Italian doctor with Ebola arrives in Rome

An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived Tuesday in Rome, where he will receive specialist treatment, media reported.
The doctor, the first Italian to be infected with the disease, was flown into the military airport of Pratica di Mare, outside the capital.
The doctor, who reports say is a 50-year-old man, was transported in a specially sealed unit on board a military plane, TV pictures showed.
He will be hospitalised at the Lazzaro Spallanzani national institute for infectious diseases.
The Italian health ministry said he has not yet developed feverish symptoms and his general condition is good.
The doctor was working for the charity Emergency at a clinic for Ebola victims when he contracted the disease, which has killed nearly 5,500 people in its latest outbreak in west Africa.
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Cultists kidnap, murder Kogi varsity professor, student

By Boluwaji Obahopo
LOKOJA—A lecturer with Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba, Associate Professor Justice Olurotimi Otitolaye, has been reported killed by cult members in the institution.

Professor Otitolaye.
Vanguard gathered that Professor Otitolaye, who had been championing war against examination malpractice in the institution, was abducted around Stadium Road, near the campus on Friday night, on his way to a supermarket.
His bullet-riddled body was found in the early of hours of Sunday at Ejule, which is about 8 kilometres away from the school.
The cultists were said to have fired sporadic shots into the air to scare away people living around the area before taking the lecturer to an unknown destination.
The murdered lecturer, simply called Otis, was a renowned agriculturist, who was a former pre-degree director and a lecturer in Faculty of Agriculture in the Department of Agric Economics and Extension at the university.
Otis, who was said to be a jovial, nice and well-respected person, also held a chieftaincy title from his home town, Kabba, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state.
The body of the lecturer has been deposited at the university teaching hospital.
Some lecturers and students expressed shock over the incident, and decried the incessant killings in the institution.
They called on the management to take urgent steps to address the ugly trend.
When contacted, KSU Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said the body had summoned an emergency meeting to look into the case of the murdered lecturer.
Meanwhile, a 400 level Mathematical Science student of the school, Jimoh Faruk, has also been killed by the cult group.
The student was killed, according to a source, around the dreaded Stadium Road on Saturday night.

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Report: China building airstrip' island

China is building an island in the South China Sea that could accommodate the country's first airstrip in bitterly contested waters, according to satellite images analyzed by IHS Jane's Defence Weekly.
Reclamation at Fiery Cross Reef on the western edge of the disputed Spratly islands is creating a land mass that is more than 3,000 meters (2 miles) long and between 200 to 300 meters (650 to 980 feet) wide -- large enough to construct a runway and apron, the publication said.
The South China Sea is the subject of numerous rival -- often messy -- territorial claims, with China, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam disputing sovereignty of several island chains and nearby waters.
The areas in dispute include fertile fishing grounds and potentially rich reserves of undersea natural resources.
Jane's said that Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan had built airfields on reefs and islands in the contested waters.
"The work at Fiery Cross thus brings parity but is likely to cause alarm among the other claimants," the report said.
"Given its massive military advantage over the other claimants in terms of quantity and quality of materiel, this facility appears purpose-built to coerce other claimants into relinquishing their claims and possessions, or at least provide China with a much stronger negotiating position if talks over the dispute were ever held."
The report said that dredgers were creating a harbor large enough to receive tankers and warships.
Construction 'legitimate'
But Maj. General Luo Yuan of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) told the state-run Global Times that construction was justifiable and that the infrastructure would improve the living standards of soldiers stationed there.

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2014 American Music Awards: Complete List of Winners!

By Sean ft Stanley

The 42nd annual American Music Awards shook L.A.'s Nokia Theatre Sunday night. Taylor Swift unleashed the first performance of "Blank Space," Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea premiered their TV rendition of "Booty," and other artists, including Selena Gomez, Lorde, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, and A$AP Rocky, rounded out the rest of the live fare. (There was also a very strange but wonderful Waka Flocka Flame commercial.) Below is the list of all the artists who were able to snag some hardware (winners in bold).
Artist of the Year
Iggy Azalea
Beyonce
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams

New Artist of the Year
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

Single of the Year
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, "Fancy"
John Legend, "All of Me"
MAGIC!, "Rude"
Katy Perry featuring Juicy J, "Dark Horse"
Pharrell Williams, "Happy"

Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock
John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry

Favorite Band (Duo or Group) — Pop/Rock
Imagine Dragons
One Direction
OneRepublic

Favorite Album — Pop/Rock
Lorde, Pure Heroine
One Direction, Midnight Memories
Katy Perry, Prism

Favorite Male Artist — Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton

Favorite Female Artist — Country
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Band (Duo or Group) — Country
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum

Favorite Album — Country
Garth Brooks, Blame It On My Roots
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am

Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea
Drake
Eminem

Favorite Album — Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Drake, Nothing Was The Same
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Favorite Male Artist — Soul/R&B
Chris Brown
John Legend
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist — Soul/R&B
Jhene Aiko
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige

Favorite Album — Soul/R&B
Beyonce, Beyonce
John Legend, Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams, G I R L

Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock
Bastille
Imagine Dragons
Lorde

Favorite Artist — Adult Contemporary
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Katy Perry

Favorite Artist — Latin
Marc Anthony
Enrique Iglesias
Romeo Santos

Favorite Artist — Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
Newsboys

Favorite Artist — EDM
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Zedd

Top Soundtrack
Frozen
The Fault in Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1

Dick Clark Award of Excellence
Taylor Swift

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Banker 'fit' to enter plea over HK murders

By Paul Armstrong, CNN

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2014 04:50 GMT
A court in Hong Kong has ruled that a British banker charged with the grisly murder of two Indonesian women is psychologically fit to enter a plea on both counts.
However, the case has been adjourned until July next year to allow for more than 200 pieces of forensic and DNA evidence to be analyzed.
Rurik Jutting has been in custody since November 1 following the discovery of the bodies of the two women at his home in an upscale residential complex in the city's Wan Chai district.
His last court appearance on November 10 was adjourned after prosecutors requested psychological assessments of the former employee of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Jutting, who has yet to enter a plea, appeared in court Monday unshaven and wearing the same dark sunglasses. He spoke only once to confirm that he understood what was happening.
Body in suitcase
The 29 year old is accused of killing Sumarti Ningsih, 25, whose decomposing body was discovered inside a suitcase on the balcony of his high-rise apartment.
The other woman, Seneng Mujiasih, 29, was found on the floor of the one-bedroom apartment with her throat slashed.
Police say Jutting called them to the apartment early on November 1. They say Mujiasih had been killed that day, and Ningsih five days earlier.
The principal magistrate, Ms Bina Chainrai, ruled that Jutting would remain in custody until the hearings resume on July 1.

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