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UN Security Council calls for end to violence in Egypt

UN Security Council calls for end to violence in Egypt

Aug 16, – The UN Security Council has called for an end to violence in Egypt following an emergency meeting. Egyptian authorities have raised the death toll from Wednesday’s violence to 638 amid calls for more demonstrations. After an emergency meeting, the United Nations Security Council urged all parties in Egypt to end the violence […]

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44 people killed by gunmen in Nigeria mosque

44 people killed by gunmen in Nigeria mosque

Aug 12, – At least 44 worshippers have been shot dead at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, officials in Borno state say. The killings took place during dawn prayers on Sunday morning. Although news only emerged on Monday. The attack occurred in the town of Konduga, 35km (22 miles) from the state capital Maiduguri. The […]

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Morocco bus crash ‘kills 16 royal guardsmen

Morocco bus crash ‘kills 16 royal guardsmen

Aug 10, – At least 16 royal guardsmen have been killed in Morocco after their bus plunged into a ravine, media reports and royal morocco gurads killed in bus crash doctors say. More than 40 other guardsmen were injured in the crash near al-Hoceima in the north of the country. The guardsmen were reportedly travelling […]

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35 people killed in two attacks by militants in northern Nigeria

35 people killed in two attacks by militants in northern Nigeria

At least 35 people have been killed in two attacks by militants in northern Nigeria, the authorities have said. A military statement said 32 militants, two soldiers and a police officer died in the assaults on a police station and a military base on Sunday. An emergency was declared in Borno and two neighbouring states […]

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Tyra Banks wore disguise at Disneyland

Tyra Banks wore disguise at Disneyland

Aug 04, – Supermodel Tyra Banks recently went incognito to visit Disneyland because she wanted to enjoy her time their without grabbing any unwanted attention from fans Banks borrowed a grey wig and an outfit from her mother’s closet to don a new look, reports contactmusic.com. ”I went to Disneyland and I love going…I like […]

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Pop singer Rihanna wins legal battle over Topshop T-shirts

Pop singer Rihanna wins legal battle over Topshop T-shirts

July 31, – Pop singer Rihanna has won a legal battle with clothing retailer Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image. The star sued Topshop’s parent company Arcadia for $5 million (£3.3m) over the T-shirts, which featured a photo taken during a video shoot in 2011. Her lawyers told the High Court in London the […]

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Russian court rejects parole for jailed Pussy Riot member

Russian court rejects parole for jailed Pussy Riot member

July 27, – A court denied parole for a jailed member of Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot on Friday, state media reported. The Supreme Court of the Mordovia region upheld an earlier decision to deny Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s parole, the official RIA Novosti news agency said. Tolokonnikova was given a 2-year sentence for hooliganism after […]

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UAE embassy attacked in Libya capital Tripoli

UAE embassy attacked in Libya capital Tripoli

July 25, Tripoli: The UAE embassy in Tripoli, Libya was subjected to a terrorist act on Thursday morning, announced Faris Mohammad Al Mazrouie, Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs. The embassy was attacked by an RPG rocket at 5.00am. Al Mazrouie said the embassy’s diplomatic mission and personnel were unharmed. The embassy is […]

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Eurozone economic crisis ‘hit birth rates’

Eurozone economic crisis ‘hit birth rates’

July 10, – The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany found that the birth rate in 28 European countries dropped as unemployment rose. Fewer babies have been born in Europe since the start of the financial crisis in 2008, a new study shows. People under 25 have been particularly affected, along with those […]

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17 villagers killed in Afghan Roadside bombing

17 villagers killed in Afghan Roadside bombing

July 10, KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb struck a motorcycle-drawn cart carrying women and children between two villages Tuesday in western Afghanistan, killing all 17 people on board, a grim reminder of the dangers facing Afghan civilians ahead of the 2014 withdrawal of foreign combat troops. International troops already have pulled back into a […]

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