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7 years jail, fine for transit traveller carrying illicit drugs ARABIA

7 years jail, fine for transit traveller carrying illicit drugs

A Doha Criminal Court has fined a transit traveller from Sierra Leone QR200,000 and sentenced to seven years in jail, followed by deportation for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British nurse who contracted Ebola in 2014 back in hospital INTERNATIONAL

British nurse who contracted Ebola in 2014 back in hospital

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in 2014 while caring for patients in Sierra Leone, was taken back to hospital on Thursday with a police escort, the Press Association reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UK nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital INTERNATIONAL

UK nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital

A Scottish nurse, who recovered from Ebola but then suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for a third time.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
More than 100 people quarantined after Sierra Leone Ebola death INTERNATIONAL

More than 100 people quarantined after Sierra Leone Ebola death

More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dozens feared exposed as Sierra Leone confirms new Ebola case INTERNATIONAL

Dozens feared exposed as Sierra Leone confirms new Ebola case

A woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed at least 27 other people to the disease, according to an aid agency report on Friday, raising the risk of more cases ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
WHO confirms SLeone Ebola death one day after all-clear INTERNATIONAL

WHO confirms SLeone Ebola death one day after all-clear

The World Health Organization confirmed Friday a new death from Ebola in Sierra Leone just a day after west Africa celebrated the end of the outbreak.

4:45 AM November 25 2016