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Read MoreIndian Gang Rape Victim Dies In The Hospital
An Indian woman who was a victim of assault by a gang in New Delhi died in a Singapore hospital on Saturday due to some injuries she suffered during the attack. The six suspects held in connection with the December 16 attack on the 23-year-old medical student on a New Delhi bus were charged with murder following her death, police said. The maximum penalty for murder is death. Earlier, bracing for a new...
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Read More81 Ships Expected In Lagos Ports In 2 Weeks
Eighty one ships, including one laden with 5,000 tonnes of palm oil, are expected at the Lagos ports between Dec. 28 and Jan. 15, 2013, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. The NPA disclosed this in its “Shipping Position’’, a daily publication, made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. The document indicated that MV MSK BELFAST, carrying the palm oil, would berth at the Apapa Bulk...
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Read MoreOshiomhole Replies US, Says Edo Is Safe
Following warning travel advisory issued to visitors to Edo State by the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of state, the Edo State government yesterday faulted the US action, insisting that the state is safe. The State Government in a reaction contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, and made available to LEADERSHIP...
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Read MoreIran Says Military Site Inspection OK If Israeli Threats Defused
Iran said it would allow the international nuclear watchdog to inspect a military site if threats of Israeli attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities were defused, an Iranian news agency reported on Thursday. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plan in mid-January to continue their negotiations on inspecting the Parchin military site near Tehran, where, according to Western...
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Read MoreIndia Tea Estate Owner And Wife Burned To Death By Workers
A tea plantation owner and his wife were burnt to death as angry workers set their house ablaze after a labour dispute in the North-Eastern Indian State of Assam, police said on Thursday. At least 700 workers surrounded the house of Mridul Kumar Bhattacharya in Assam State late Wednesday and set it on fire, the state’s Police Inspector General SN Singh said. The incident followed the arrest of two...
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Read MoreFrance Refuses To Defend CAR Against Rebels
France’s military will not defend Central African Republic’s government against advancing rebels, French President Francois Hollande said yesterday, and regional African leaders tried to broker a ceasefire deal. Insurgents on motorbikes and pickups have driven to within 75 km (45 miles) of the capital Bangui in recent weeks, threatening to end President Francois Bozize’s nearly 10 years as leader of...
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Read MoreThe Forgotten Victims Of Gun Violence
On the Sunday after the Newtown massacre, President Barack Obama traveled to Connecticut to comfort the grieving community. As the president offered what he could to the town, other American communities, in less visible ways, were grappling with their own menace of violence. In Camden, New Jersey — a city that has already suffered 65 violent deaths in 2012, surpassing the previous record of 58...
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Read MoreNo Plan To Sanction Odemwingie – NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made it clear that there is no plan yet to sanction West Bromwich Albion forward, Peter Osaze Odemwingie. Odemwingie, 31, this week attacked the Nigerian head coach, Stephen Keshi, the football federation, the Super Eagles’ captain and ex-internationals after he was left out of the Africa Cup of Nations provisional squad. Reports this week in the local media...
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