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29-07-2012 22:57 Authorities say a man charged with three slayings in Penn. told state police that he'd "messed up" by going to the home of his estranged wife's boyfriend where the shootings happened. Kevin Cleeves was arrested hours later in Ohio. (July 29)
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By Brett Wiles
Monday, July 30, 2012
The Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, health officials said, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes.
The officials and a WHO representative told a news conference in Kampala yesterday there is an outbreak of Ebola in the country.
"Laboratory investigations done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute... have confirmed that the strange disease reported in Kibaale is indeed Ebola haemorrhagic fever," the Ugandan government and WHO said in joint statement.
Kibaale is a district in mid-western Uganda, where people in recent weeks have been troubled by a mysterious illness that seemed to come from nowhere. Ugandan health officials had been stumped as well, and spent weeks conducting tests.
On Friday, Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told AP that investigators were "not so sure" it was Ebola, and a Ugandan health official dismissed the possibility of Ebola as merely a rumour. It appears firm evidence of Ebola was clinched overnight.
Health officials told reporters in Kampala that the 14 dead were among 20 reported with the disease. Two of the infected have been isolated for examination by researchers and health officials.
A clinical officer and, days later, her four-month-old baby died from the disease caused by the Ebola virus, officials said.
Officials urged Ugandans to be calm, saying a national emergency taskforce had been set up to stop the disease from spreading far and wide.
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29-07-2012 07:50 Highlights of this day in history: Britain's Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer; Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini born; President Dwight Eisenhower signs an act creating NASA; Artist Vincent Van Gogh dies. (July 29)
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By Poornima Gupta and Jonathan Weber
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Twitter are currently not in discussions on the mobile technology giant taking a stake in the popular social networking site, sources familiar with the matter said.
Apple in recent months has held negotiations with Twitter to explore investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the company, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter. The Wall Street Journal said such discussion were held over a year ago, citing a person familiar with the matter.
It is unclear if the two companies talked about a deal in the past and at what level such discussions were held, but there are no current, formal talks between the companies on an investment or acquisition, the sources said.
Both Apple and Twitter declined to comment.
The iPhone and iPad maker typically does not take equity stakes in companies and prefers to acquire technologies by buying up smaller startups that are lesser known. Twitter executives have said repeatedly they are in no rush to seek additional financing, either privately or on public markets, since they have "truckloads" of cash.
Apple has never delved deeply into the social media space dominated by Facebook Inc (FB.O), but it has dabbled in trying to make music more social by launching a social network on iTunes called Ping, which has not caught on.
Twitter, the Internet phenomenon with some 140 million users that allows people to "tweet" 140-character messages, is already well integrated into Apple smartphones and tablets. Apple customers can directly share their comments on Twitter when on their iPhones, iPads or Mac line of computers.
Twitter, the San Francisco-based startup that is viewed as the most significant candidate for the public markets following Facebook, is ramping up its efforts to generate revenue from the 400 million tweets that cross its networks daily.
(Reporting By Poornima Gupta and Jonathan Weber; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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Jaga Novata welcomes tourists into the photographic gallery on New Yorks famous Broadway every minute of every day. The Indian, who has lived in Americas biggest city for 16 years, sits by a desk and points tourists upstairs. Hes part security, part information.
How much to get into the gallery? I ask.
Zero, he replies with a smile. Or a duck as you say in cricket in your country. Are you coming from England?
Yes.
Im going on holiday there in September. To London. Do you know how to get to Manchester from London? I want to go to Manchester.
I think I can help you there.
The Olympics have given London an even higher profile than usual. Britains predominant city is receiving a better press than ever, with serious reportage claiming its the best city in the world. The Rough Guide to Britain dedicates 81 pages to London, 12 to Manchester, seven to Liverpool and six to Birmingham, but as everyone from outside the capital knows, theres far, far more to Britain than London.
Jaga appreciates this and Im soon writing down instructions about how to get the cheapest rail fares from London to Manchester. That is book early and youll get a great deal, pay on the day and youll need to remortgage your house.
I want to see both Old Traffords, Jaga explains. Thats why Im going to Manchester for a day.
He wants to know to get from Piccadilly to the Old Traffords, how long it will take and the cost.
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Andy Mitten column: Spread the word on our glorious city