Chelsea beaten Arsenal to seals Remy move as striker signs four-year deal despite late Arsenal bid

Remy seals £10.5m Chelsea move as striker signs four-year deal despite late Arsenal bid

Chelsea have beaten off a dramatic late intervention from Arsenal to secure the £10.5million signing of Loic Remy from West London rivals QPR. Remy's representatives were already in talks with Chelsea and the deal was in its advanced stages before Arsenal tried to hijack the move.

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Radamel Falcao to Arsenal? Wenger 'on alert to last minute' on deadline day as he looks for Olivier Giroud's replacement

Arsene Wenger 'on alert to last minute' on deadline day as he looks for Olivier Giroud's replacement before transfer window shuts...
Wenger insists he'll be on 'alert until the last minute' as pressure mounts on Arsenal manager to sign a replacement for the injured Olivier Giroud...
Transfer deadline day: Radamel Falcao to Arsenal? Petr Cech to Liverpool? Sergio Busquets to the Premier League? All the fantasy moves (and more realistic deals)...

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Nigeria launches national electronic ID cards

President Goodluck Jonathan used his new e-ID card at an ATM during the launch

President Jonathan said the e-ID scheme would be the primary database for all government departments

 Nigeria launches national electronic ID cards

Nigeria's president has formally launched a national electronic identity card, which all Nigerians will have to have by 2019 if they want to vote.

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Dozens of women 'sold into marriage' by jihadists:

Dozens of women 'sold into marriage' by jihadists:

Several dozen Yazidi women kidnapped by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq have been taken to Syria, forced to convert and sold into marriage to militants, a monitoring group said Saturday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based NGO, said it had confirmed that at least 27 Yazidi women had been sold for around $1,000 each to IS fighters.

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Most Ebola Cases Recorded This Week Since Outbreak Began

WHO: Most Ebola Cases Recorded This Week Since Outbreak Began


IN Senegal (AP) — Liberia says it will open up a slum in its capital where thousands of people were barricaded to contain the spread of Ebola.

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Ebola survivor praises experimental drug

Ebola survivor praises experimental drug


IN Liberia (AP) — A Liberian health worker who recovered from Ebola after receiving an experimental drug urged the manufacturer to speed up its production and send it to Africa, while crowds celebrated in the streets Saturday after authorities reopened a slum that had been barricaded for more than a week to try to contain the disease.

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