Ebola virus linked to deaths in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia – Seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the first deaths reported in the Liberian capital since the outbreak began, a health official said Tuesday.
Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah told The Associated Press that brings to 16 the number of people believed to have died from the virus in the West African country. Four of the deaths were confirmed by tests to be Ebola, he said.
The deaths, recorded since June 8, are worrying because no new cases had been confirmed in Liberia in about two months. Nyenswah said the new wave of cases was believed to have begun on May 30. The virus, which causes severe bleeding and high fevers, has continued to ravage neighboring Guinea in that time and has spread to Sierra Leone.
Argentina unhappy with ruling on debt
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina’s president has objected to the conditions of a U.S. judge’s ruling requiring a $1.33 billion debt repayment, but analysts say she may ultimately have to negotiate with the holdout investors she calls “vultures” to avoid an impending default and a new blow to the country’s reputation.
President Cristina Fernandez at first indicated she wouldn’t go along with the terms of a judge’s ruling that the defaulted bonds be repaid after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left the earlier order in place.
In a national address Monday night, Fernandez defiantly vowed not to submit to “extortion,” from NML Capital and others that have refused two opportunities to swap defaulted bonds for new, less valuable bonds that the government has reliably paid since 2005.
But she also said she had been working on ways to keep Argentina’s commitments to other creditors.
Her hard line came hours after the justices in Washington refused to hear Argentina’s appeal.
Associated Press
