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Malawi court uses death sentence to help stop attacks on albinos
By VOA,
1041, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
A court in Malawi sentenced three people to death this week for killing an albino person. They had been found guilty of a gruesome murder in which the...
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Disgraced U.S billionaire Jeffrey Epstein found dead in apparent suicide
By Reuters,
1141, August 11, 2019 (EAT)
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday after an apparent suicide in the New York jail cell where he was being held without bai...
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Brazilian drug dealer who attempted to escape prison by dressing as his daughter found dead in cell
By CNN,
1238, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
A Brazilian inmate, who went viral around the world for his attempt to escape prison disguised as his daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday....
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Whereabouts of 100s unknown after Cameroon prison riot
By VOA,
921, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Hundreds of people marched in Cameroon's capital, demanding to know the whereabouts of imprisoned relatives who were moved to unknown locations last w...
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Prison riot in Brazil leaves 16 inmates decapitated and dozens more killed
By CNN,
1223, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
At least 57 people were killed, including 16 who were decapitated, during a vicious gang battle that erupted in a prison in northern Brazil on Monday ...
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As new law frees inmates, prosecutors seek to lock some back up
By Reuters,
2127, July 23, 2019 (EAT)
Monae Davis walked out of prison on March 7, thanks to a new law that eased some of the harshest aspects of the United States’ war on drugs. Now ...
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Progress toward ending HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding
By Wambui Kihara,
2111, July 22, 2019 (EAT)
A report issued on the eve of an international AIDS conference in Mexico finds progress in combating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding. The j...
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U.N. wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade
By Reuters,
2029, July 16, 2019 (EAT)
The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections risi...
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Jay-Z goes into the marijuana business
By Reuters,
1224, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
Billionaire rapper Jay-Z is entering the fast-growing cannabis industry, taking a role with California company Caliva as a strategist. Privately ow...
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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail
By CNN,
1124, July 8, 2019 (EAT)
How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...
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Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces
By Reuters,
1844, June 30, 2019 (EAT)
Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones wh...
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‘Dozens’ killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt: regional government
By Reuters,
1145, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue state militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region at the weekend, the regional gove...
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Ethiopia coup mastermind on the run, others arrested: government
By Reuters,
1122, June 25, 2019 (EAT)
The man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region was on the run with some of his supporters on Monday but a number of...
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Ethiopia regional coup mastermind killed, others arrested: government
By Reuters,
2048, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
The man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region was shot dead on Monday, a senior government official said, and a nu...
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Failed coup sees Ethiopia army chief shot dead by bodyguard
By Reuters,
1810, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
A failed coup in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state government led to four people being killed, including Ethiopia's Army Chief of Staff and...
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Ethiopia’s chief of staff killed in coup attempt in Amhara state
By Reuters,
1518, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
Ethiopia’s chief of staff and at least three other senior officials have been killed during a coup attempt by an army general in the northern state ...
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Ethiopia’s PM says army chief of staff shot thwarting coup
By Reuters,
1116, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
Ethiopia’s army chief of staff was shot while trying to thwart an attempted coup on Saturday in a federal state north of the capital Addis Ababa, Pr...
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U.N. rights chief Bachelet urges Venezuela to release prisoners
By Reuters,
1137, June 22, 2019 (EAT)
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, a...
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UN calls for independent investigation into death of Egypt’s Morsi
By VOA,
930, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. human rights office is calling for a prompt, impartial, transparent investigation into the sudden death of former Egyptian president Mohamed ...
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They tried to use rape to silence women protesters. It didn’t work
By CNN,
1251, June 19, 2019 (EAT)
Weeks into the protests that would eventually topple Sudan's dictator, the government realized it had an unprecedented problem on its hands: the numbe...
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