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An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has stirred an international outcry. The verdict in a retrial was issued against Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian, and Peter Greste, an Australian who was deported in February. Rights advocates say their arrest was part of a crackdown on free speech waged since the army overthrew President Mohamed Mursi, a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure, in July 2013 following mass unrest over his rule. Judge Hassan Farid said the defendants, dubbed the "Marriott Cell" by the local press because they worked out of a hotel belonging to that chain, "are not journalists and not members of the press syndicate" and broadcast with unlicensed equipment. Baher received an additional six months in prison. The state ne

The Heritage Foundation's Stephen Moore says a Trump-Hogan ticket is not too far-fetched of an idea. Looks like Donald Trump has an offer to help body slam his competition for the White House. On the set of MSBNC's "Up with Steve Kornacki" on Monday, a panel discussed a recent TMZ report that former WWE wrestler and reality TV star Hulk Hogan said he wants to be Trump's vice presidential running mate. Guest host Jonathan Capehart blew off the probability of the ticket.  "It's already entertainment watching Donald Trump run for president, and do these press conferences where you can't look away because it's like 15, 20 minutes of like a car accident," he said. "But how much is this, Hulk Hogan saying he wants to be the running mate, adding to the sort of dumbing down the running for president?" The Heritage Foundation's Stephen Moore quickly cut in, saying a Trump-Hogan ticket is not too far-fetched of an idea. "

A British woman residing in Kenya was mauled to death by her pet dogs. Police said Elizabeth Claire Wright was attacked on Wednesday in Malindi town by her two dogs when she arrived home. She was killed instantly, Xinhua reported. Police officer Sicharani Wilberforce said they have launched investigation into the incident. Sicharani said the woman sustained deep injuries and succumbed to them as she was being rushed to hospital.“The dogs were set free by the husband and attacked her when she opened the gate. She was overpowered and mauled to death,” Sicharani said.

A South African man has been reunited with his car 22 years after it was stolen, thanks to a dogged police investigator. Pretoria businessman Derick Goosen got a surprising call from warrant officer Kwakwa Ntokola two weeks ago about a gray 1988 Toyota Corolla, the Afrikaans newspaper Beeld reported. Goosen had reported the car stolen back in 1993 but it turned up only last year when police seized a vehicle at a roadblock in the northern province of Limpopo after noticing that its engine number had been scratched off. “I’m going to wash it and drive around in it,” Goosen told the Afrikaans. “Everything inside is still in perfect order. I can’t believe it.”Ntokola, “a true policeman”, then managed to reconstruct the number and eventually traced the owner to Pretoria, police Colonel Ronel Otto told Reuters.

Former President   Jimmy Carter   announced Thursday that   his cancer   is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment. On learning that the cancer had spread beyond his liver, Carter said, “I just thought I had a few weeks left, but I was surprisingly at ease. I’ve had a wonderful life.” Carter, appearing in a dark blazer, red tie and jeans and surrounded by friends and family, said at first he thought that the cancer was confined to his liver and that an operation earlier this month completely removed it.So far, the pain has been “very slight,” Carter said, and he hasn’t experienced any weakness or debility. Still, he will cut back on his work with the Carter Center and will give the treatment regimen his “top priority.” His first radiation treatment was set for Thursday afternoon. But that afternoon an MRI showed it was on his brain. Carter didn’t give any prognosis but spoke about receiving treatments for at least several months and l

A parrot has reportedly been taken into custody after it swore at an 85-year-old woman. Janabai Sakharkar, of Maharashtra, India, claimed Hariyal the parrot hurled abuse at her whenever she passed by the house of her stepson Suresh. Police apparently found this hilarious, but that did not stop them from treating the incident with the seriousness it  clearly  merited. Though Hariyal said nothing at the police station, officers saw fit to arrest him and pass him over to the Forest Department for rehabilitation.Janabai and Suresh were apparently locked in a dispute over property. If Suresh had abused Janabai, it is possible the parrot heard him and copied him, police said. Source: Metro UK

