Qatar Airways is the global launch
customer of the Airbus A350 XWB, accepting delivery of the
next-generation aircraft in a ceremony on December 22.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Russian feminist rockers fight system holding 700,000 - the world's largest per capita prison population after the US as the Pussy Riot focuses on prisons .
Activists from punk band Pussy Riot are released from a police station in Sochi after protesting abuses [EPA]
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Moscow, Russia - After spending almost two years in jail for performing their "punk prayer" against Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's
main Orthodox cathedral in 2012, two young women from the feminist
protest band Pussy Riot chose not to go on a world tour or settle
somewhere in the West to escape further persecution.
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UK proposal to kick out foreign graduates stirs online backlash
UK
Home Secretary Theresa May wants foreign students to re-apply for visas
from abroad following graduation.
The threat posed by ISIL has prompted thousands of young Kurds to join the PKK. 'Our children never come back'
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Although sad, Fikirye Byrum says they are proud of their children for fighting for their country
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Fikirye
Byrum is a 38-year-old Kurdish woman with a thin frame, a white
headscarf and a nest of wrinkles around her eyes. She lives in the
eastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir in a modest four-bedroom
apartment with her two sisters, mother and four remaining children. |
Beyond goodbye
Some people not only share their life but their
moment of death with loved ones. Are these 'shared-death experiences'
real or a mirage?
By John Blake
William Peters was working as a volunteer in a hospice when he had a strange encounter with a dying man that changed his life.
Porn Star Gets Life For Chopping Up Lover
Luke Magnotta pleaded insanity and his lawyer claimed he is schizophrenic
Florida overtakes New York as third most populous state- Change reflects broader demographic shift across the country, with bigger growth in South and West
Florida has surpassed New York as the third most populous state in the United States, a milestone that solidifies the Sun Belt’s growing dominance and continues a powerful demographic trend that has shaped much of the nation’s population growth for more than 60 years.
Photos: Bauchi State Governor's Son Set To Wed
Bride
Umar Yuguda, who is one of the sons of Bauchi state governor, Isa Yuguda, is set to marry his heartthrob.
Ten years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami -- the question is....are we safer now?
Foreign tourists react as the
first of six tsunami start to roll towards Hat Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi
in southern Thailand on December 26, 2004. The 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami caused massive destruction along coastal areas of 14 countries,
including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Malaysia.Black Teen Shot Dead By Police In St Louis
Police say the 18-year-old was armed when he was killed just two miles from where Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson.
Coalition Pilot Shot Down And Captured By IS during attack
The Jordan Army confirms one of its
pilots has been captured in Syria after Islamic State fighters said they
shot down his plane.
Ken Tucker's 5 Worst Shows of 2014
5. Bad Judge (NBC)
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Catholic leader tells stony-faced cardinals, bishops and priests of church's '15 ailments' in unusual address.
Francis listed 15 'Ailments of the Curia', including small talk, gossip and the lust for power [Getty Images]
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Pope Francis has harshly criticised Vatican
bureaucracy in a Christmas speech, saying that some in the church
suffered from "spiritual Alzheimer's" and a lust for power. |
Police Flee As Soldiers Foil Access Bank Robbery, Kill Armed Suspect In Delta
"The robbers used their guns to force down the bank's
door and in the process soldiers patrolling the area engaged the
robbers, thereby killing one," a witness said. "On sighting the
soldiers, [the suspects] started to run and the soldiers [pursued]. In
the process, soldiers killed the driver. This made the car stop and they
came out to escape. In the process, one of the robbers was also
captured alive while the rest escaped."
Leading Women's most inspiring women of 2014
Malala Yousafzai -- Joint
recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her ongoing fight for a
girl's right to education. She is a leading spokesperson for women's
rights, and is setting an example for women and girls around the globe.
Gunman Held In Cannes As Troops Deployed
The man was tracked into Cannes centre. Pic: Christophe Finot
Amnesty International says girls from Iraq's Yazidi minority have had their lives shattered by ISIL sexual violence.
Hundreds of Yazidi women and girls were captured by ISIL after they overran their hometown of Sinjar
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Women and girls from Iraq's Yazidi religious minority
forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
group have committed suicide or tried to, rights group Amnesty
International said. |
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