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Ex-President’s son jailed 24 years for drug trafficking

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Fabio Lobo, a son of former Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo, has been sentenced to 24 years in an American prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine and sell it in the United States. U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield also fined him $50,000 and ordered him to forfeit $267,000. She said

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We are ready for ‘more gift packages’ for U.S.— N/Korea

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2017

Amid international uproar over North Korea’s latest and biggest nuclear weapons test, one of its top diplomats said on Tuesday his country was ready to send “more gift packages’’ to the U.S. Han Song, North Korea ambassador to the UN, made the announcement in Geneva in his address at the UN-sponsored conference on Disarmament two […]

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Nearly 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast prison break

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2017

Almost 100 inmates escaped from a prison in the Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of jail breaks in the west African country, officials said. According to a local judicial source, the men who escaped in the central town of Katiola were followers of the late leader of a prison mutiny last year, Coulibaly Yacouba. […]

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Stacy Lewis donates £150,000 winnings to Houston flood victims

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2017

Stacy Lewis donated her £150,000 prize money to the flood victims in Houston after winning the Portland Classic. The American began the final day with a three-shot lead but won by one shot from South Korea’s Chun In-gee. Lewis carded a 69 in her last round in Oregon to finish on 20-under, while In-gee shot […]

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Brazil breaks up international cocaine ring

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2017

Brazilian police fanned out across five states and the capital early Monday to smash an international drugs trafficking ring that allegedly shipped six tons of cocaine to Europe in the last year alone. More than 800 officers deployed to serve 127 arrest warrants and 190 search warrants in the operation centered on Latin America’s biggest […]

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Devil pounded with 49.39million stones

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2017

The devil has come under merciless pounding by thousands of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, as they pelted it  with almost 49.4 million stones. This is not counting the empty bottles, shoes and other hard materials thrown at this evil spirit by pilgrims who passionately wanted it cast out of existence. Saudi Gazette reported that  the […]