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Bosnians are voting in national and local elections dominated by ethnic tension and economic fears, nearly 20 years after the devastating civil war.
BBC News – Europe

Patient safety must be our priority, says England’s chief nursing officer, ahead of the first strike by NHS staff over pay in more than 30 years.
BBC News – UK

A Texan health worker who treated the first man to die of Ebola in the US appears also to be infected, in the first known transmission on US soil.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN special envoy on Ebola David Nabarro tells the BBC he hopes the Ebola outbreak can be brought under control within three months.
BBC News – Africa

Road trips, home stands and back-to-backs are all a part of the grueling 82-game NBA regular season schedule.
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Stock markets across Europe and the US see steep falls as fears about strength of the global economy deepen.
BBC News – Business

The UN special envoy to Syria says up to 700 people, mainly elderly, remain trapped in the Syrian border town of Kobane, besieged by IS militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil says it has identified a suspected Ebola case who arrived in the country on Thursday from Guinea, one of the worst affected countries.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

There is rising concern over trade liberalisation talks between the EU and the US, with protests planned this weekend across Europe.
BBC News – Europe

Nigel Farage campaigns in Rochester and Strood, as the main political parties consider their response to UKIP’s victory in the Clacton by-election.
BBC News – UK

The boss of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, apologises for remarks he made advising women not to ask for a pay rise but to have “faith in the system”.
BBC News – US & Canada

New York’s JFK is the first of five US airports to screen passengers in an effort to limit the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,000.
BBC News – Africa

DALLAS – Tune-up number two of the preseason slate for the Thunder is tonight is just down I-35 against the Mavericks, as Head Coach Scot
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DALLAS – In three weeks, the Thunder will be busy preparing for its upcoming opponent, game-planning against specific players and studyin
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Chancellor George Osborne warns in a BBC interview that the UK economy will be affected by the slowdown in the eurozone economy.
BBC News – Business

US-led air strikes on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane seem to have stalled an IS advance, as reports say the militants have lost ground.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of people hold marches across Mexico against the disappearance of 43 students who went missing after a clash with police last month.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Expectations that Turkey will lead a ground operation against Islamic State in Syria on its own are “not realistic”, its foreign minister says.
BBC News – Europe

The UK announces “enhanced” Ebola screening at Heathrow, Gatwick and Eurostar terminals as the Foreign Office investigates reports a British man has died of the disease in Macedonia.
BBC News – UK

An off-duty police officer has fatally shot a black teenager in St Louis, Missouri, sparking more protests in an area scarred by summer unrest.
BBC News – US & Canada