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French attempt to outlaw social media binge drinking craze

French attempt to outlaw social media binge drinking craze

Mar 20, – Young people in France who share videos as part of the Neknomination online drinking craze could face up to two years in jail if a charity succeeds in a legal complaint. The game, which is reported to have started in Australia and spread around the world, involves people filming themselves downing a […]

March 21, 2014 | By | Reply More
Egypt: Two army officers, teenager killed in Cairo shootout

Egypt: Two army officers, teenager killed in Cairo shootout

Mar 20, – Ten people were killed in violence across Egypt on Wednesday, months ahead of a presidential vote meant to put Egypt back on a democratic path after last July’s army takeover. In Qalubiya province, north of Cairo, two soldiers were killed in a shootout with Islamist militants, the Interior Ministry said, adding that […]

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Cabin crew’s mid air dance performance, spiceJet booked, two pilots’ suspended

Cabin crew’s mid air dance performance, spiceJet booked, two pilots’ suspended

Mar 19, New Delhi – Mid-air Holi celebrations aboard eight flights have cost no-frill carrier SpiceJet heavily, with the DGCA issuing show cause notice to the airline and suspending two of its pilots. Sources said that on Monday, the cabin crew of SpiceJet performed a small dance sequence on a song as part of Holi […]

March 19, 2014 | By | Reply More
Israeli officials warn tensions with Syria could escalate into a ‘surprise war’

Israeli officials warn tensions with Syria could escalate into a ‘surprise war’

Mar 19, – Israeli jets struck a Syrian army training facility, a military headquarters building and artillery batteries, the army said in a e-mailed statement. The strikes were a response to the wounding of four Israeli soldiers by the explosion of a device on the Golan Heights frontier with Syria yesterday, the third such incident […]

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Search for Malaysian jet tests China, US capabilities

Search for Malaysian jet tests China, US capabilities

Mar 19, – The hunt has major ramifications for Beijing, which has been rapidly improving its military while aggressively challenging neighbors over territorial disputes. Washington is looking to prove it’s still the top dog to allies worried about how seriously it takes the threat China poses to the Pacific status quo. Finding the missing Malaysian […]

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UN panel identifies Syria intelligence, military leaders’ names on war crimes list

UN panel identifies Syria intelligence, military leaders’ names on war crimes list

Mar 18, – Brazilian diplomat Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said the “perpetrators list” includes the heads of intelligence branches and detention facilities where torture occurs; military commanders who target civilians; officials overseeing airports from where barrel bomb attacks are planned and executed; and leaders of armed groups involved in attacking civilians. United Nations human rights investigators […]

March 18, 2014 | By | Reply More
No progress under Rouhani, says Iranian women’s rights activists

No progress under Rouhani, says Iranian women’s rights activists

Mar 16, – The government of President Hassan Rouhani distanced itself from the meeting, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham saying it didn’t “help relations between Iran and Europe.” Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani called Ashton’s meeting “contrary to the security and interests of the country.” Women’s rights groups were hoping that the status quo […]

March 16, 2014 | By | Reply More
Malaysia plane mystery: Investigators take closer look at flight crew

Malaysia plane mystery: Investigators take closer look at flight crew

Mar 16, – Malaysian investigators are trawling through the backgrounds of the pilots, crew and ground staff who worked on a missing jetliner for clues as to why someone on board flew it perhaps thousands of miles off course, the country’s police chief said. Background checks of passengers on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have drawn […]

March 16, 2014 | By | Reply More
India’s Supreme Court grants stay for two Delhi gang-rape convicts

India’s Supreme Court grants stay for two Delhi gang-rape convicts

Mar 16, – In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a […]

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Thousand march in Moscow against Russian ‘occupation’ of Crimea

Thousand march in Moscow against Russian ‘occupation’ of Crimea

Mar 16, – Thousands marched freely through Moscow on Sunday in support of Russia using military force in neighboring Ukraine, while at an anti-invasion protest nearby dozens were detained. Russian state television ratcheted up its pro-invasion rhetoric over the weekend and showed what it claimed were buses full of refugees pouring across the Ukrainian border, […]

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