Ebola Spreads Death, Fear in W. Africa

The deadly Ebola virus increasingly is spreading fear in West Africa, where Liberia’s president has called for three days of prayer and Nigeria has confirmed five new cases and a second death from the disease. The new cases in Nigeria raise concerns that the virus will spread further in the region's most populous nation, with its 174 million residents. So far, the smaller and less populous countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have been the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak that...

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