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Thunder guard Anthony Morrow is still a newcomer to Oklahoma City, so it was serendipitous that he had a reminder of home at his very fir
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Emilio Botin, chairman of the Spanish banking giant Santander, dies at the age of 79, the company announces.
BBC News – Business

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets the new Iraqi PM at the start of a Middle East visit to build support for action against Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s central bank publishes long-awaited figures showing annual inflation has reached a six-year high at 63.4%, the highest in the region.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The UK and France get powerful jobs in the new European Commission, overseeing financial services and economic policy respectively.
BBC News – Europe

Prime Minister David Cameron makes an impassioned plea to keep Scotland in the Union, saying: “I love my country more than I love my party.”
BBC News – UK

One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada’s prime minister says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia is facing a “serious threat” to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus “spreads like wildfire”, its defence minister says.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Monday, Sept.
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The pound has fallen in response to a YouGov poll showing a narrow lead for Scottish independence for the first time.
BBC News – Business

The US hails the new Iraqi government ahead of a trip by Secretary of State John Kerry to the region to shore up support against IS.
BBC News – Middle East

A bomb has exploded in a shopping centre in the Chilean capital, Santiago, injuring eight people, three of them seriously.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

European Union member states formally adopt new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but do not specify when they will come in to force.
BBC News – Europe

The three main pro-Union parties are expected to announce their backing for more powers for Scotland, as a new poll puts the rival independence campaigns neck and neck.
BBC News – UK

Hundreds of children across the US have been treated for a rare respiratory virus and more cases are expected in the next few weeks, doctors say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with many thousands of new cases expected in next three weeks, the World Health Organization says.
BBC News – Africa

Commuter rail fares in England will be frozen in real terms for another year, Chancellor George Osborne announces.
BBC News – Business

Yemeni police deploy water cannon and tear gas to shift thousands of Shia protesters encamped on the road to Sanaa airport.
BBC News – Middle East

A former director of Brazil’s state oil company accuses dozens of politicians of involvement in a kickback scheme, weeks before an election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

There has been fresh shelling near Donetsk airport, but European observers say the fighting is not sufficient to make Ukraine’s ceasefire collapse.
BBC News – Europe