The debate on Scottish Independence, World's largest Ebola outbreak, and Moroccan music festival

On September 18th voters in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide whether they should split from the United Kingdom and become independent. Recent polls have shown that a majority favor a no vote vote although the campaign on both sides of the issue is heating up. Edward Luce, the Washington columnist for the Financial Times joins us to discuss the arguments for and against Scottish independence.
Then, Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight against the worst Ebola outbreak in history, died this week. The deadly virus has killed hundreds of people in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It spreads directly, human-to-human, by secretions such as saliva, sweat, and blood. There are currently no vaccines or antiviral medications available to treat the disease. We’ll take a look at why the current outbreak has been so difficult to contain with Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
And, today on Global Notes, Catalina Maria Johnson, host and producer of Beat Latino, takes us to the 20th Festival of World Sacred Music in Fes, historically the cultural and spiritual capital of Morocco. Fes is a legendary city which was once part of Al Andalus Kingdom which stretched into southern Spain. The festival's theme this year was "Conference of Birds," a 12th Century epic poem by Persian poet Farid Ud Din Attar that tells a fable about different birds coming together and undertaking a perilous journey to find the King of the Birds. At the end of their travels, trials, tribulations and adventures, all the birds find is a beautiful lake in which they see themselves reflected. This theme echoed throughout the festival. The music of the festival also reflected the theme, as artists from Bolivia to Mali, India to Uzbekistan, Ireland to Mauritania and more shared their song, often in one-time collaborations created especially for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.

(photo: A display of t-shirts are seen for sale in a Scottish memorabilia shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell))