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At least 10 American aid workers who may have come into contact with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone were preparing on March 14 to be evacuated to the United States, according to a United States Embassy spokeswoman in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown. They will be the largest number of Americans returned home over fears of exposure to the virus since an outbreak in three West African countries was declared last year.

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