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The four activists detained in Lubumbashi had participated in a peaceful protest on July 31 against the national electoral commission’s failure to publish an electoral calendar, what many considered to be a critical step to ensuring that elections will be held by the end of 2017, as called for in a.... |
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Democratic Republic of Congo authorities should immediately and unconditionally release nine Congolese human rights and pro-democracy activists wrongfully detained for their participation in peaceful activities, 45 Congolese and international human rights organizations said today. |
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Style icon Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon, a private socialite who was best friends with Jackie Kennedy, lived by the principle that a woman's name should only appear in print at birth, marriage and death. Bunny lived by her rule of privacy, at least until 100 years of age, when the nearly blind woman was.... |
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At a press conference Bo Andersson, head of the police for the whole of Örebro County, says they see no political or religious motive behind the suspected crime. "We are working on a broad front and not ruling anything out," he says. They are not worried about any further attacks. |
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The pop star Alexandra Burke and the celebrity vicar Richard Coles have discussed their faith as a means of getting them through the stress of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Neither is a stranger to the entertainment business: Burke came to fame through another talent competition, The X Factor, in.... |
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Dubai: Shortly after midnight every first new moon night of autumn in the early 1930s, a bevy of cars would disperse across the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, scurrying through its gas-lit roads before disappearing into the depths of darkness. One of them would turn up in a by-lane in north.... |
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'Harry Potter,' J.K. Rowling. The series of books about the school years of a young wizard fighting against dark forces topped best-selling lists from 2000 to 2009, but also faced frequent calls from religious groups for censorship. Many Christian readers in the US called them "satanic," and copies.... |
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President Trump's brand faces a major test on Tuesday in the Alabama Republican Senate primary runoff. His preferred candidate is Luther Strange, the incumbent senator who has consistently trailed in the polls to firebrand conservative Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice. |
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uManyano lomama is the longest-standing and most prolific African women’s organisation, recognised by its distinct uniforms and Thursday prayer meetings. In Devout domesticity? A century of African women’s Christianity in South Africa (1999), Deborah Gaitskell argues that the nature of the gendered.... |
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She said: “I’ve got family in Dominica. All the people listed on the appeal poster have got family. It’s really heartbreaking, there’s so much going on. “News is trickling out but the main thing is they’ve got some power back on in the capital Roseau, and they’ve got some hand radios but they’re appealing for more, and satellite phones. |
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