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Drunk guest bounced out of party returns, kills 9 people with hunting gun

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A dinner party in a small town north of Moscow ended tragically when an extremely intoxicated guest fatally shot nine people with a hunting rifle, Russia’s top investigative agency said Monday. The guest got into a heated argument at the party on Saturday and was literally pushed out of the premises, the Investigative Committee said in a statement. The police added that the man returned with a loaded gun and opened fire at everyone in the vicinity. Authorities said that the man has been arrested and is undergoing psychological analysis to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.   The post Drunk guest bounced out of party returns, kills 9 people with hunting gun appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2svftf2

Pope to talk immigration, climate change in Wenders doc

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http://ift.tt/2or5mHZ Pope Francis / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI Pope Francis will offer his thoughts to the camera in a new documentary by Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders, its backers have announced at the Cannes film festival. “A Man Of His Word” will see the Argentine pontiff respond to questions submitted from people around the world, with US production company Focus Features billing the film as “the first in which a Pope addresses the audience directly, discussing topics such as ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice”. German director Wenders, who has been nominated for three Oscars including for his Cuban music documentary “Buena Vista Social Club”, said Francis was “a living example of a man who stands for what he says”. “In our film, he speaks directly to the viewer, very candidly and spontaneously,” Wenders said. “Through the full cooperation of the Vatican, we were privileged to have several long audiences with Pope Francis.” The film features...

Brazilian president’s survival depends on Congress

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http://ift.tt/2qZAaCr Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks during a press conference following allegations that he gave his blessing to payment of hush money to a politician convicted of corruption, on May 18, 2017 in Brasilia. Temer faced growing pressure to resign Thursday after the Supreme Court gave its green light to the investigation over allegations that he authorized paying hush money to already jailed Eduardo Cunha, the disgraced former speaker of the lower house of Congress. / AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA Brazil’s Michel Temer hoped to save his presidency Friday by persuading the corruption-riddled Congress to back him, despite growing calls for his head in the country’s explosive new graft scandal. His office said he would start the day by meeting with his defense minister, Raul Jungmann, and military commanders at the presidential complex. The agenda appeared to be designed to underline the center-right president’s insistence on maintaining authority. On Thursd...

Video: Listen to what Late. Gen Sani Abacha said about Nigeria then

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Man appears in court for alleged rape of twin sisters

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos – A driver, Samuel Adebayo, who allegedly raped twin sisters and put one of them in a family way, Samuel Awas on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, 30, who resides at Beckley Estate, Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for rape and an attempt to commit abortion. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the accused committed the offences in December 2016 at his residence. Donny said that the accused lived in the same compound with the complainants, a twin sisters, aged 17. “The accused raped the girls on different occasions and in the process, one of them got pregnant. “The accused gave her N20,000 to terminate the pregnancy but instead, she confided in her elder sister, who informed their mother. “The case was reported at the police station and the accused was apprehended, ” he said. The offences contravened Sections 147(1) and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The accu...