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Colombia plane crash kills 12: police source

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A dozen people have been killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta, a police source said on Saturday. The civil aviation agency confirmed in a statement that there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a distress call at 10:40 a.m. local time, but said it […]

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Suggesting Mel B is not the 'right' kind of domestic abuse victim is hateful and just another way of blaming the victim instead of the perpetrator

In fact, to do so is hateful, inaccurate — and ill informed. There, I’ve said it. This week, Mel B was criticised for handing in a petition on behalf of Women’s Aid; for wearing a designer dress to go to Downing Street; and for talking to the Prime Minister’s team about how the Government could be doing more to help […]

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Freed Yazidi woman in Syria endured years of Islamic State slavery

Salwa Sayed al-Omar spent years as a Yazidi prisoner of Islamic State but she escaped its clutches this week, fleeing its last populated enclave in east Syria along with two Iraqi boys pretending to be her brothers. Islamic State overran the Yazidi faith’s heartland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, forcing young women into servitude as “wives” for its […]

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Iran's Rouhani urges Pakistan to act against group behind border attack

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for “decisive” action by Pakistan against a militant group behind a deadly suicide attack in a border area, and said inaction by Islamabad could jeopardize relations between the neighbors. Iran’s state news agency IRNA said Rouhani’s remarks came in a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who said […]

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Hundreds march in Paris as childminders join 'yellow vest' protests

PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of “yellow vest” protesters began marches in Paris on Saturday, marking the 17th straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations despite attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron to quell discontent with a nationwide series of debates. Protesters wearing the neon high-visibility vests that have come to symbolize the movement were joined by others donning pink tops, as child-care […]

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