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9. The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 06:21 AM

Oct 2014

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-october-29-2014-2014-10

1. The World Health Organization issued promising news about the state of Ebola, noting that the epidemic in Liberia may be slowing down.

2. A mudslide set off by monsoon rains may have killed in hundreds in Sri Lanka.

3. NATO said on Wednesday afternoon that it has intercepted an unusually high number of Russian bomber planes over the Atlantic, Black Sea, and Baltic Sea over a 24-hour period since Tuesday.

4. OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri said he expects a sharp fall in US shale output if oil prices stay low.

5. It could take months for investigators to determine what caused a rocket built by Orbital Sciences and carrying a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station to blow up seconds after launch, obliterating an estimated $200 million in an instant.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-october-29-2014-2014-10#ixzz3HceQVK7J

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