| Polar power play: Who will prevail at the rooftop of the world? Posted: 18 May 2018 01:20 PM PDT ![Polar power play: Who will prevail at the rooftop of the world?]( "Polar power play: Who will prevail at the rooftop of the world?") Mr. Rafaelsen is the mayor of Kirkenes, a small port at the northern tip of Norway, 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Kirkenes is the end of the line for a passenger ship that trundles daily up the coast through scenic coastal fjords.
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| The new calm in combatting Ebola Posted: 18 May 2018 12:22 PM PDT ![The new calm in combatting Ebola]( "The new calm in combatting Ebola") During the last outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa four years ago, panic spread faster and farther than the disease itself. Public fears even hindered efforts to end the epidemic, which claimed 11,000-plus lives. With a new outbreak this month in Congo, health officials are now applying a key lesson: Guard against mass hysteria.
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| After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul Posted: 18 May 2018 07:20 AM PDT ![After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul]( "After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul") Russians have been living under Western sanctions for four years now, and they have undeniably survived. Anti-Russia sanctions appeared to be a straightforward admonition four years ago, when Russia annexed Crimea and intervened to back Ukrainian rebels in their war against the new Kiev government. The message to Moscow conveyed by the first rounds of sanctions was: Correct these specific behaviors and we'll discuss removing the sanctions.
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| Hindu prayer service? There’s an app for that. Posted: 18 May 2018 06:17 AM PDT ![Hindu prayer service? There's an app for that.]( "Hindu prayer service? There's an app for that.") India's most popular Hindu temples can exhaust even the most patient person during high festival seasons. Temple attendants scold stragglers hoping to catch a couple more moments in the presence of a murti, or icon embodying the deity, as those next in line jostle for their own brief connection with the divine. The VIP experience of a personalized prayer ceremony or a special request is a service reserved for a stratospherically select few.
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