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@@@ Despite pleas for help from aid groups, the number of cases is also creeping steadily higher in Guinea, where the outbreak originated in February. And Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Monday recorded its second case of Ebola in a doctor who treated U.S. victim Patrick Sawyer. Long convoys of military trucks ferried troops and medical workers on Monday to Sierra Leone's far east, where the density <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Alma</a> of cases is highest. Military spokesman Colonel Michael Samoura said the operation, code named Octopus, involved around 750 military personnel. Troops will gather in the southeastern town of Bo before traveling to isolated communities to implement quarantines, he added. Healthcare workers will be allowed to come and go freely, and the communities will be kept supplied with food. In neighboring Liberia, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and ministers held a crisis meeting on Sunday on putting in place a series of anti-Ebola measures as police contained infected communities in the northern Lofa county. Police were setting up checkpoints and roadblocks for key entrance and exit points to those infected communities and every resident would be stopped. Nobody would be allowed to exit quarantined communities. Troops were fanning out across Liberia to help to deal with the emergency. "The situation will probably get worse before it gets better," Liberian Information Minister Lewis Brown told Reuters. "We are over-stretched. We need support; we need resources; we need workers." WHO SEEKING FUNDS The World Health Organization plans to launch a $100 million response plan and is holding urgent talks with donors and agencies to increase resources to the region. WHO chief Margaret Chan warned regional leaders on Friday that Ebola was outpacing their efforts to contain it and warned of "catastrophic" consequences if the situation deteriorated. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which normally spearheads the fight against Ebola, has only a small team in Liberia and says it does not have the capacity to increase it. Health workers <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Artsy</a> say they are overwhelmed by the number of cases, a scenario exacerbated by the departure of some international staff following the infection of two U.S. staff of the Samaritan's Purse charity in Liberia. One of them, Kent Brantly, was improving on Sunday after being flown back to the United States for treatment. The second staff member, Nancy Writebol, was expected to arrive back in the United States by midday on Tuesday, according to Samaritan's Purse. The normally bustling streets of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown were eerily quiet on Monday after President Ernest Bai Koromo called on residents to stay home and pray, a Reuters reporter said. Ambulances and police vehicles lined the streets while radio stations <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Audacieuse</a> played interviews with health ministry officials and a musical jingle informing the local population of symptoms. Highly contagious, the deadliest strain of the Ebola virus can kill up to 90 percent of those infected, though in the current outbreak the rate is running around 55 percent. Symptoms initially include muscle pains and joint aches, though they worsen to vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding in the final stages. Officials seeking to bury Ebola victims faced protests at a burial site in a suburb of Monrovia this weekend and about 25 soldiers were called in to guard the site. Director of Liberian National Police Chris Massaquoi said last week that troops would place forces in areas where crowds had previously stoned health workers. He added that all protests, demonstrations and marches had been forbidden.

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+Despite pleas for help from aid groups, the number of cases is also creeping steadily higher in Guinea, where the outbreak originated in February. And Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Monday recorded its second case of Ebola in a doctor who treated U.S. victim Patrick Sawyer.
-In a newly surfaced , Illinois' Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner suggested if elected governor, he will fire public employees and potentially shut down the government to address his state's fiscal challenges.
+Long convoys of military trucks ferried troops and medical workers on Monday to Sierra Leone's far east, where the density <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Alma</a> of cases is highest. Military spokesman Colonel Michael Samoura said the operation, code named Octopus, involved around 750 military personnel.
-The video, circulated today by the Illinois Federation of Teachers, shows Rauner addressing the Tazewell County Republican  in March. In remarks to that group, Rauner said: "We may have to go through rough times. We may have to do what Ronald Reagan did with the air traffic controllers. Sort of have to do a do-over and shut things down for a little while. That's what we're gonna do."
+Troops will gather in the southeastern town of Bo before traveling to isolated communities to implement quarantines, he added. Healthcare workers will be allowed to come and go freely, and the communities will be kept supplied with food.
-In 1981, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decided to go on strike in its push for better working conditions and higher pay. In response, President Reagan fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers. The federal government subsequently  the air traffic controllers union. His action came months after he sent a  to the head of PATCO <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-doctor-frame-42>Celine Doctor Frame Bags</a> acknowledging "too few people working unreasonable hours with obsolete equipment" and pledging that his "administration will work very closely with you to bring about a spirit of cooperation between the president and the air traffic controllers."
