Residents: French Soldiers Raped African Children in Camp . (BANGUI, Central African Republic) — Residents of a squalid refugee camp said Thursday that French soldiers tasked with protecting civilians had sexually abused boys as young as 9 years old, luring the children with army rations and small change when their families had nothing to feed them. The accounts given to The Associated Press by one of the boys’ mother and another woman living in the camp came a day after French authorities acknowledged that investigations into the a…
On Clinton's age, Republican rivals imply -- but never say -- she's old . (Reuters) - Her campaign barely three weeks old, Hillary Clinton already has been attacked by Republicans on everything from donations to her family's charitable foundation, to her tenure as secretary of state and her ties to Wall Street. But her rivals, and the political action committees that support them, are treading more carefully on one incendiary subject: her age. If elected in November 2016, Clinton would be, at 69, the second-oldest person to take …
More Nigerians 'freed from Boko Haram' Nigeria's military says it has freed another sizeable group of people during its offensive against Boko Haram militants in the vast Sambisa forest. One woman died and eight others were wounded as nine camps belonging to the Islamist insurgents were destroyed, army spokesman Col Sanu Usman said. He told the BBC more than 100 men and boys were among more than 160 rescued in operations on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the army said it had freed nearly 300 women and children. The girls abducte…
Nepal earthquake: trekkers rescued but millions wait for aid – live updates. Reuters has just filed its latest story from the capital. It makes for grim reading with the weather now adding to the problems that rescue and relief workers are facing. While rescue teams were out in the capital Kathmandu despite the rain, helicopters could not fly to the worst-hit areas in the countryside of the impoverished Himalayan nation. “There may not be any more survivors,” said Rameshwor Dandal, chief of the disaster management centre at Nepal’s home mini…
Hungary wants EU death penalty debate . Hungary's prime minister has said he wants to debate the possible reintroduction of the death penalty with his European Union partners. Viktor Orban said current penalties for serious crime were too lenient and capital punishment should be "kept on the agenda" in Hungary. He raised the issue after the murder of a young tobacconist last week. Austrian MEP Joerg Leichtfried said bringing back the death penalty would be "barbaric". Mr Orban's Fidesz party has been comi…
AT&T Fires President Over Racist Text; $100 Million Lawsuit Goes On. (LOS ANGELES) — AT&T Inc. on Tuesday confirmed that it has fired Aaron Slator, a president who became the subject of a $100 million discrimination lawsuit for using his work phone to send racially offensive images. “There is no place for demeaning behavior within AT&T and we regret the action was not taken earlier,” the company said. The images in question were found on Slator’s phone by an assistant who was asked to transfer data to a new phone, according t…
Nepal quake: Funeral pyres burning around the clock as families mourn . Normally mourners would come at dawn, CBC's Adrienne Arsenault reports from the banks of the Bagmati River, but as the earthquake death toll mounts, funeral pyres at a Kathmandu temple been burning around the clock. While the exact death toll is not clear, a UN report citing government officials says more than 4,300 people in Nepal died as a result of the quake. The figure is expected to rise as search and rescue crews continue to move through quake-hit commun…
Anger over Indonesia executions. Related articles : Indonesia rejects foreign appeals, executes 6 drug convicts Indonesia urged not to execute Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, who has been diagnosed as mentally ill Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. * Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death in 2006 Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among eight people from several countries executed by firing squad shortly after midnight …
Turkey's Erdogan criticizes Putin over Armenian 'genocide' comments . ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a "genocide." "It's not the first time Russia used the word genocide on this issue. I'm personally sad that Putin took such a step. What is happening in Ukraine and Crimea is evident. They should firstly explain these before calling it genocide,&q…
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Nepal quake toll rises above 3,000 . At least 3,326 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials. More than 6,500 people have been injured, according to the National Emergency Operation Centre. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India. Thousands have spent a second night outside after the 7.8-magnitude quake, which also triggered deadly avalanches on Mount Everest. Vast tent cities have sprung up in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, fo…
How Wall Street came out on gay marriage. (Reuters) - On March 6, the day of the U.S. Supreme Court's deadline for legal briefs backing same-sex marriage, gay rights activists quietly celebrated a victory on Wall Street. Twenty-eight of the country's biggest financial firms had made an unprecedented show of unity in support of gay marriage by urging the court to strike down state laws banning same-sex unions. That was double the number that signed on to a similar effort in 2013, signaling how the traditionally conservative fina…
Detroit Hit Man Says He, Not Teen, Responsible for 4 Deaths. "I only want to tell the truth in order to prevent an innocent kid from serving time for crimes that I committed," an imprisoned hit man said (DETROIT) — An imprisoned hit man has signed a chilling affidavit taking responsibility for four murders at a Detroit drug house in a renewed effort to free a young man who pleaded guilty to the same killings at age 15, attorneys said Wednesday. Davontae Sanford was just 14, illiterate and blind in one eye when he walked up t…
Magnitude-3.5 Quake Felt Across Los Angeles Area There were no immediate reports of injury or damage, officials said (LOS ANGELES) — A small earthquake was felt across a wide swath of Los Angeles on Sunday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The magnitude 3.5 temblor struck at 9:17 p.m. and was centered a mile southwest of the View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood, just north of the city of Inglewood, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was not far from a magnitude 2.5 earthquake that was reported at 4:3…
Clinton's 2016 White House launch contrasts with her 2008 bid . Hillary Clinton cast herself as a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday, kicking off her long-awaited second run for the White House with a vow to fight for a level playing field for those recovering from tough economic times. Clinton, who begins the 2016 presidential race as the commanding Democratic front-runner, entered the fray with a flurry of video, email and social media announcements that indicated she had absorbed some of the lessons of her painful 2008 loss an…
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