Dailystar.com.lb reported that, pro-regime Syrian politician Mohammad Jemo was shot dead in south Lebanon early Wednesday, al-Manar television station said. The station, the mouthpiece of Hezbollah, said the assassination took place in the southern coastal town of Sarafand. Read Article
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As reported by France24.com, a leading gay rights activist was tortured and killed just weeks after he issued a public warning about the threat posed by “anti-gay thugs” in Cameroon, a rights group said. Eric Lembembe’s body was found Monday by friends in the capital Yaounde. Read Article
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As reported by Moroccoworldnews.com, four Romanians and one Algerian were killed early Saturday when their car collided with a truck in Le Teich, a town some 60 kilometres (35 miles) southwest of Bordeaux, according to firefighters. The truck driver lost control of his vehicle, possibly because of a burst tire, and it overturned onto the […]
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According to emirates247.com, an apparently stressed young Indian husband stabbed his newlywed wife to death and killed himself by slashing his own throat after stabbing another family member in the Salmania area of Manama, Bahrain. The violent crime followed by suicide, hardly two months after a pregnant Indian beautician hung herself in front of a […]
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According to telegraph.co.uk, Ishan Rawal was reportedly kidnapped during a ceremony to celebrate the opening of his parents’ hospital in central India. His strangled body is understood to have been found in woodland after his parents Dr Nikita Rawal and Dr Arvind Rawal, who used to work at Hull Royal Infirmary, reported him missing. The […]
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According to theepochtimes.com, a suicide truck bomber followed by heavily armed men stormed a NATO supplier’s compound Tuesday in Kabul, prompting a gun battle that left a dozen people dead in the latest Taliban attack on a high-profile target in the Afghan capital. The bold strikes have signaled the Islamic militant movement has no plans […]
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According to the USA Today, the U.S. government said Monday that an employee at its embassy in Haiti has died following a car accident in the poor Caribbean nation. A statement written on behalf of the administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, said that USAID Foreign Service Officer Antoinette “Toni” Beaumont Tomasek […]
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As posted on cpj.org, the Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the security of journalists covering ongoing mass protests in Egypt. One journalist was killed and seven others were injured, including one raped, while covering demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi over the weekend, according to news reports. Millions of Egyptians took to the […]
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According to timesofindia.com, a long-awaited homecoming ended in tragedy when a 30-year-old woman employed in Dubai was killed in a road accident just an hour after she landed at Chennai airport on Friday night. Two other men, who are yet to be identified, were also killed when the car they travelling in was involved in […]
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According to bernama.com, a Malaysian student was killed and four others were injured when a four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a ravine along the road between Petra and Aqabah, about 320 kilometers from Amman, Jordan, Friday. The accident which occurred between 5pm and 6pm (Jordan time) claimed the live […]
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