Monday, August 1, 2016

Indonesia death row 10: Last-minute reprieve, but for how long? and other top stories.

  • Indonesia death row 10: Last-minute reprieve, but for how long?

    Indonesia death row 10: Last-minute reprieve, but for how long?
    Cilacap: The fate of 10 death row prisoners who were saved from the firing squad in Indonesia just minutes before the executions took place remains unclear, with the country's attorney-general refusing to confirm if they have won a permanent reprieve.Just four of the planned 14 executions proceeded on the Central Javan island of Nusakambangan – known as Indonesia's Alcatraz  – in the early hours of Friday morning, despite all 14 prisoners being notified on Tuesday that they had just 72 hours to..
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  • How it felt when America got a first woman presidential nominee

    How it felt when America got a first woman presidential nominee
    Some members of the crowd became emotional during Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention. (July 29) APJerry Emmett, 102, of Prescott, Ariz., cheers as Hillary Clinton becomes the first major political party nominee in U.S. history at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia July 28, 2016.(Photo: Caron Leiber)PHILADELPHIA — Finally. That’s how millions of people felt Thursday night as a woman accepted, for the first time, a majo..
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  • Merkel vows to keep Germany safe from terror

    Merkel vows to keep Germany safe from terror
    Merkel vows to keep Germany safe from terror
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  • Families protest over MH370 in Beijing

    Families protest over MH370 in Beijing
    Families protest over MH370 in Beijing
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  • 'Making A Murderer's' Steven Avery Slams Lawyers

    'Making A Murderer's' Steven Avery Slams Lawyers
    Convicted murderer Steven Avery, who found nationwide fame as the subject of the documentary Making a Murderer, has hired new lawyers to represent him after slamming his old ones in a handwritten letter to InTouch Weekly. LawNewz relays details of the note written by Avery, who has spent the majority of his life behind bars. “‘Dean and Jerry didn’t do no investigation on this case, if they did I would not be in prison, They would have the Suspect if they did there Job!’ he wrote. (misspellings ..
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  • France's Muslims urged to attend church mass in solidarity

    France's Muslims urged to attend church mass in solidarity
    The French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM) has urged the country's Muslims to take part in a church mass this Sunday to show solidarity with the country's Christian community and to honour the priest slain by jihadists this week.   Following what the CFCM dubbed the "cowardly assassination" of Father Jacques Hamel on Tuesday, the group has called for unity between France's Muslim and Christian communities.    The CFCM called on all mosques in France to hold talks during prayer ..
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  • Bikini-clad off-duty police officer tackles brazen thief in Sweden

    Bikini-clad off-duty police officer tackles brazen thief in Sweden
    Isabella Robinson - Yahoo7 News on July 29, 2016, 12:49 pm Video Bikini-clad police officer tackles man after brazen theft A pickpocket got more than he bargained for after targeting a group of friends in Sweden, forcing a bikini-clad off-duty police officer to restrain him in a rather unconventional arrest.Mikaela Kellner was in a park in Stockholm sunbathing with friends before she was forced to tackle the brazen man to the ground, according to The Local."My initial inte..
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  • Girl dies after elephant hurls rock

    Girl dies after elephant hurls rock
    Schoolgirl lies injured after elephant hurls rock at her0:39WARNING GRAPHIC: Schoolgirl lies injured at a zoo after being struck on the head in a freak accident by a rock hurled at her by an elephant. The tragedy involving the elephant is the first of its kind since the zoo opened in 2012. Picture: Youtube.Staff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkA SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl has died in a freak accident after being struck on the head by a stone hurled by an elephant at a zoo in Morocco’s capital. The s..
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  • Al-Qaeda and Syria branch split up

    Al-Qaeda and Syria branch split up
    AFP on July 29, 2016, 3:43 pm Al-Nusra chief in Syria announces break with Qaeda Beirut (AFP) - The Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra Front, said it was breaking ties with the global terror network, in a video showing its leader Abu Mohamad al-Jolani for the first time.The footage broadcast by Al-Jazeera news channel follows several days of online chatter over a split between Al-Qaeda and its Syria affiliate, a main rival of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group from which it wa..
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  • FBI probes another Democrat cyberattack

    FBI probes another Democrat cyberattack
    The FBI is investigating a cyber-intrusion at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that may be related to an earlier hack at the Democratic National Committee, sources familiar with the matter say.The previously unreported incident at the DCCC, which raises money for Democrats running for seats in the US House of Representatives, may have been intended to gather information about donors, rather than to steal money, the sources said on Thursday.The breach and its potential ties to Russ..
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Harvey settles spat with Carey ahead of record game .Grieving student honours late teacher who helped her to read .
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