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86-Story Tower in Dubai in Flames, Officials Say No One Hurt
New York Times
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — One of the world's tallest residential towers caught fire early Saturday in Dubai's Marina district, sending bright yellow flames several stories high, but there were no reports of casualties, civil defense officials said. The fire broke ...

Dubai residential tower in flames   USA TODAY
Dubai Torch Tower: Fire Sweeps Through One of the World's Tallest Apartment ...   ABC News
Fire breaks out at Dubai Torch Tower apartment skyscraper   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Daily Mail
The Hindu
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News24

Casualties feared as Shabaab attack popular Mogadishu hotel
News24
Mogadishu - Somalia's Shabaab insurgents said they carried out an attack on Friday on a hotel in the capital Mogadishu with government ministers reportedly inside, killing or wounding dozens of people. Twin explosions followed by heavy gunfire were heard ...

At Least 20 Dead in Twin Al-Shabaab Bomb Attacks in Somalia   Bloomberg
At least 10 dead after attacks in Somali capital Mogadishu   Irish Times
Shebab attack kills dozens in Mogadishu   iAfrica.com
New York Times
Reuters Africa
Telegraph.co.uk
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Reports: Boko Haram Attacks Kill 21 Near Chibok, Nigeria
Voice of America
Boko Haram militants have killed at least 21 people in attacks near the northern Nigerian village of Chibok, news agencies reported Friday, as the radical Islamist group steps up its violent campaign ahead of national elections. The group's nearly six-year ...

Boko Haram kill 21 in Nigeria near town of missing girls   Irish Times
Boko Haram kills 30 near Chibok   Nigerian Tribune
Gordon Brown Renews Plea For Release Of Chibok Schoolgirls   The Guardian Nigeria
Information Nigeria
Naija247news
Reuters
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Thailand's crackdown on 'wombs for rent'
BBC News
When a surrogate baby scandal erupted in Thailand last year, many in the country did not know what to expect next. First there was the young boy, apparently abandoned by the Australian couple who had commissioned a Thai surrogate mother to carry him.
Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners   The Daily Star
A shocking scandal led Thailand to ban surrogacy for hire   Washington Post (blog)
Thailand bans surrogacy over Baby Gammy   Daily Mail

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Tropical Cyclone Marcia downgraded to tropical low; major flood warning for ...
ABC Online
Cyclone Marcia has been downgraded to a tropical low after cutting a path of destruction through central Queensland. A major flood warning is in place for Gympie's Mary River and authorities say the Bruce Highway could be cut south of the city by Saturday ...

Long lines define Marcia's Rocky aftermath   Daily Mail
Cyclone Marcia: wild weather hits Queensland   The Australian
ADF sends 700 soldiers for Marcia clean-up   Herald Sun
NEWS.com.au
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Ties to Islamic State Cited by Group in Libya Attacks
New York Times
CAIRO — Militants pledging allegiance to the Islamic State claimed responsibility for three car bombs that killed at least 38 people in a town in eastern Libya on Friday in the latest escalation in a surge of violence linked to the group. The attacks, in the town of ...

ISIS militants claim suicide attacks in Libya that killed 40   The Daily Star
World News IS car bombings horror in Libya   Gulf Daily News
UN deplores car bombs in Libya   Business Standard
Xinhua
ABC News
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3 British Teen Girls Feared Headed to Syria to Join Islamic State
Voice of America
Police in Britain appealed Friday for information that might help them find three teenage schoolgirls who were believed to be traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants. Scotland Yard said the three girls flew from London to Istanbul, Turkey, this week ...

Fears for the safety of British girls thought to have joined the Islamic State group ...   ABC Online
Hunt for Syria-bound schoolgirls   Gulf Daily News
London police fear 3 missing girls left to join ISIL   USA TODAY
Daily Mail
Christian Science Monitor
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Undertaker says no word on Bali Nine pair
The Australian
THE funeral director who prepared the bodies of some of the convicts executed in Indonesia last month says he hasn't been put on notice for the next round of executions, which is expected to include two Australians. ANDREW Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ...

Indonesia postpones execution of Nigerian, 7 other drug convicts   Nigerian Tribune
Australia warned 'keep your distance'   NEWS.com.au
Pleas for mercy at candlelight vigil for Bali Nine death row inmates Myuran ...   The Daily Telegraph

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Ukraine crisis: 'One miscalculation, and Britain faces an existential threat to our ...
The Independent
The West faces a new and dangerous era of “constant competition” with Russia that carries a possible “existential threat to our whole being”, Britain's most senior commander in Nato has warned. Speaking as events on the grounds showed more evidence ...

Russia May Try to Seize NATO Territory, Warns General   NDTV
Russia not to succumb to external pressure   Xinhua
David Cameron's tough talk as he warns Vladimir Putin of 'consequences' if ...   Mirror.co.uk
Wall Street Journal
Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk
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Elephant on menu as Mugabe turns 91
Irish Examiner
As Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe prepares for an “obscene” $1m birthday party, the European Union made it clear they would not be bringing any gifts to his table. Mugabe, the world's oldest leader, is turning 91. And as his country plunges further into ...

Mugabe Grins Ahead of Obscene Birthday   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
President happy over long life   The Zimbabwe Daily
EU renews sanctions on Zimbabwe, Mugabe   News24
Daily Mail
BBC News
Eyewitness News
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