Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Angela Merkel loses grip on power over migrant policy and other top stories.

  • Angela Merkel loses grip on power over migrant policy

    Angela Merkel loses grip on power over migrant policy
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  • Grey-haired ISIS fanatics execute prisoners days after terror group turns boys into killers

    Grey-haired ISIS fanatics execute prisoners days after terror group turns boys into killers
    ISIS brutes have released images of grey-haired extremists shooting prisoners - just days after they ordered children to carry out executions.Pictures show four elderly fanatics dressed in black and aiming handguns at their kneeling victims near the terror group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.Moments later, the bearded jihadis, who have not been identified, shoot all four prisoners in the back of the head.It comes just days after an ISIS video showed a British boy and four other children executing..
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  • Rough waters ahead: Beijing's actions in the South China Sea are forcing a recalibration in India

    Rough waters ahead: Beijing's actions in the South China Sea are forcing a recalibration in India
    Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to India this month has done little to bring a semblance of normalcy to Sino-Indian ties. Just weeks after the Indian government cleared the deployment of a special version of the BrahMos cruise missile in Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese state media has warned that such a move would have “a negative influence” on stability along the border. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in China to attend the G-20 summit in Hangzhou next month.  A missile is launched from the C..
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  • Father of Home Hill stabbing victim remains by his son's side

    Father of Home Hill stabbing victim remains by his son's side
    AAP and Yahoo7 - Yahoo7 and Agencies on August 28, 2016, 3:31 am Agonising wait for stabbed man's dad The father of knife attack victim Tom Jackson, who is clinging to life in a far north Queensland hospital, has spoken of his immense pride in his son.Jackson, 30, suffered multiple wounds on Tuesday at a hostel at Home Hills, about 100km south of Townsville, while trying to protect fellow Brit Mia Ayliffe-Chung who was stabbed to death.He remains on life support in a..
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  • Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145

    Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145
    An Indonesian man whose official documentation suggests he was born 145 years ago could be the latest contender for the world record of oldest human being, according to a local television report. Indonesian records officials have confirmed the age of Mbah Gotho as 145, which is 23 years older than current title-holder, 122-year-old Jeanne Calment, the Independent UK reports.Mr Gotho, who said he has been making preparations for his death since 1992 and had bought his tombstone 20 years ago, tol..
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  • 'SOS' message in sand saves two men stranded on remote island

    'SOS' message in sand saves two men stranded on remote island
    Two men have been rescued from an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean after crews spotted the letters 'SOS' written in the sand.The mariners were marooned on an island in Chuuk State in Micronesia on August 19 "with limited supplies and no emergency equipment" on board, the US Coast Guard said in a statement. An 'SOS' message in the sand saved two men stranded on a remote island. Photo: AP They had left Weno Island en route for Tamatam Island in a five-metre vessel the previous day a..
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  • Rockets Fired At Civilian Airport In Turkey

    Rockets Fired At Civilian Airport In Turkey
    Suspected Kurdish militants have fired four rockets at Diyarbakir Airport in southeast Turkey, according to reports. Passengers and airport staff were taken inside the airport's terminal building for their safety, Dogan news agency said.The target was a police checkpoint outside the VIP lounge, the agency added, and broadcaster NTV said the rockets landed on wasteland nearby.There were no casualties and Diyarbakir governor Huseyin Aksoy said there was no disruption to flights.Diyarbakir is home..
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  • Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital

    Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital
    Indigenous Canadian friends find they were switched at birth in second case at same hospital Posted August 28, 2016 08:33:43 Two indigenous Canadians have found out they were switched at birth after 41 years of living as friends.Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr confirmed the news after recent DNA tests showed that one man was raised by the biological mother of the other.Mr Swanson was born January 31, 1975 at the Norway House Indian Hospital, and Mr Tait was born at the..
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  • French court suspends burkini ban, controversy goes on1:41

    French court suspends burkini ban, controversy goes on1:41
    French court suspends burkini ban, controversy goes on1:41A French court has suspended a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits imposed by a Mediterranean resort that has angered Muslims, feminists and civil liberties campaigners. Nathan Frandino reports. The mayors of coastal towns in France say they were forced to introduce a burkini ban for the safety of the people following clashes between locals and Muslims.FRANCE’S highest administrative court has suspended a ban on the Islamic burkini swim..
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  • Plane makes emergency landing after engine rips apart in midair

    Plane makes emergency landing after engine rips apart in midair
    The Southwest Airline plane appeared to have part of an engine missing.A SOUTHWEST Airlines plane bound for Orlando, Florida, was forced to make an emergency after part of an engine appeared to be ripped off.Flight 3472 from New Orleans was diverted to Pensacola, Florida, after the pilot detected a major problem with one of the jet’s two engines, according to a statement from the US airline.The Boeing 737-700 landed in Pensacola around 9.40am Central Daylight Time with no apparent injuries to th..
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Find cheap petrol .Astronomers just caught a glimpse of a rare, massive star in formation .
Man clocked 100km/h over limit in Sydney .Earthquake strikes off Bowen at magnitude 5.8 .

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