. >>> and fred de sam lazaro reports that the chinese government, long hostile to religion, may now bencouraging buddhism and other traditional relations as a means towards protecting the environment. >>> plus, rebuilding saint nicholas church at ground zero. the only house of worship destroyed on 9/11. ♪ >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the little endowment an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's go to have you with us. this week the world health organization, w.h.o., said the ebola death toll has risen to over 4,800 people worldwide. most infections have been in west africa where hospital bed and food are in short supply. in liberia, doctors without borders delivered thousands of medical kits to families forced to care for their infected relatives at home. meanwhi

>>> also fred de sam lazaro on the nobel prize winning humanitarian group, doctors without borders healing and making themselves heard. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. more than 2 million muslim pilgrims descended on mecca this week for the annual hajj, one of the five pillars of islam. diseases carried by travelers are always a concern, and this year saudi officials took precautions against ebola. in addition to screening all arriving airline passengers, the saudi ministry of health refused to issue visas to would-be pilgrims from countries that have been hit hardest by ebola -- liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. meanwhile, the united nations is appealing for more medical aid as the ebola death toll continues to spiral. u.n. officials said that local health systems are overwhelmed, and ebola patients aren't receiving treatment quickly enough. they said if the disease isn't contained, the number of infected people could hit 1.4 million by january. in other news, international humanitarian groups are continuing to raise concerns about the tens of thousands of s

>>> also fred de sam lazaro on the nobel prize winning humanitarian group, doctors without borders healinging themselves heard.

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tonight, special correspondent fred de sam lazaro brings us a closer look at that organization and itses life-risking and life-saving work. a version of the story aired on the p.b.s. program, "religion and ethics newsweekly." >> reporter: they have been front and center, not just in the fight against ebola but every humanitarian crisis in recent memory. widely known by its french acronym m.s.f., doctors without borders is in hot spots of disease, natural disaster and war around the world and on the front lines to get the international community to wake up to some of the world's crises. >> i have been ringing alarms, bells for months but the response has been too late, too little. >> reporter: that's msf president who has been expressing growing concern on ebola to world leaders. >> today, ebola is winning. the center you promised must be established now. there is today a political momentum the world has rarely if ever seen. as world leaders, you will be judged by how you use it. >> reporter: beyond medicine, msf's mission is to bear witness, to speak out. it goes back to its founding i

last year, newshour special correspondent fred de sam lazaro joined satyarthi as he conducted a rescued for underage workers in delhi, he lamented in an interview the status of some of his country's young. >> you can buy a child for a lesser price than an animal. the buffaloes and cows are much more expensive than buying a child to work full-time and for the whole of his life. >> sreenivasan: satyarthi estimates some 60 million children across india are forced to work in unsafe conditions, including many doing so to support their impoverished families. in choosing laureates from india and pakistan, the nobel committee also signaled its wish to ease long-standing tensions between the two countries. >> the committee regards it as an important point for a hindu and a muslim, an indian and a pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism. >> sreenivasan: india and pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, and the nobel announcement followed four days of fighting in disputed kashmir, the worst in more than a decade. today, malala said she and satyarthi hope to

ineffective response has fed a deep public skepticism, as newshour special correspondent fred de sam lazarond on a recent trip. sheikh abdur rahman is the imam of a prominent islamic charity. >> how can you move 300 girls, almost 300 girls, you know, in a state, in a region where you have declared a state of emergency? and nobody challenged the movement of the vehicles? >> brown: dozens of other girls, boys and adults have also been carried away, as yemisi ransome kuti points out. she's a long-time activist from a prominent nigerian family. >> kidnapping is going on almost on a daily basis in the north. not just girls, but boys being recruited into the boko haram militia system. >> brown: the nigerian military has claimed it killed hundreds of boko haram fighters in recent weeks. and today, neighboring cameroon said its forces killed more than a hundred of the militants in fighting this week. >> brown: for more on the situation, we turn once again to j. peter pham, director of the africa center at the atlantic council. we have heard versions of this before, right? does this feel different,