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Sudan- An Uprising that Started Against Rise in Bread Prices

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January 11 Three Sudanese protesters were killed in clashes between police and demonstrators calling on longtime President Omar al-Bashir to step down, activists,  in the most violent protests seen in the Sudanese capital since anti-government demonstrations erupted across much of Sudan three weeks ago. The death toll has rose up to 22. Reports said that three protesters were killed Wednesday in Omdurman, twin city of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, where several thousand protesters tried to march on Parliament to submit a note demanding that al-Bashir resign. They said eight others were injured. They said police used tear gas and fired in the air to disperse the protesters, the latest such clashes in three weeks of anti-government demonstrations initially sparked by price rises and s...

Indian Army Chief Yet Again Targets Social Media, Says Kashmiri Youth Being Misinformed

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January 09 The Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday the menace of Militancy is spreading its head like a "multi-headed monster" and is "here to stay" as long as states continue to use it as a state policy. Rawat, speaking at a panel discussion at the Raisina Dialogue here, also said that there was a need to control social media as it was becoming a source of spreading radicalisation. He said a different kind of "radicalization was being witnessed in India and in Jammu Kashmir, the youth are getting radicalized due to a lot of misinformation, disinformation, and a lot of falsehoods on religion being fed to them." "That is why you find more and more educated youth being drawn into militancy," he said. "Militancy is here to stay as long as there are nations t...

Car Crashes Into Bicycle, Gets Dented, Bicycle Remains Scratchless

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January 07 Car-crashes are bad. Anybody who has been ever been or seen one will tell you how grusesome they can get. Car-crashes usually mean the vehicles get totaled in the process. In an incident in China, where a car crashed into a bicycle, the results were unusual, to say the least. A picture from the accident in Shenzen in South China shows the aftermath of a collision between a cycle and a car. The car has a dented hood, and looks like it was hit very hard on impact, while the cycle seems unscathed.buy lexapro generic buy lexapro generic While people speculated that the image could be fake, local police assured that not only was it real, they also released a video of the site of the accident and assured citizens that it was not edited. The accident was apparently caus...

Australian Beaches Shut After 13,000 People stung by Jellyfish

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January 07 Thousands of people have been stung by vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish that have swarmed the beaches in Australia's Queensland state, officials said on Monday. At least, 2,600 people received treatment at the weekend. Bluebottle stings are painful but typically not life-threatening, reports the BBC. Unusually strong winds pushed the jellyfish colonies close to shore. About 13,000 stings were recorded in the past week - three times more than in the corresponding period last year. Bluebottle jellyfish colonies appear like blue-tinged sacs which measure up to 15 cm long. People can be stung in the water or on sand. The jellyfish activity forced the closure of busy beaches

At least 37 Killed in Russian Building Collapse

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January 03 Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a Russian apartment building that partially collapsed this week after an apparent gas explosion, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. The blast in the early hours of December 31 damaged 48 apartments in a 10-storey building in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, some 1,700 km (1,050 miles) east of Moscow. The death toll has progressively risen in the past few days as rescuers battle blisteringly cold temperatures to recover people trapped under the rubble.buy levitra soft online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/levitra-soft.html no prescription As of Thursday morning, the bodies of 22 of the 37 dead had been identified, agencies cited the local branch of the emergencies ...

China Building ‘Advanced Warship’ for Pakistan

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January 02 China is building an export version of one of its ‘advanced warships’ and will deliver it to Pakistan as part of a major arms deal, China Daily reported Wednesday. China State Shipbuilding Corp, a large State-owned defense contractor, told the newspaper that the ship is a version of the Chinese Navy's most advanced guided missile frigate, without specifying its type. “In late December it said the ship is under construction at its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, noting it will be equipped with modern detection and weapon systems and will be capable of anti-ship, anti-submarine and air-defense operations.” Type 054A is the best frigate in service with the PLA Navy. Military sources said the ship has a fully loaded displacement of about 4,000 metric tons and is equipp...

Pakistan Army Shoots Down Indian Quadcopter

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January 02 The Pakistan Army on Wednesday claimed to have shot down an Indian spy quadcopter flying over the Pakistani side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Bagh Sector on Tuesday. Major General Asif Ghafoor, the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), released the picture of the quadcopter in a tweet from his official Twitter handle. “Not even a quadcopter will be allowed to cross [the] LoC, In Shaa Allah,” he wrote on the social networking site. Meanwhile the armies of India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged heavy gunfire along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the ANI reported. Earlier, the On two armies exchanged fire in Poonch.

19 Killed in Sudan as People Protest Against Rise in Bread Prices, Journalists Go On Strike

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December 28 Sudanese journalists went on strike on Thursday (Dec 27) in the wake of deadly protests against a rise in bread prices that the government says have left 19 people dead, including two members of the security forces. "Nineteen people lost their lives in the incidents including two from security forces" since the protests began on Dec 19, government spokesman Boshara Juma said on state television on Thursday. Most were killed during "incidents of lootings", while 219 people were wounded, he said. Nobody has been killed in the capital Khartoum, Juma said. Sudanese authorities had previously said that eight people have been killed in clashes, while Amnesty International has put the death toll at 37. The Sudanese Journalists' Network said it was striking in solidarity...

Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 430, Another Tsunami Likely to Hit Indonesia

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December 25 As the threat of more deadly tsunamis casts a pall over Indonesia, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Tuesday that more than 16,000 people are displaced. That's in addition to more than 430 confirmed dead, 1,485 injured and 154 still missing, Early assessments indicate that more than 880 homes were destroyed, with 73 hotels, 60 restaurants and 435 boats also suffering heavy damage.buy cialis professional generic buy professional cialis generic Even if no more disasters like Saturday's tsunami strike the Java and Sumatra coasts, those numbers could still rise as authorities work to gauge the true scope of the disaster. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Indonesia expects the death toll to rise, spokeswoman Kathy Muell...