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Over 200 killed in Iran-Iraqi earthquake

Daily Dispatch November 13, 2017

In the latest update on the devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked Iranian and Iraqi border on Sunday night, more than 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured. The quake triggered landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said Monday. The quake hit 30 kilometres (19

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Prostitute shoots man for performing sex act wrongly

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2017

A 21-year-old woman allegedly shot a man in the back of the head because he performed a sex act wrongly. Fox News reports that Marissa E. Wallen, told police she shot a man twice in the back of the head because he failed to perform a sex act as she expected. The victim, later found […]

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Saudi arrests 201 in corruption crackdown

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2017

Saudi Arabia said Thursday 201 people are being held for questioning over an estimated $100 billion in embezzlement and corruption, after the biggest purge of the kingdom’s elite in its modern history. Princes, ministers and a billionaire business tycoon were among dozens of high-profile figures arrested or sacked at the weekend, as Crown Prince Mohammed […]

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BREAKING: Death penalty for Mauritania blogger reduced to two years

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2017

A Mauritanian appeals court on Thursday reduced the death penalty for a blogger accused of blasphemy to a two-year jail term, a legal source said, after a case that had drawn protests from rights watchdogs. Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, who will be released as he has been in custody since 2014, was also fined […]

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Pope bans cigarettes sales in Vatican

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2017

Pope Francis has outlawed the sale of cigarettes at the Vatican in a bid to lead by example on healthy living. “The Holy Father has decided that the Vatican will cease to sell cigarettes to employees as of 2018,” the Vatican said in a statement on Thursday. “The reason is very simple: the Holy See cannot […]

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German Killer Nurse Behind Over 100 Patient Deaths – Report

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2017

A male nurse jailed for life in Germany two years ago for murdering patients with lethal drugs is responsible for the deaths of more than 100 patients, investigators said on Thursday. Niels Hoegel, 41, was convicted in 2015 of two murders and four counts of attempted murder or causing bodily harm on intensive-care patients at […]