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Here are the top humanitarian headlines today on trust.org:

EBOLA: Relatives of Ebola victims in Liberia defy government orders and dump infected bodies in the streets as West African governments struggled to enforce tough measures to curb an outbreak of the virus that has killed 887 people.

• WHO urged to allow experimental drugs in "dire" Ebola outbreak
• FEATURE-Tobacco-derived 'plantibodies' enter the fight against Ebola
• SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: A Gaza ceasefire is holding for a second day and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, echoing Israel's position, linked a lifting of blockades of the devastated enclave to Hamas giving up its rocket arsenal.

• UNICEF laments Gaza child casualties, warns of task ahead
• Israelis on Gaza border threat from tunnels isn't over
• From fruit basket to scorched earth, Gaza town changed by war
• VIDEO: Truce offers brief window for Gazans to bury dead
• SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

PHILIPPINES: An historic peace settlement in the southern Philippines is at risk of breaking down as Muslim rebels accuse the government of going back on its word over a proposed law to create self-rule for the war-torn region

• SPOTLIGHT: Philippines-Mindanao conflict

SRI LANKA: Authorities in Sri Lanka are clamping down on the activities of civil society groups, who accuse the government of trying to discourage survivors of the country's civil war from giving evidence to a U.N. war crimes investigation, critics say.

• SPOTLIGHT: Sri Lanka conflict

CHINA:  An earthquake in China at the weekend triggered landslides that have blocked rivers and created rapidly growing bodies of water that could unleash more destruction on survivors of the disaster that killed 410 people, state media reports.

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Somalia's president expects new military push to begin in days – Reuters

Lights set to go out in Afghanistan's Kandahar after US aid winds down – Reuters

C.African Republic ceasefire in tatters after clashes – Reuters

U.S., South Sudan prod rebels as peace efforts sputter – Reuters

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