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Experts fight Ebola
Gabonese town struck by deadly disew
GENEVA (AP) — International health
experts forced to pull out of a remote Gabonese
town struck by Ebola met Friday with local offi
cials to discuss security and how to resume their
work to keep the disease from spreading.
The 17-member international team and
Gabonese health ministry officials left the jun
gle town of Mekambo on Tuesday because of
threats from residents. The outbreak has so far
killed 25 people.
Tension has been high in Mekambo and
surrounding villages, where many blame out
siders for the difficulties they have had since
the outbreak began in Gabon and neighboring
Republic of Congo. Rumors are rife that
witchcraft and vampires rather than Ebola
have caused the deaths.
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
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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.
MusicNet is the joint vet
of RealNetworks and theB
EMI and Warner record
Pressplay offers content f
Sony and Universal and
Both services lawk
last month, hut neither"
say how many subscribe
has attracted. Bertels®
AG. the parent comparr
BMG, is Napster's prir
financial backer.
Health officials renew
warning of alfalfa sprouts
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials
Thursday renewed warnings about the raw
alfalfa sprouts often served on salads, say
ing they can be contaminated with salmo
nella or E. coli bacteria.
The sprouts should be thoroughly coos
to kill the bacteria, and some peo:
should stay away altogether, the Centers
Disease Control and Prevention said.
The new warning came after a CDCim;
tigation of a salmonella outbreak thatsit
ened 32 people last year in Califorr
Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
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