Ashoka Mukpo, NBC Cameraman With Ebola, to Return to U.S.
Date: 04 October 2014
By BILL CARTER
Bill CARTER
Replaying Friday, October 3, 2014
The October 3, 2014 was a Friday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 275 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 11 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, October 3, 2025, 273 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in 91 days. You have lived for 4,291 days, or about 102,985 hours, or about 6,179,111 minutes, or about 370,746,660 seconds.
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3rd of October 2014 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 3, 2014
Ebola Strikes NBC News Cameraman in Liberia
Date: 03 October 2014
By BILL CARTER
Bill CARTER
Freelance American cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia contracts Ebola virus, and will be flown to United States for treatment.
Oct. 3 Updates on Hong Kong Protests
Date: 03 October 2014
By ROBERT MACKEY and PHILIP PAN
Robert MACKEY
Crowds at the main protest site are growing but the streets around government offices are deserted.
For Journalists, a Stark Reminder of the Risk in Covering a Deadly Epidemic
Date: 04 October 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA and EMILY STEEL
Ravi SOMAIYA
Announcement that NBC News freelance journalist Ashoka Mukpo has contracted Ebola while working in Liberia offers stark reminder that reporters covering crisis must balance their own safety with their job; many have begun taking extra precautions, in addition to following federal safety recommendations.
Ebola, Fear and a Changing Texas
Date: 03 October 2014
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
Manny FERNANDEZ
“Ebola has opened a window into the melting-pot world of Texas immigrants,” writes Manny Fernandez, a correspondent for The Times.
A Chronicler of Syria’s Conflict Returns to the Spotlight, Minus a Disguise
Date: 04 October 2014
By REBECCA WHITE
Rebecca WHITE
Saturday Profile of Maisa Saleh, Syrian journalist in exile in Turkey who has gone public with her story after hosting weekly talk show in Damascus wearing a disguise and using an alias to conceal her identity; Saleh has received 2014 Anna Politkovskaya Award for investigative journalism that earned her an arrest and imprisonment.
In New Front Against Islamic State, Dictionary Becomes a Weapon
Date: 03 October 2014
By DAN BILEFSKY
Dan BILEFSKY
Muslim groups in Europe and elsewhere are lashing out at Islamic State extremist group in protests and on social media, advocating that group not be referred to as Islamic; France, which has the largest number of Muslims in Western Europe, is leading the rebranding effort.