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1.The World Health Organization is holding a two-day emergency meeting in Geneva to discuss the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
2.A Russian hacker group stole 1.2 billion usernames and passwords, a U.S. security firm has said

3.Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew a $71 billion bid for Time Warner.

4.. A high-ranking Army officer, Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, was killed by an Afghan solider in an attack on a military training academy on Tuesday. 

5.The first television debate between the leaders of the "yes" and "no" campaigns over Scottish independence — Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling — was held on Tuesday night.

6.In an interview with the BBC, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. "stands squarely behind Israel's right" to defend itself against rocket attacks.

7.New York State's financial regulator, Benjamin M. Lawsky, is discussing a possible settlement with British bank Standard Chartered over allegations that the bank failed "to detect transactions vulnerable to money laundering," The New York Times said, citing people familiar with the matter.

8.. Apple and Samsung announced they have settled all patent disputes over smartphones and tablets outside the U.S

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 A new study about the effects of aspirin says the drug "could dramatically cut people's chances of getting and dying from common cancers," the Guardian said
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. The Rosetta spacecraft is about to become the first-ever probe to orbit around and land on a comet