Ebola Surge: Obama to Pledge Millions to Keep Country Safe
P resident Barack Obama will announce a major surge in U.S. aid to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa later Tuesday, with as many as3,000 military personnel to be dispatched to help organize, train new health care workers and build treatment clinics.
The Defense Department will divert $500 million for the effort, which will include building 17 treatment centers with 100 beds apiece, dedicating 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment and distributing supplies such as disinfectant and hand sanitizer to help 400,000 families protect themselves and care for sick family members.
Indonesia moves to stop forest fire pollution as haze grips Singapore
Singapore’s air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday as Indonesian authorities failed to control fires which officials say are deliberately lit to clear land for palm oil and paper plantations
Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday voted to ratify a regional agreement on cross-border haze as fires ripped through forests in west of the country, choking neighbouring Singapore with hazardous smog.
Officials in Singapore and Malaysia have responded furiously to Indonesian forest fires, which have intensified and become more frequent in recent years.
Singapore’s air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday as Indonesian authorities failed to control fires in Sumatra island’s vast tracts of tropical forest.
‘Fukushima-Gate’ tapes deepen dispute over nuclear legacy
Account from Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster was kept secret - until now
David McNeill
As manager of the crippled Daiichi plant in 2011, he was the captain of a nuclearTitanic, ready to go down with his ship rather than let it spin completely out of control.
He later gave the most complete account from the cockpit of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The account, recorded in 13 interviews from July to November 2011 as part of the lengthy government inquiry into the Fukushima crisis, was kept secret – until now.
After months of pressure, criticism and leaks, the government was finally forced to release the transcript last week. Inevitably, it is now at the centre of a toxic row over the legacy of nuclear power.
Historians uncover the truth of Gallipoli's underground war between Diggers and Turks
September 16, 2014 - 4:55AM
Nick Miller
Europe Correspondent
Gallipoli, Turkey: Two middle-aged historians are standing in ditches throwing rocks at each other.
They're on the Gallipoli Peninsula, where a five-year project to make a detailed survey of Australia's most treasured battleground is in its final year.
Dr Richard Reid flinches as a particularly well-flung stone lands next to him.
"Don't kill me, Simon," he jokes at team leader Simon Harrington, who threw it.
Banter aside, this is serious research.
The ditches they are standing in are the opposing battle lines at Quinn's Post, one of the deadliest flashpoints of the ill-fated 1915 campaign.
Mozambique logs a rare victory against poachers
The recent arrests of six suspected poachers on a vast wildlife reserve in Mozambique are seen by conservationists as rare good news in a country where elephants and other species are under extreme threat.
The poaching ring had been operating in the Niassa National Reserve, which is twice the size of South Africa's flagship Kruger National Park, where the rhino population has been hit hard by poachers, many of whom cross over from Mozambique.
The Sept. 7 detentions in the southern African nation followed nearly a year of investigative work, illustrating the challenges of policing rugged areas where armed poachers hike on expeditions that often last two weeks and sometimes kill elephants with single shots targeting vital organs.
Agent Storm: Inside al Qaeda for the CIA
September 16, 2014 -- Updated 0420 GMT (1220 HKT)
Two worlds. Two identities and the ever-present, very real risk of death.
That was the life of Morten Storm, a radical Islamist turned double agent, who's now lifting the lid on some of the world's best-kept secrets.
His life is the stuff of spy novels, and he talks about it in his book: "Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA," co-authored by CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister. Both men are CNN contributors.
He also recently sat down with CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson.
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