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Proof: Did he escape? Ebola patient's journey from DRC to Nairobi raises questions

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T21:01:53Z","headline":"Did he escape? Ebola patient's journey from DRC to Nairobi raises questions","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"standardke","url":"https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559650/did-he-escape-ebola-patients-journey-from-drc-to-nairobi-raises-questions","v":1}

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68debfe2eac2da0d47c8530553495507e7b23aa985c1aa02654943d6a17aaee8

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970397, mined 2026-10-07 22:09 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 21:02 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-68debfe2eac2.json prints 68debfe2eac2da0d47c8530553495507e7b23aa985c1aa02654943d6a17aaee8. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-68debfe2eac2.json and headline-68debfe2eac2.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-68debfe2eac2.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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