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Efforts by the international team to halt traditional burial practices — such as wash ing corpses, which increases the risk of spreading the virus — also fed local hostility. “It can be a question of suspending usual practices — or dying,” World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hard said. "It comes down to that." Hartl said a representative of the U.N. health agency, the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Gabonese health ministry' met Friday in Mekambo. 465 miles northeast of the Gabonese capital, Libreville, to discuss security. The international Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said an internation al team could return as early as Saturday, hut Hartl said no decision has yet been made. “If the physical safety of all the team mem bers isn't .ulequale. then we ian I ensure: support for the people of Mekambo,” hesd Local Red Cross volunteers have succt:l in dispelling some of the mistrust of out'; the Federation of Red Cross and RedCre Societies said in its statement Friday. Ebola is one of the most deadly viral eases, killing between 50 percent and90 cent of those who contract it. It spreads ihr bodily fluids and attacks internal organs, me bloods diarrhea and vomiting. Withi // the physical safety oj all tfi: team members isn't adequate, the we can't ensure proper supports the people oj Mekambo. — Gregory t-i WHO spokes-; weeks, the victim usually dies from ma blood loss. Hartl said WHO was worried about! unable to monitor the more than 200 pq w ho had been in contact with Ebola sufe Daily surveillance for symptoms is vitalIc:’ taming the disease. So far. 21 cases and 18 fatalities havta confirmed in Gabon and 13 cases and d fatalities in the Republic of Congo. Md experts were investigating an additional Uj peeled cases in Gabon. Napster to re-launch Websit SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attempting to resurrect the Internet file-swapping service, Napster officials say they're just weeks away from relaunching for paying subscribers. The company that revolu tionized music distribution — only to get slammed and crip pled by music industry lawsuits — is still not offering music from major labels, however. On Thursday, Napster launched six weeks of testing by 20,000 volunteers in the United States. Using improved file identi fication technology, Napster can now weed out unautho rized tunes and concentrate on providing paying customers music the company has the rights to traffic, said chief executive Konrad Hilbers. In a telephone interview, Hilbers could offer neither an official launch date nor a set price for the service, though he said he was looking to offer 50 downloads per month for a price in the range of $5 to $10. “The momentum that Napster created w’as definitely also in part driven by the depth of content that was available.” Hilbers said. “We currently think that we are so close to get ting all major label content.” The new Napster has a sim ilar look and feel to the old. with a few visual improve ments including a free-floating software player that can be dragged around the screen. Instead of trading unpro tected MP3s of popular music as before, users of the new Napster will be swapping .nap files, playable only on the desktop of the computer on which the software is installed. Some unprotected MP3 files also will be available, though they'll likely come from small bands looking to make a name for themselves by distributing their music for free, said Shawn Fanning, who created Napster in 1999 during his freshman year at Northeastern University. After becoming a bazaar for the free exchange of copyright NEWS IN BRIEF music, Napster was h music industry lawsuiu forced offline by judge. The recording ii sued Napster in 1999. a! copyright infringement Napster has made of: settle the suit, but the liti;: is still pending in tk v District Court in San Fra and the 9th U.S. Circuit( of Appeals. Wooing new and users to the paid service as Napster's greatest ch; and the Redwood City company now has competJ chiefly from two i backed ventures. 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