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The United States has called for the immediate rescue of thousands of migrants adrift in south east Asian seas after fleeing from Burma and Bangladesh. More than 3,000 migrants have already landed in Indonesia and Malaysia and it’s estimated that a further two and half thousand are still adrift in boats. The crisis erupted earlier this month after a crackdown by Thailand on people smuggling camps along its border with Malaysia.

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There were violent protests across the United States this week when a grand jury decided that a white police officer who shot dead a black teenager last August in the town of Ferguson, Missouri should not face criminal charges. Two thousand National Guard troops were sent to Ferguson where there was rioting and arson. There were also demonstrations in New York, Washington and Los Angeles.

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The ebola crisis continues to spread and President Barack Obama this week called an emergency cabinet meeting after a second health care worker in the United States was diagnosed with the virus. The President has warned that the world must step up its response to the deadly disease which first broke out in west Africa this summer. Almost 4,000 people have died from ebola and cases have been reported in the US, Spain and Australia.