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“Do you think any father would really allow his son to travel in a suitcase?”
A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclave said Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he known.
Father of Boy Found in Suitcase at Spanish Border Speaks Out
Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on policing strategies for the 21st century just one day after President Barack Obama issued an executive order to keep certain military-style equipment out of the hands of local police departments. The discussion Tuesday, however, was about what influence – if any – the federal government should exert over local police. Arash Arabasadi reports from Washington.
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Gerry Adams's time at the helm of the Sinn Fein party has been overshadowed by one recurring theme – his constant denial that he was a member of the terror group, the IRA.
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Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group
Times of India PARIS: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a "cynical political strategy" to crush opposition, a rights group charged on Tuesday. Morsi, Egypt's first freely ... Egypt 'steps up' sexual violenceIrish Examiner Egypt uses sex attacks to crush opposition: reportSydney Morning Herald Egypt silences dissent with mass death sentencesThe Globe and Mail Ahram Online all 351 news articles » |
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The Prince yesterday had to shake the hand of a man who, when his great uncle and mentor Earl Mountbatten was killed in a small fishing boat, was one of the IRA’s most high-ranking commanders.
Putting aside the murder of his beloved great uncle Lord Mountbatten by the IRA, which Gerry Adams justified at the time, Charles agreed to the meeting at the start of his four-day trip to Ireland.
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Egypt 'steps up' sexual violence
Irish Examiner Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the first freely elected president in 2013, a human rights group alleged. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poster. Victims include members of NGOs, students, women and those perceived ... and more » |
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Afghanistan has seen record high poppy crops during the last few years - and the result has been an alarming rise in illegal drug use and addiction in the war-torn country. VOA's Ayesha Tanzeem has this report from Kabul.
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The former Chancellor was a key figure in the Thatcher years but went on to deliver the devastating Commons speech in November 1990 which signalled the end of her premiership.
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The U.S. military and its Saudi allies are preparing for another potential showdown with Iran in the Gulf of Aden over the fate of a cargo ship said to be carrying aid for Yemen.
Sex attacker Mark Willis, 39, of Churchdown, Gloucester, attacked his victim as she walked home at 2am. He got more than he bargained for when she fought back, throttling him with her legs.
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Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams
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Message looking for husband for activist Harish Iyer subverts tradition after India re-criminalised homosexuality in 2013
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Officers from the Metropolitan Police were seen outside the home of Brian Reader in Dartford, Kent, on Tuesday morning despite it being outside their patch, neighbours said.
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Egypt Using Sex Attacks to Crush Opposition: Rights Group
NDTV Paris: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a "cynical political strategy" to crush opposition, a rights group charged Tuesday. Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected ... and more » |
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U.S., Iranian Warships Shadowing Cargo Ship Near Yemenby noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL)
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The remains of all 150 victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the Alps will be turned over to their families for burial now that investigators have completed the process of identifying them.
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Men believed to have pulled off a daring heist in London’s diamond district over the Easter weekend were arrested Tuesday in raids in London and Kent by more than 200 police officers.
A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclavesaid Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he known.
Ali Ouattara has been held in police custody since 8-year-old Abou was discovered on May 7 in a wheeled suitcase at the checkpoint in Ceuta, the New York Times reports. The lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernández Díaz, said Ouattara, who lives legally on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura, believed his son would enter using an Ivory Coast passport and visa for which he paid. But after learning that his application was denied because his salary fell short of the minimum mandated by Spanish law, he went to Casablanca to find an alternative.
“Do you think any father would really allow his son to travel in a suitcase?” Díaz said. He added that the boy was “just another victim of the mafias” running Africa’s human-trafficking networks.
The incident came as European nations struggle to deal with the influx of migrants and refugees attempting to reach its shores via the Mediterranean as warmer weather sets in. A new reportrevealed that the militant group ISIS makes a fortune in the smuggling business.
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The number of Chinese-flagged or Chinese-owned fishing boats operating in Africa has soared in recent decades, from just 13 in 1985 to 462 in 2013, the international advocacy group said.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Photos showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists, and the isolated country may still be years away from developing the technology, analysts and a senior U.S. Navy admiral said on Tuesday.
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Families living in poverty in the shadow of Azerbaijan's luxury sports stadiumsby Aytac Tapdıq, Sevinc Vaqifqızı and Cahangir Yusif for Meydan TV, part of the New East network
As authorities invest heavily in hosting European Games, residents ask who will benefit from the event. Meydan TV report
Gulnara Suleymanova and her family of five live in a wagon behind Baku’s prestigious new sports stadium, built especially for next month’s European Games.
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