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Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:58
Israel: Things happening in Israel right now
Last week there was a gay pride parade in Jerusalem. An orthodox Jewish man rushed into the parade and stabbed six people, wounding two seriously and one very seriously. The Supreme Court ordered that some homes…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:58
Thousands of Christians who fled IS facing long-term refugee status
Christians forced to flee Islamic State last year are still living in refugee camps and losing hope of ever returning home. Mosul-born Chaldean Catholic Sahar Mansour is now living in the refugee camp at Ankawa after…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:57
America: Fracking - hundreds of earthquakes a year in Oklahoma
According to state-conducted research, widespread fracking and fracking wastewater injection have transformed the state of Oklahoma from a place that had an average of two tiny earthquakes a year to the most seismically active area in…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:56
Burundi: High-profile assassination has country on edge
On Sunday General Nshimirimana's pick-up was hit by two rockets and sprayed with automatic gunfire - days after President Nkurunziza was declared winner of a controversial election and months of fierce government crackdowns on opposition and…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:55
Tony Blair should stand trial for war crime over Iraq?
Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, a leading candidate to head the Labour party, has said former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes over the 2003 Iraq war if evidence shows he broke…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:54
Euthanasia: Doctor slams NICE end-of-life guidelines
A leading doctor has slammed new guidelines prepared to replace the much-criticised Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Dr Patrick Pullcino, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Kent, says the draft…