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Cameroon repatriating 12,000 Nigerian refugees

August 06, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7000" align="alignright" width="300"] Families from Gwoza, Borno State, displaced by the violence and unrest caused by the insurgency, are pictured at a refugee camp in Mararaba Madagali, Adamawa State, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer[/caption] ABUJA (Reuters) - About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next...

New York murder rate surges 10 per cent

August 05, 2015 in International

New York's murder rate jumped more than 10 per cent in the last year, forcing the mayor on the defensive Tuesday over any suggestion America's largest city is returning to its dark days. He spoke hours after a pregnant 19-year-old was shot five times and her...