White man charged with murder in infant death near Johannesburg
Nicholas Steyn, 42, denied murder at a bail hearing for shooting at three black children near his family’s fields east of Johannesburg. A six month old girl, Angelina Zwane, was killed, and her cousin, 11, Francina Dlamini, was wounded. Steyn, who called the case a mistake, was released on $3000 bail after previously withdrawing a bail request and staying in jail for protection from crowds.
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Nicholas Steyn
Steyn
Johannesburg
Angelina Zwane
Francina Dlamini
Priest Parachutes to North Pole in Cross Ceremony
Senior Russian Orthodox priest Viktor Smetanikov from Novosibirsk parachuted to the North Pole on April 20. He planted a three yard wooden cross on an ice floe and prayed, grouped by Russia's Olympic Committee to mark Russia's Siberia conquest anniversary. He has made many prior jumps and leads his parish military relations role.
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North Pole
Viktor Smetanikov
Siberian
Novosibirsk
Russia
Siberia
Larisa Safronova
Smetanikov
Thailand snake man in glass room with 100 specimens
Boomruang Buachan a 29 year old farmer claims to talk with snakes and has begun a week in a Plexiglas chamber in a Bangkok shopping mall with more than a hundred poisonous reptiles. He handles and kisses the snakes as hundreds watch from the crowd. Also noted is a Russian factory selling painted novelty condoms styled as animals mushrooms and teapots reflecting post Soviet social change.
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Boomruang Buachan
Bangkok
Boonuang
Argumenty i Fakty
Russia
Rise of right wing violence shocks Germany in east
Germany faces a surge in far right violence with 11 700 offenses reported last year. Attacks largely target foreigners and are strongest in the eastern states where unemployment and social distress are higher. Experts warn of a society divided by intolerance as the anti foreigner vote grows.
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Bertin
Martin Aguare
Ghana
Aguare
Belzig
Germany
East
Anetta Kahane
Office For the Protection of the Constitution
West
East Germany
Antiforeigner German People’s Union
Saxony-Anhalt
Halle
Kashmir militants kill 13 in restive Kashmir villages
Police report 13 Hindus slain by suspected Muslim militants in remote Kashmir villages. Attacks followed a massacre of 25 Hindus in a mountainous area, with residents calling for greater security near the Pakistan border. Police blame guerrillas seeking independence or union with Pakistan. no group claimed immediate responsibility. Dozens of militants raids targeted homes including a retired government worker, leaving two survivors. In Mangalthotha, 5 Hindus were killed and 10 reported missing after gunfire incidents. authorities fear Hindu residents may flee the region amid ongoing violence and cross-border tensions with Pakistan.
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Jammu
India
Kashmir
Pakistan
Mangalthotha
Gurbachan Jagat
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