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By Cormac O'Keefe. Update 6.30pm: Garda decisions to cancel leave and ease stringent controls on overtime in Co Louth reflect the “seriousness and urgency” of the situation in Drogheda, senior officers have said. The town is hit by a vicious gang feud, with some eight incidents since Thursday, most.... |
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He was Twin Valley School’s biggest sports fan and never missed a Wildcat event. Henry was a member of many families including his horse-racing family, his poker family, and his Dot’s of Wilmington family. He met friends all over the world as part of his HAM radio hobby. Henry loved fishing. |
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The editorial director of a Maputo weekly “Dossiers e Factos”, Serodio Towo, has received death threats from unknown individuals, apparently because of content in the paper critical of the government. According to a press release from ST Projectos e Comunicação, the company that owns the paper, Towo.... |
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By Tafi Mhaka. On October 29, governor of Tanzania’s largest city Dar-es-Salaam, Paul Makonda, announced that he formed an anti-gay unit to hunt down “suspected” homosexuals. Makonda is an ardent Christian and close ally of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, a traditionalist who believes “even cows disapprove of” homosexuality. |
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Yes, the “public mood” is almost a mystical term: in the sense that although it can be gauged scientifically through opinion polls, a poll is only as good as the integrity and even more important, the competence of those who conduct it. That’s why many an aspirant to political office who has relied.... |
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X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep going. Unlike many other news organizations, we have not put up a paywall. |
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Liberland. By the end of the 19th century, the famously blue Danube had been established as the border between Croatia and Serbia. Still, the river's path was long and winding, so the wonders of post-industrial engineering helped to straighten its flow and ease navigability. |
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Update 1.45pm: A Labour councillor in Drogheda is calling for the gardaí to be properly resourced for the long term to continue their efforts to combat an ongoing feud between two criminal gangs. Cllr Pio Smith says that while the gardaí have “really stepped up” to deal with the issue, if the force.... |
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Image copyright Equinoxe TV Image caption Mimi Mefo was in court to hear that charges were being dropped. The Cameroon government has dropped charges of fake news levelled against a prominent TV journalist from an Anglophone region. Mimi Mefo Takambo was arrested after sharing reports on social.... |
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Wednesday Roisin Dubh & Raglan Rogues, Kyteler’s Inn, 6pm. Movie Night, Billy Byrne’s Bar, 8pm. Lake Productions: Trad, John Cleere's Bar & Theatre, 8:15pm, €14/10. Hooly Night, Lanigan’s, 9pm. Folk & Ballads, Dylan Whiskey Bar, 9pm. Thursday Coffee Morning & Clothes Swap, Kilmoganny Community Centre, 10:30am, €5. |
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