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Over 50 Indian nurses return from Libya

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Kochi, August 5 (ANI): Over 50 more nurses have been brought back to Kochi airport on Tuesday morning after being evacuated from Libya. The husband of a nurse coming back from Libya told ANI, “My wife is coming today. She went to Dubai from Tunisia and is now coming here. The CM, NoRKA CEO P Sudeep and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj have also helped a lot in this.” “43 have already reached Tunisia last night.

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New Libyan parliament elects president

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Tripoli, Aug 5 (IANS) The new Libyan parliament has elected Akila Saleh Issa as its president during its session in the eastern city of Tobruk. In a heavily guarded hotel, Issa was chosen as the president of Libya’s House of Representatives Monday, after getting 77 out of the 158 votes, Xinhua reported. Issa, an independent lawmaker from the eastern town of al-Qobba had also played some judicial roles under late dictator Muammar Gaddafi. According to Libya’s transitional plan, the new parliament, House of Representatives, has replaced the former interim General National Congress and a presidential election will ensue to end the country’s transitional phase.

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National Herald Case rests on foundations of political vendetta, malice: Congress

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New Delhi, Aug. 5 (ANI): Reacting to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s remark that the National Herald case against the Gandhi family is prima facie strong, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Tuesday said the entire matter rested on the foundations of political vendetta and malice. “Well, the entire matter rests on the foundations of political vendetta and malice, and the fact that the Finance Minister has chosen respond to the matter, only reinforces, underscores and underlines that the only intent and objective of this litigation, which has been filed by a BJP leader, is to further this agenda of political vendetta,” Tewari told ANI.

Akshay Kumar and Tamannaah Bhatia donates ‘Entertainment’ clothes for stray

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Onscreen Akshay Kumar will be seen bonding with a golden retriever dog named Entertainment. But off-screen too this ‘Entertainment‘ star has done something special for those poor stray dogs. Reportedly, he and his costar Tamannaah Bhatia have donated all their clothes from their upcoming film ‘Entertainment‘ to Youth Organisation in Defence of Animals (YODA).

YODA is a foundation working for the welfare of stray animal. It will be using the auctioned amount collected from Akshay and Tamannaah’s expensive outfits from the film for the wellbeing of these animals.

Speaking on this noble deed, Akshay Kumar said that it’s a small initiative taken by the ‘Entertainment‘ team for the stray dogs, who have no one to care. But with YODA they are secure. He didn’t only donate the clothes, but in return also participated in the auction by buying an item for himself.

Whereas, Tamannaah is quite impress with the charity event and she has pledged to donate her clothes from her future films as well.

Well, the film has taught its actors a lot about humanity. Now let’s see what’s there in their stores for us. Check out ‘Entertainment‘ in your nearest theatres from 8th August onwards.

Development banks, U.S. up support for Ebola-hit countries

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The seat of the representative from Guinea remains empty at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International development banks on Monday committed $260 million in emergency loans for three West African countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus as nearly 50 African leaders gathered in Washington for a U.S.-hosted summit focusing on the region. The World Bank said it would provide as much as $200 million in emergency funding to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. “I am very worried that many more lives are at risk unless we can stop this Ebola epidemic in its tracks,” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement. “The international community needs to act fast to contain and stop this Ebola outbreak,” he added.

Groups: Secret US effort in Cuba hurts aid work

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In this July 11, 2014, photo, Cuban students exit Marta Abreu Central University in Santa Clara, Cuba. Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian nationals to Cuba to cultivate a new generation of political activists. Often posing as tourists, the young travelers befriended Cuban students. Fernando Murillo, contracted to turn politically apathetic young Cubans into “change agents,” headed to Santa Clara and connected with a cultural group that called itself “Revolution,” a modest outfit of street artists devoted to electronic music and video. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. program in Cuba that secretly used an HIV-prevention workshop for political activism was criticized Monday by international public health officials and members of Congress who said such clandestine efforts put health programs at risk around the world.

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HOLLYWOOD HISPANIC

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Study shows percentage of Hollywood actors in film; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;

Groups: US political effort in Cuba hurts aid work

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In this July 11, 2014, photo, Cuban students exit Marta Abreu Central University in Santa Clara, Cuba. Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian nationals to Cuba to cultivate a new generation of political activists. Often posing as tourists, the young travelers befriended Cuban students. Fernando Murillo, contracted to turn politically apathetic young Cubans into “change agents,” headed to Santa Clara and connected with a cultural group that called itself “Revolution,” a modest outfit of street artists devoted to electronic music and video. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. program in Cuba that secretly used an HIV-prevention workshop for political activism was assailed Monday by international public health officials and members of Congress who declared that such clandestine efforts put health programs at risk around the world.

Groups say US political work in Cuba hurt aid work

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In this July 11, 2014, photo, Manuel Barbosa, 25, shows a tattoo of his “Revolution” cultural group during an interview with The Associated Press in Santa Clara, Cuba. Fernando Murillo contacted Barbosa, a founder of the group, while working on a clandestine operation by the Obama administration that dispatched Latin American youth to Cuba under the cover of health and civic programs to provoke unrest. Barbosa said he was initially open to collaboration with the foreigners but was never told they were working for the U.S. "They presented themselves as a non-governmental organization," Barbosa said. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. program in Cuba that secretly used an HIV-prevention workshop for political activism was assailed Monday by international public health officials and members of Congress who declared that such clandestine efforts put health programs at risk around the world.