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Insight: In attacker’s argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent. Michael Adebolajo, 28, who was filmed wielding a bloody meat cleaver and butcher's knife
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Hundreds mourn Oklahoma tornado victim, schoolgirl who liked to sing
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in stormy weather on Thursday to mourn a 9-year-old girl who loved to sing, dance and paint, as funerals began for 24 victims of a massive tornado that obliterated whole sections of Moore, Oklahoma. Antonia Lee "Tonie" Candelaria was one of seven students
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UK attack spurs Muslim community soul-searching, backlash fear
LONDON (Reuters) - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on his mind. "A 75-year-old man was stabbed to death
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UK attack: Muslim communities react with horror and fear backlash
By Mohammed Abbas London - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on his mind. "A 75-year-old man was stabbed to #London #Muslims #ThatsJustWrong #United Kingdom #Woolwich London attack
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Brutal murder of soldier: Key facts about the Woolwich attack
A look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men hacked another to death near military barracks. Q: What happened? A: Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver hacked another to death near military barracks in south London's neighborhood of Woolwich. #British soldier hacked #London #News #NewsTracker #Woolwich #Woolwich attack #World News
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London: In an imaginary homeland, the English jihad rises
It takes a special kind of hate to do what she did: for the slight young woman to walk into the office of a man she had never met; to reach out to shake his hand; to stab him in the abdomen; to pull out the knife, her hands covered #al-Muhajiroun #Al-Qaeda #ConnectTheDots #Jihadi #Woolwich barracks
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Woolwich attackers were British of Nigerian origin, says reports
London: British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. Local media named one of the two suspects as British-born, 28-year-old Londoner #British Muslims #London #NewsTracker #Woolwich
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Tricolour upside down in Uzbekistan hotel during Ansari’s visit
Samarkand, Uzbekistan: In a faux-pas, the Indian tricolour was displayed upside down today at a private hotel in which Vice President Hamid Ansari stayed during his day-long visit to this ancient city in Uzbekistan. Indian officials accompanying Ansari spotted the erroneous display of the tricolour at the main gate of hotel #Hamid Ansari #Indian national flag #ThatsJustWrong #Uzbekistan
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Pussy Riot member refused parole by Russian court
Berezniki (Russia) - A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. The judge ruled against Maria Alyokhina, supporters tweeted, saying she did not qualify for #NewsTracker #Paul McCartney #Pussy Riot #Russia #Vladimir Putin
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Fukushima nuclear plant hit by shortage of workers
Tokyo - Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. Tokyo Electric Power Co., #Abenomics #Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant #HowThisWorks #Japan #Tsunami
