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UK attack: Muslim communities react with horror and fear backlash
The Woolwich attack has prompted a lot of Muslims residing in London and other parts of the world to search for answers amid fears of a religious backlash. #ThatsJustWrong #London #United Kingdom #Muslims #Woolwich London attack
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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home since ethnic and religious unrest last year. Cyclone Mahasen has already killed at least seven people and displaced 3,881 in Sri Lanka, its Disaster Management Center said on Tuesday #China #Business #Brazil #Arabic #Government #United Kingdom #Latin America #lifestyle
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Man killed in attack on police station in Libya's Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A man was killed in an overnight attack on police in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi and their station was later set on fire in a possible act of revenge for the killing, police sources said on Wednesday. The army deployed additional forces to Benghazi after a car loaded with explosives blew up near a hospital on Monday, killing three people #United States #China #Business #Japan #France #Argentina #United Kingdom #Mexico #opinion #lifestyle
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Should media regulations also include social media?
You can be a reporter just with Twitter now, so what do you do with journalists who are not part of newspapers? Are they beyond new regulations? Are the websites belonging to newspapers held to the same standard of reporting? #social media #HowThisWorks #David Cameron #United Kingdom #Lord Leveson
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Should UK ban Modi when he's not been convicted here?
Modi may not be guilty, but banning him on the premise that he might be, sets a dangerous precedent: Who will be allowed to make such judgements? #United States #HowThisWorks #Narendra Modi #Visa #United Kingdom #Human Rights #free travel
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Extractive Industries Transparency InitiativeFrance and United Kingdom commit to global transparency standard
At a joint press conference in Paris, UK Prime Mininster David Cameron and President of France Francois Hollande announced Wednesday evening that France and the United Kingdom will implement the EITI, the global standard for transparency of government re #United Kingdom #Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative #Paris
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Atlas ObscuraMusgrave Museum in Eastbourne, United Kingdom
In 1983 George Musgrave opened a museum dedicated to showcasing the life and times of... George Musgrave. Narcissistic? Egotistical? Perhaps. On the other hand, the fact that Musgrave had the energy and dedication to construct, curate, and maintain a mus #United Kingdom
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Atlas ObscuraBude Castle in Bude, United Kingdom
This "castle" was actually the home of Victorian inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. Built in 1830 for Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, this two-story house is both picturesque and irregular, complete with crenellated walls overlooking the sea. The design of the cas #United Kingdom