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  • Australian scientist plans to reveal rewrite history behind ancient coins discovery

    An Australian scientist is planning an expedition to the Wessel islands in July and will revisit the location where five coins and an old map might reveal findings recreating Australia's history. Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in US Ian McIntosh plans to open up possibilities that the 1000-year-old coins may prove that explorers from distant countries might have landed in ...

  • Brisbane cyclists loud sex talks led to renaming of route

    The popular cycling map app Strava has had one of its most popular Brisbane segments renamed 'Bedroom antics - shhhh' after complaints from homeowners along that route that riders were talking loudly about their sex lives. According to News.com.au, complaints from Yeronga residents sparked a petition last month to crack down on riders talking too loudly along a stretch of the popular River ...

  • Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq

    It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed ...

  • Pope Church Must Help Poorest Not Dissect Theology

    VATICAN CITY Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heartrdquo; that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at ...

  • Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi

    A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...

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American Desi

American Desi might best be best described as a comedy of cultural conflict. It takes a well-worn Hollywood genre--the teen/college movie--and inflects it with a new twist to explore the experiences of second-generation American teens. The title is short for "American Born Confused Desi," usually referred to by the acronym "ABCD" to describe the troubled cultural identities of these second ... ...

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  • One dead in Tunisia clashes

    Clashes between Tunisian security forces and supporters of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group have left at least one person dead and several injured.Sunday's clashes came after hundreds of supporters of the group took to the streets to protest after authorities banned it from holding its annual congress.The victim, an Ansar al-Sharia supporter, died in hospital, the official TAP ...

  • Kenya Transfers sackings hit Mombasa court hard

    Mombasa, Kenya: High Courtservices in Mombasa are steadily grinding to a halt because of a range of factors including transfer and sacking of ...

  • Kenya Case backlog likely as courts hear poll petitions

    election petitions filed in the High Court across the country is already being felt, with dozens of other cases being put aside to enable judges deal with the ...

  • Kenya Revenue Bill enters second stage in Senate

    Debate on the proposed law, which gives direction on how national revenue is to be divided between the national and county governments, will be the major task of ...

  • Kenya Uhuru tells criminals to surrender

    President Uhuru addresses the public after attending Mass at Our Lady of Consolata Catholic Cathedral Church in Nyeri town on Sunday. [Photo: Mose ...

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