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A Liberian doctor fighting the West African Ebola Outbreak has died of the killer virus, despite being treated by the experimental drug ZMapp.  Abraham Borbor was the deputy chief medical doctor at Liberia’s largest hospital in Monrovia.

The final televised debate before Scotland’s independence referendum on 18 September had pro-independence leader Alex Salmond trouncing the leader of the “Better Together” anti-independence movement, although it’s not certain that a good debate performance will translate to a win at the polls.

President Francois Hollande made his boldest move of his two years at the head of French government, forcing out three dissident ministers who wanted to end the disastrous policy of “austerity”.  It’s the second change of government by the increasingly-unpopular Hollande in as many years.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has dissolved parliament and called snap elections, while the Ukrainian military clashed with separatist forces in armored vehicles that crossed from Russia and headed to the port of Mariupol.

Although there’s little doubt that American photojournalist James Foley is dead at the hands of Islamic State terrorists, the questions of “what happened” and “who did it” are getting murkier.  An analysis of the execution footage conducted by a British newspaper casts doubt on what was presented to the world.

A clear violation of the Geneva Convention by Russian-backed rebel in Ukraine – Iran claims to shoot down an Israeli drone – Why is anyone allowing the word “Bacon” to upset the public order? – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says at least two people are dead of Ebola in a remote region where many others have fallen sick.  And the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is backtracking its earlier claims that the deadly Congo illnesses weren’t Ebola, and were another form of haemorrhagic disease.

The highly respected actor and Academy Award-winning director of the epic biopic “Gandhi” Lord Richard Attenborough is dead at the age of 90.  No cause of death was released, but it’s known he had been in poor health ever since a fall in 2008.

The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years rumbled through California’s Wine Country, knocking down walls, igniting fires, and sending more than 170 people to hospitals where the staffs had to rally to overcome damage to the medical centers.

A specially equipped Royal Air Force C17 plane picked up a British Ebola patient from Sierra Leone and flew the man to London’s RAF Northolt.  He’s a volunteer nurse who caught the killer virus while volunteering in the battle against the West African Ebola Outbreak.

Israel wipes out a high-rise apartment building in Gaza – The UK considers bringing an Ebola patient there – Ukraine says that Russian aid convoy left with more than it delivered – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

At the beginning of the week, the death toll in the West African Ebola Outbreak was 1,145 lives lost.  As of Saturday, it is 1,427 deaths out of 2,615 infections – almost 300 more deaths in a week from the killer, incurable virus raging through a region of poor countries that were not ready to handle such a health disaster.  And officials are once again warning the outbreak is likely underreported.

Just in case you’re too young to remember the Cold War, apparently we’re redoing it for you, LIVE – Hamas distances itself from Islamic State – Cops really shouldn’t eat people – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A missile fired from Gaza struck a Kibbutz in southern Israel, sparking the fire that killed a four-year old boy.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing that Hamas will “pay a heavy” price for the little boy’s death.  The IDF says that shell was launched from outside a school being used as a shelter for refugees from the fighting.

Peter Greste appeals – Some MH17 victims come home – The Hiroshima mudslides could be worse than first reported – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

An audio recording of a senior Hamas official seems to claim responsibility for one of the precipitating acts to the current bloodshed between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza – the reprehensible kidnapping and killing of three Jewish teens back in June.

The losing candidate in Indonesia’s contested Presidential Election, former general Prabowo Subianto, is acknowledging the final ruling from the country’s constitutional court.  That clears the way for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to take over as Indonesia’s next head of state.

County Donegal Health officials in Ireland on Friday are expecting the results of tests on the body of a man who died after suffering Ebola-like symptoms.  It’s a shockwave in the rolling green hills of Donegal, which seems about as far removed from the West African Ebola Outbreak as one can get.

South Africa is closing its doors to non-citizens traveling from the main countries affected by the West African Ebola Outbreak, Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.  And Senegal is now suspending flights with those countries, as well as closing its border with Guinea.

America’s top law enforcement officer, US Attorney General Eric Holder, met with the parents of the black teenager who was gunned down by the cop who stopped him for jaywalking in a suburb north of Saint Louis in the nation’s heartland.  Holder is promising a “full, fair and independent” investigation.