubbed the "anti-Facebook" because it carries no advertisements Social media network Ello is currently receiving up to 31,000 requests an hour from people wishing to join its platform, its founder has told the BBC. It was initially designed to just be used by about 90 friends of its founder Paul Budnitz. But the bike shop owner, from the US state of Vermont, opened it to others on 7 August.

Two Bold Teenagers Walked Into An Apple Store And Bent An iPhone 6 Plus YouTube/Costal Road These guys bent an iPhone 6 Plus inside an Apple Store. Some teenagers go to the movies for a thrill. Other walk into Apple stores and record themselves perpetuating the iPhone 6 Plus' bending problem —   now known as BendGate . Two British teens, who call themselves Kylie and Danny, did just that over the weekend and recorded  their exploits  for the world to see.

ROBBIN WILLIAMS FUNERAL VIDEO:CLICK TO WATCH   Billy Crystal, Bonnie Hunt and Whoopi Goldberg spoke during the service at the landmark Curran Theatre, as did William's wife Susan Schneider, 50, and three kids Zak, 31, Zelda, 25, and Cody, 22, a source close to the actor told the Daily News. Dan Steinberg/Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP Hundreds of family and friends of Robin Williams gathered for an emotional and star-studded funeral Saturday in San Francisco, honoring the beloved comedian. Hundreds gathered for an emotional and star-studded memorial for Robin Williams on Saturday, six weeks after the beloved comedian took his own life. Billy Crystal opened the “Celebration of Life” with a tearful tribute at the landmark Curran Theatre in San Francisco, a source inside the service told the Daily News. Bonnie Hunt, Bobcat Goldthwait and Whoopi Goldberg also spoke, as did ...

Police have said Magnotta filmed the murder of Jun Lin and posted it online The trial of a Canadian man accused of killing his lover and sending parts of his body in the post to political figures has begun in Montreal. Luka Magnotta, 32, has pleaded not guilty to five charges related to the 2012 death of Jun Lin, a Chinese university student, including murder. He faces a life prison sentence if convicted on all charges. The trial start was delayed amid a crowded court calendar and difficulty selecting jurors.

(Getty Images) Is going to the dentist every six months really necessary for good oral health? Claudia Hammond investigates. A spice commonly found in curries may boost the brain's ability to heal itself A lot of us think that we should visit the dentist every six months – even if it’s not what we do in practice. Whether those biannual check-ups are really necessary is, however, a matter of debate. In fact, it’s not even clear where the six-month figure initially came from. Some believe it dates back to the 18th Century , long before the advent of randomised controlled trials that could test its benefits.

The European Society of Cardiology estimates a 50 percent reduction of coronary events if you can stabilize soft, vulnerable plaques (1). We are often led to believe that plaques you can see on an angiogram are “killer” plaques. It’s true that if they are large enough to obstruct blood flow, they will decrease oxygen transfer to the heart muscle cells making them more tired with less effort. This is the definition of stable angina. It simply means it takes less effort to over-exert the heart muscles before they fatigue. However, you need approximately a 90 percent total obstruction of the blood vessel to develop stable angina. These plaques account for most of the plaques you might find in an angiogram. This is why if you take an angiogram, you are often immediately wheeled into the operating room to have a stent put into the artery with the belief you are only seconds away from an immediate heart attack and death.

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ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response) Test After an 8 long months of trying to get an ABR scheduled, Jameson finally had his appointment today.  What they say is true, you really gotta keep fighting for these kids because no one else is going to.  All of the doctors have been great, don’t get me wrong, but when one little mistake happens in the system with referrals the process has to start all over again, and if you don’t initiate the process no one else will. What we have known for quite some time has finally been confirmed – Jameson has moderate hearing loss in both ears, the left is a little worse than the right.  He has trouble picking up low and middle tones in his right ear and does okay with the high ones, and in his left he has trouble with the low and high tones, and picks up just a little of the mid-tones.  The doctor did say his hearing loss is conductive, which is common with these kids.  So, hearing aids a...

First, let me back track: January 30, 2014 At Jameson’s post-op appointment last year (Feb 2013) Dr. Fearon was very pleased with the surgery and Jameson’s recovery.  His instructions were to let Jameson just be a toddler, do a 6 month follow up sleep study and a 1 year follow up MRI and visit with him.   Everything else along the way we could do here at home, ENT, eyes, audiology… So, that’s what we did.  Jameson visits his ophthalmologist every 4 months to check for corneal dryness and optic pressure; so far so good!  ENT, well, you all know by now Jameson has mild to moderate hearing loss.  He got his hearing aids mid-December.

We’ve had some encounters recently that have inspired me to write this post.  This is something I hope everyone reads and shares.  This is a message that doesn’t just pertain to Jameson, but to all children who are made fun of and singled out for their differences; and I am pretty sure their parents feel the same way I do. I want to begin by saying that I don’t hold anything against these children, or their parents.  I understand that it can be extremely awkward when your child is the one making fun or being mean to another child.  But, the next time this happens I hope these parents do more.  Because although I cannot take offense, I would be lying if I said it didn’t hurt.  It does.  It hurts to see my child be made fun of, knowing that this will be a big part of his world the rest of his life.

Play on.aol.com More details have come out on the rumor that " The Real Housewives of Atlanta " star Porsha Williams is dating a married man. On Saturday, September 27, All About The Tea released the identity of the man whom Porsha is reportedly seeing. Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for ESPN According to "a rock solid source," Porsha is actually dating Bashorun Jide Omokore, a billionaire oil tycoon who is the chairman and CEO of several oil companies. He's so rich that he had no problem gifting Porsha a half a million dollar custom Rolls Royce. Not only is Bashorun rich, he's also powerful, with strong political ties in Nigeria.

The sale of archaeological treasures from the Biblical city of Nineveh and the surrounding territory is becoming one of the main sources of funding of the Islamic State in Kurdistan as well as in Syria, according to reports by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera . A USB stick recovered from an Islamic State militant by Iraqi intelligence in August documents the value of revenues on the black market at $32 million. Among the items for sale: hundreds of headstones, inscriptions, mosaics, and adornments. According to Qais Hussein Rasheed, head of the state-run Museums Department In Iraq, black market dealers are entering areas under Islamic State control to buy these items.

Supporters of al-Nusra Front held a rally against the coalition and Syrian government in Aleppo Syrian militant group al-Nusra Front has denounced US-led air strikes as "a war against Islam". In an online statement, the al-Qaeda-linked group called on jihadists around the world to target Western and Arab countries involved.

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Long headed poppies (credit: niall benvie / NPL) In nature, red is often evocative of autumn, and sometimes danger. However crimson poppy fields are one of nature’s most stunning and emotive sights, because of their association with the end of WW1 when swathes of them grew up out of devastated battle fields. Fly agaric fungus (credit: richard becker / Alamy) In autumn, scarlet coloured mushrooms pepper forest floors. The iconic fly ageric (Amanita muscaria), distinctive with its crimson cap and white spots, looks like the stuff of fairytales. As attractive as it may look, this fungus is poisonous to humans but is munched by some rodents. Scarlet hood mushrooms (credit: photoshot holdings ltd / Alamy) Scarlet hood - or waxcap - fungi are found in North America and Europe, in woodlands and man-mad...