Pop star Shakira has avoided jail by reaching a deal with tax authorities in Spain, avoiding a €14.5m trial on the morning it was due to begin and walking away with a suspended sentence.
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PALESTINE: Bethlehem Cancels Christmas Celebrations Over Israel-Hamas Conflict
Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus according to the Bible has officially cancelled Christmas for the first time in decades due to the Israel war massacre.
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SCOTLAND: Health Minister Blame £11k Data Expenses On Parliamentary iPad On His Children
Scotland’s health minister Michael Matheson has admitted his sons watching football on his parliamentary iPad was the cause of an £11,000 data roaming charge. The bill was incurred during a trip to Morocco last Christmas.
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Eight Teens Arrested For Beaten To Death Another Teenage Boy In Las Vegas
Eight students have been arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of murder after a teenager was beaten to death.
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UK: Gay Nigerian Asylum Seeker Caught Nabbed In Online Delivery Scam
A conman who won refugee status in Britain by claiming to be gay fearing persecution in his native Nigeria been caught in a £220,000 Facebook and eBay parcel fraud racket.
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UK: Teenage Extremist Jailed Over Plot Of Terror Attack On Mosque
A teenager who plotted to attack a mosque while disguised as an armed police officer has been jailed 10 years for terror offences and rape at Leeds Crown Court.
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Man Jailed Over Wrongful Murder To Be Free After 25 years In Prison
A California man who has spent 25 years in prison for a murder has been exonerated and ordered released by a judge on Thursday after prosecutors agreed he had been wrongly convicted.
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VATICAN: Transgender Catholics Can Receive Baptism
Transgender Catholics are allowed in some situations to be baptised and serve as godparents; the Vatican has said in a statement.
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UGANDA: Museveni Downplays Expulsion From US-Africa Trade Pact Agoa
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that the United States was “overestimating” its importance after Washington announced that it was withdrawing Uganda from a major trade agreement because of human rights violations.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Student Spared Jail After Spending £50k From Overpaid Grant
A student who was mistakenly given £850,000 instead of her usual £85 monthly university food grant and blew £50,000 of it in under three months has been spared jail.
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