+In neighboring Liberia, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and ministers held a crisis meeting on Sunday on putting in place a series of anti-Ebola measures as police contained infected communities in the northern Lofa county.
-Rauner's call to "shut things down" took place only a few months after the federal government shutdown last October. It also comes amid Illinois' ongoing debate about how to address an  30-year, $100 billion pension shortfall.聽
+Police were setting up checkpoints and roadblocks for key entrance and exit points to those infected communities and every resident would be stopped. Nobody would be allowed to exit quarantined communities. Troops were fanning out across Liberia to help to deal with the emergency.
-Critics of Illinois'  move to slash pension benefits have pointed to the state's spending on tax cuts and subsidies as proof Illinois has plenty of money to address its pension obligations. For example, a New York Times analysis indicated, Illinois currently spends roughly $1.5 billion every year on taxpayer <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-luggage-43>Celine Luggage</a> subsidies to corporations. Additionally, the state in 2011 passed a corporate tax cut bill that is  to cost $371 million a year. That bill was designed to award tax breaks to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
+"The situation will probably get worse before it gets better," Liberian Information Minister Lewis Brown told Reuters. "We are over-stretched. We need support; we need resources; we need workers."
-Rauner is considered a top pickup opportunity for Republicans. He has been consistently leading in  in his election matchup against incumbent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. His rhetoric against public employees stands in contrast to his business experience as a billionaire private equity executive who made his fortune  government workers' public pension money.聽
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-In the months preceding his call for mass firings of public employees and a shutdown, Rauner has proposed to use budget savings from pension cuts to finance . He has also  for public employees to be moved out of traditional  pensions and into 401(k)-style accounts.聽
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-The聽 reported recently those defined contribution systems tend to generate large fees for financial firms. Union-affiliated groups have   that have converted their plans to 401(k)s have ended up losing taxpayers' money rather than cutting costs. Additionally, a  in Alaska recently cited exploding pension costs as proof his state's 2006 transition to a 401(k) system was a mistake.
+WHO SEEKING FUNDS
-The Rauner campaign did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
+The World Health Organization plans to launch a $100 million response plan and is holding urgent talks with donors and agencies to increase resources to the region. WHO chief Margaret Chan warned regional leaders on Friday that Ebola was outpacing their efforts to contain it and warned of "catastrophic" consequences if the situation deteriorated.
-UPDATE: Another video has surfaced today showing Rauner making a similar comment in a March 2013 speech to Illinois Republicans. In that聽, Rauner says: "I may have to take a strike and shut down the government for a few weeks and kinda redo everybody's contract. That's a possibility...I will do it proudly."
+Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which normally spearheads the fight against Ebola, has only a small team in Liberia and says it does not have the capacity to increase it.
+Health workers <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Artsy</a> say they are overwhelmed by the number of cases, a scenario exacerbated by the departure of some international staff following the infection of two U.S. staff of the Samaritan's Purse charity in Liberia.
+One of them, Kent Brantly, was improving on Sunday after being flown back to the United States for treatment. The second staff member, Nancy Writebol, was expected to arrive back in the United States by midday on Tuesday, according to Samaritan's Purse.
+The normally bustling streets of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown were eerily quiet on Monday after President Ernest Bai Koromo called on residents to stay home and pray, a Reuters reporter said.
+Ambulances and police vehicles lined the streets while radio stations <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Audacieuse</a> played interviews with health ministry officials and a musical jingle informing the local population of symptoms.
+Highly contagious, the deadliest strain of the Ebola virus can kill up to 90 percent of those infected, though in the current outbreak the rate is running around 55 percent. Symptoms initially include muscle pains and joint aches, though they worsen to vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding in the final stages.
+Officials seeking to bury Ebola victims faced protests at a burial site in a suburb of Monrovia this weekend and about 25 soldiers were called in to guard the site.
+Director of Liberian National Police Chris Massaquoi said last week that troops would place forces in areas where crowds had previously stoned health workers. He added that all protests, demonstrations and marches had been forbidden.&nbsp;