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☪️ HASSAN AL TURABI HAS DIED AGED 84 #HassanAlTurabi #Sudan 🇸🇩

05 Saturday Mar 2016

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KHARTOUM – Islamist thinker and former leader of Sudan, Hassan al Turabi helped President Omar al Bashir to power in 1989. When he was leader of Sudan, he promoted Sharia law as a means of uniting the country.  He also invited Osama bin Laden to live in Sudan.

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🪖 TALIBAN REJECT AFGHANISTAN PEACE TALKS 🇦🇫

05 Saturday Mar 2016

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ISLAMABAD – Taliban say the US has boosted troop numbers, increased air strikes on residential areas and night raids attacks. It also said the US backed Afghan government had increased attacks on it’s fighters. The talks between the Afghan government, the US and Pakistan  in the Pakistani capital are aimed at ending the 15-year war.

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🔪 KNIFE ‘FOUND’ AT OJ SIMPSON’S PROPERTY #LAPD 🇺🇸

04 Friday Mar 2016

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LAPD Captain Andrew Neiman said a retired LAPD officer received a knife which is now being investigated. He said the retired officer received the knife from a worker who was working on the Rockingham estate but held onto it. The knife is reported to have been found on OJ Simpson’s property which is now demolished. OJ Simpson was cleared of killing his ex wife and her friend in 1995. He is currently serving a prison sentence for armed robbery.

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👩 ISRAEL SHOOTS DEAD MOTHER OF FOUR #AmaniSabatin #Palestine 🇵🇸

04 Friday Mar 2016

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PALESTINE – AMANI SABATIN, 35, was shot dead by Israel’s military. They say the mother of four was trying to hit a soldier guarding a settlement. Israel has killed at least 177 Palestinians since October 1. It says they were attacking Israel’s army and civilians.

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💎 ROBERT MUGABE SAYS FOREIGN COMPANIES ‘SWINDLED’ ZIMBABWE AS HE NATIONALISES DIAMOND INDUSTRY 🇿🇼

04 Friday Mar 2016

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ZIMBABWE – Robert Mugabe said his country’s diamond industry was affected by swindling and theft. He said his move to control the diamond industry would not affect trade with China. Zimbabwe, he said, had received $2bn out of $15bn made from sale of diamonds.

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