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Pope Leo urges global action to confront Congo’s Ebola outbreak

Al Jazeera English and Irish Independent describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened A new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has killed 65 people, with roughly 246 cases reported by health officials.
The headline split Honolulu Star-Advertiser frames it as "Pope Leo urges global action to confront Congo’s Ebola outbreak". Al Jazeera English frames it as "Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives".
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Honolulu Star-AdvertiserNews report · Aug 23, 11:17 PM

Pope Leo urges global action to confront Congo’s Ebola outbreak

VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,...

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Irish IndependentNews report · Aug 24, 4:30 AM

Desperate race to contain Ebola in DR Congo as deadly outbreak reaches 100 days

Death toll now at 2,500 and accelerating as less than half of pledged international funding disbursed, UN says

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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Aug 24, 2:02 AM

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.

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Aug 23, 11:17 PM: Honolulu Star-Advertiser joined the source map.

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Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 3 sources · 1 bucket.