Intense fighting between the military and Islamist militants in northern Nigeria is reported to have killed at least 185 people, however the army has disputed this figure.
In the News
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April 22nd, 2013
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April 22nd, 2013
Rival groups of demonstrators marched in Paris yesterday as parliament prepared, after days of violence, to pass a Bill legalising gay marriage.
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April 22nd, 2013
The Church of Scotland is preparing for a backlash amid claims that as many as 50 congregations could split away if its General Assembly votes to allow the ordination of openly gay ministers.
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April 22nd, 2013
Downing Street has rejected a call from a leading public health expert to consider lowering the age of consent for sex to 15.
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April 20th, 2013
Campaigners will submit papers to the European Court of Human Rights in a final attempt to overturn rulings they say have restricted religious freedom for Christians and effectively persecuted those wanting to publicly practise their religion.
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April 20th, 2013
As the clocked ticked in the final reading of Socialist President François Hollande’s divisive “marriage for all” bill, French MPs came to blows in chaotic scenes the justice minister likened to the saloon of a “bad spaghetti Western”.
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April 20th, 2013
A recent anti-bullying presentation at a middle school in New York that focused on homosexuality and gender identity has angered parents after their daughters have come home to tell them they were forced to ask another girl for a kiss.
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April 19th, 2013
French president Francois Hollande’s government has called for an end to violent protests against a same-sex marriage bill being debated in parliament, warning those behind a rise in homophobic assaults would be punished.
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April 19th, 2013
French parliamentarians almost came to blows on Friday as they finished debating a gay marriage bill, which has triggered violent protests and been linked to homophobic assaults.
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April 19th, 2013
An Indian dentist who was denied an emergency abortion at an Irish hospital last autumn died due to medical misadventure, her inquest has found.