Pledges to U.N. fund to fight Ebola more than double to $50 million

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Pledges to U.N. fund to fight Ebola more than double to $50 million

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pledges-u-n-fund-fight-ebola-more-double-190048961.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FQt5gWELymZgGqro0_SkwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-21T190326Z_1_LYNXNPEA9K0Y2_RTROPTP_2_BELGIUM-EBOLA-TRAINING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A volunteer for Medecins Sans Frontieres receives training on how to handle personal protective equipment during courses in Brussels" align="left" title="A volunteer for Medecins Sans Frontieres receives training on how to handle personal protective equipment during courses in Brussels" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pledges to a United Nations trust fund calling for nearly $1 billion to fight Ebola in West Africa have more than doubled to almost $50 million, days after it was disclosed that only one $100,000 donation had been deposited. The United Nations said in September that $988 million would be needed to try to halt the spread of the deadly virus over the next six months. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa have been hardest hit by Ebola, but cases have also been reported in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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