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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

MORE ON TRUST.ORG

The story of "Air" – a child slave in Thailand – Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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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