PRESIDENT Obama has vowed “justice will be done” over the Dallas shooting that has left five police officers dead and six injured as well as a civilian Speaking from the start of a NATO summit in Europe he said there had been a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law …
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President Obama, reacting with the same horror as many Americans to a grisly video of a bloody, dying man in Minnesota who was shot by the police, begged the nation to confront the racial disparities in law enforcement while acknowledging the dangers that officers face. Protesters chanted “Hands up, don’t …
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Three mothers of schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 said they had identified their daughters in a video released by Islamist group Boko Haram, the first possible sighting of the girls since a video in May 2014. Reuters reported that about 15 girls featured in the …
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The specter of the Islamic State group obtaining a “dirty bomb” will loom over a top-level nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Obama welcomes several leaders from countries as diverse as China and Nigeria, as well as representatives from nearly 50 other …
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Charges against five teenage boys who were accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old girl at a playground in Brooklyn last month have been dropped after she admitted to having consensual sex with the boys and her father. The unnamed girl has recanted her allegations of sexual assault against Denzel Murray, 14, …
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An Indian fitness instructor shot and killed a man who complained about loud music blaring from his New Delhi gym, reports said Thursday. The instructor, identified only as Rinku, and his friends were listening to music inside the gym late Monday when local resident Hardeep Singh asked them to turn …
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The Federal Government’s insistence not to devalue the naira yesterday saw the local currency firming sharply on the parallel market against the greenback. The naira closed at between N300 and N310 to dollar, regaining about 20 per cent of its Tuesday’s N364 to dollar closing rate. The rates had opened …
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Some months ago, I came in contact with a cartoon on social media. This comic piece emerged from an English class where a teacher was asking a student a question. The teacher asked, “One day our country will be corruption-free. Which tense is it?” The student responded: “future impossible tense.” …
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Former NFL running back Clinton Portis has filed for bankruptcy just five years after retiring from the league. Portis, who made $40 million over the course of his nine-year career, has a long list of creditors, including the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas ($287,178.56), the IRS ($458,619.79), his mother …
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Officials contend Snowden disclosures, use of sophisticated encryption and messaging apps are making terrorists harder to track.The Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the Paris attacks that killed 129 people — including one American college student, has the potential to dramatically alter U.S. intelligence assessments of the group’s capabilities to …
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