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                    [Title] => Last Ebola patient is released in Liberia
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Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old teacher, from a treatment center on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being declared Ebola free.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-06 01:13:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413081 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Paye-Layleh [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150306/Ebola-Beatrice-Yardolo-Last-Patient-Liberia.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429235 [Title] => Sierra Leone's vice president in quarantine for Ebola [Summary] =>

Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards.

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He came home to spend Christmas with family, but now he has to undergo mandatory quarantine in Cebu even after already completing the same in West Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1386325 [AuthorName] => Jessa Agua [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/bansa/20140727/OFW-sign.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393505 [Title] => Doctor hesitates, then returns to Ebola front line [Summary] =>

Returning last month to Sierra Leone to treat Ebola victims after a break, volunteer doctor Juli Switala was shocked to see the obituaries and photographs of colleagues who had died of the disease in her absence, pinned to a board in the treatment center.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-19 07:02:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479889 [AuthorName] => Lynsey Chutel [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374946 [Title] => Gear up for high action [Summary] =>

High Sierra, an American Outdoor lifestyle brand that was acquired globally by Samsonite Corporation in July 2012, is set to expand its presence across the Asia-Pacific region over the next two years.

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Sierra Leone on Thursday took the dramatic step of sealing off districts where more than 1 million people live as it and other West African countries struggle to control the Ebola outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives.

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When the dreaded Ebola virus began infecting people in the Sierra Leone town of Kenema, Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan and his team were on the front lines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-31 05:50:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1516159 [AuthorName] => Michael Duff and Sarah DiL Orenzo [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1361576 [Title] => Official: First British Ebola patient to be evacuated [Summary] =>

The first British citizen confirmed to be infected with the deadly Ebola disease is being evacuated from Sierra Leone on a jet sent by the Royal Air Force, a Sierra Leone official said Sunday.

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While many have fled West Africa to avoid the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, four Filipino missionary priests have reportedly stayed in Sierra Leone to fulfill their evangelical mission.

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It was 9 a.m. on May 25, 1998. Borboh Jeff Kamara, 14, was walking to school with classmates when rebels grabbed him, held him down and cut off his fingers, leaving only his thumbs.

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