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Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda hero, charged with terrorism

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, appeared in a Rwandan court on Monday, charged with terrorism. Security was tight security at the Kicukiro Primary Court in Kigali, where he was charged with 13 counts related to terrorism. According to

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Prostitution legal in Sweden, but illegal to be a prostitute’s customer

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sex, but not to sell the use of one’s own body for such services. Procuring and operating a brothel remain illegal. The criminalisation of the purchase of sex, but not the selling of one’s own body for sex, was unique when first enacted in […]

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Mali: Fresh Crisis Looms Over Transition Leader’s Appointment

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The opposition movement in Mali has rejected a charter for a transition government backed by the ruling army officers who ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The military junta backed a charter for an 18-month transition government on Saturday, after a three-day forum with political parties and civil-society representatives. But the June 5 Movement, which took […]

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Woman Jailed Two Years For Cutting Off Own Hand In Insurance Scam

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2020

A woman who cut off her own hand with a circular saw in the hope of getting a €1m (£925,000) insurance payout has been sentenced to two years in prison. Julija Adlesic, 22, from Slovenia, plotted with her boyfriend to have her left hand severed above the wrist at their home in the capital Ljubljana […]

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Norwegian lawmaker defends Trump’s nomination for Nobel Peace Prize

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

Norwegian lawmaker Christian Tybring-Gjedde defended his submission of U.S. President Donald Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. According to him, the peace prize is to recognise Trump’s efforts toward resolving longstanding conflicts across the world. Tybring-Gjedde said this in an interview with Fox News broadcaster on Wednesday. “For his merit, I think he has […]

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Breaking: Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

American President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, who told Fox News that for his merit, Trump deserved it. Gjedde said: “For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most […]