Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova On Hunger Strike

Tolokonnikova Hunger Strike Letter Updated: 6:17pm UK, Monday 23 September 2013 Below is a translation of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's letter, explaining why she is going on hunger strike. On Monday, September 23 I am going on hunger strike. This is a...

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Syria: Charity Warns Of Child Malnutrition

More than two million youngsters caught up in the fighting in Syria are now at risk of malnutrition, according to Save the Children. In rural Damascus one in 20 children is reported to be severely malnourished. The charity blames a lack of access to...

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Kenya Siege: British Woman 'Among Attackers'

A British woman and "two or three Americans" are said to be among the militants who took part in an attack on a shopping centre in Nairobi. Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed confirmed al Shabaab fighters were responsible for the attack at the...

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Japan 'Slow To Tackle Fukushima Nuclear Leak'

Leaks of contaminated water at the crippled nuclear plant have worsened because Japan has acted too slowly, a former US nuclear regulatory chief claims. US and Japanese officials knew that leaks would occur when massive amounts of water were used to...

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Greenpeace Activists Face Piracy Charges

Russia has filed piracy charges against Greenpeace activists who tried to climb onto an offshore drilling platform. The protesters are on a Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which was seized last week by the Russian coastguard and towed into a port...

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VW Camper Van Nears End Of The Road

It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of waves and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long journey of the Volkswagen (VW) Camper van is coming to an end. The company is to cease production in Brazil -...

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Kenya Siege: Heavy Gunfire Heard Inside Mall

Heavy bursts of gunfire have been heard from inside a Nairobi shopping centre as Kenyan soldiers fight with terrorists to rescue hostages. At least 10 hostages remain inside the mall on the fourth day of the siege in which 62 people have been killed,...

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Sofa Bed 'Suffocates' Three-Year-Old Girl

A New York man has been charged over the death of a three-year-old girl who apparently suffocated after she became trapped inside his sofa bed, officers said. Mohamed Barry, 50, was arrested for allegedly failing to supervise Aissante Diallo, the daughter...

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NY Taxi Crash Victim Thanks Strangers For Help

A British tourist who lost a leg when a taxi struck her in Manhattan has thanked the strangers who came to her aid, saying "I wouldn't be sitting here" without their help. Sian Green, 23, was on holiday in New York when a yellow taxi mounted the pavement...

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Deaths As 7.8 Earthquake Hits Rural Pakistan

At least 39 people have been killed after a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit a remote area of south western Pakistan. The quake struck a remote mountainous part of the country at 4.29pm local time (12.29BST) around 100 kilometres (60 miles)...

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