Kenyan basketball player helps subdue jet hijacker on Nairobi flight
On a British Airways Boeing 747 bound for Nairobi from London a 27-year-old Kenyan hijacker forced the cockpit denies control as passengers including former Clemson star Clarke Bynum intervene. Bynum 39 wrestled the intruder to the floor with help from others. plane landed safely with minor injuries reported.
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Opposition wins Ghanaian presidency in runoff
Ghana elected John Kuffuor as president after a runoff against Vice President John Atta Mills. The 62 year old lawyer led with 56.7 percent of the vote amid a peaceful transition after days of scattered clashes. Mills conceded and pledged cooperate d as Rawlings era ends.
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Pakistan to elect women and poor candidates in local polls
Muneeza Tarar canvassed Saragodha to mobilize women for nationwide local elections starting today the first since the army took power over a year ago. A third of seats are reserved for women and the poor, with municipal and district councils voting in stages through July across 18 of 106 districts. In Serbia Kosovo tensions flare as NATO brokers a cross border traffic opening deal while Nebojsa Covic’s convoy proceeds.
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Missionaries Die In Line Of Duty In 2000
The Fides news service lists thirty Roman Catholic missionaries who died while serving over the year. Among the deceased are two nuns and a lay volunteer who nursed Ebola victims in Uganda, with three of the deaths tied to the outbreak in Africa.
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