NFF boss Amaju Melvin Pinnick Nigeria’s football recorded a huge applause on Thursday after world football-governing body, FIFA, announced the appointment of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, as a Member of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Organizing Committee. This was conveyed to the NFF via a letter by FIFA. In a letter dated August 14, 2015 and signed by FIFA Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, the world body wrote: “We are very pleased to inform you that you have been appointed as a member of the Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Please accept our sincere congratulations on this nomination. “We wish you success and enjoyment in this role at FIFA and look forward to welcoming you soon in Zurich.” The late astute administrator, Patrick Okpomo, was Member of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Organizing Committee. Incidentally, as Executive Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Pinnick named the world-class Football House he sup

Pope Francis Pope Francis says there is no answer to be found in the affirmation of one’s power, drugs or momentary desires. The Pope said this in his message to Bishop Francesco Lambiasi, of Rimini, on the occasion of the 36th Annual Meeting of “Friendship Among Peoples’’. “Only the initiative of God the Creator can fill the measure of the heart, and He has come to encounter us, to allow himself be found by us as a friend. “God has offered to those who are craving for Him the response that everyone awaits, even without realising it, as they look for it in success, money, power, drugs of any type, and in the attainment of one’s momentary desires.’’ In the message sent through Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, the Pope said “only God’s initiative can fill one’s heart, for us all to rest in a stormy sea, as we are certain of His presence. “Although a person’s life might have been a disaster, if it is destroyed by vice, drugs or any other such thing, Go

South Africa’s Justice Minister, Michael Masutha, has stopped Oscar Pistorius’ intended release on parole 10 months after the former Paralympian was sentenced to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Mr. Pistorius was billed to be released Friday after serving just a sixth of his term. The prison parole board had permitted Pistorius’ release.South African law allows a convict to be released, to complete a term at home, after serving a sixth of his sentence in what is called “correctional supervision”. Mr. Pictorius was to be moved, Friday, to his uncle’s three-storey mansion in the capital, Pretoria. In a statement Wednesday, Mr. Musatha said the decision by the prison’s parole board to release Pistorius was too swift, hence illegal, adding that it was taken long before Pistorius served a sixth of his jail term. “One sixth of a five-year sentence is 10 months and at the time the decision was made Mr. Pistorius had served only over six months of his s

The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the two Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group. The two youths from Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, are currently being detained by the Punjab Police in India. The suspects, who live in New Delhi, came to India on student visas about a year ago. While Imran is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Karnataka State Open University, Sani is a Bachelor of Science student of the Kerala-based Mahatma Gandhi UniversityThe India police had arrested the two youths on suspicions that they were on their way to join ISIS and that they attempted to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents. The spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, confirmed that the Nigerian embassy officials had applied to see the suspects to “ascertain their claim of Nigerian national

A 52-year-old man, Maxwell Ekwueme, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly touching the breast of a 10-year-old girl without her consent. The accused, who resides at No, 17, Tola Oduntan St., Shomolu, Lagos, is standing trial on a count-charge of sexual abuse. She alleged that the accused, a co-tenant, saw the 10-year-old girl washing plates and suddenly covered her mouth with one hand, and indecently pressed her breast with the other hand.The prosecutor, Rita Momah, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 13, at about 2:00 p.m., at No. 17, Tola Oduntan St., Shomolu, Lagos. The prosecutor explained that the accused was apprehended when the 10-year-old girl reported the incident to her parents. The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 135 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011. Ekwueme, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mrs. F.A Adeeyo, granted bail to the accused in

Police in China said on Tuesday they had arrested about 15,000 people for crimes that “jeopardized Internet security”, as the government moves to tighten controls on the Internet. Reuters report that since taking over in 2013, President Xi Jinping has led an increasingly harsh crackdown on China’s Internet, which the Communist Party views with greater importance and acknowledges it needs to control, academics and researchers say. China launched a six-month program last month, code-named “Cleaning the Internet”.Police have investigated 7,400 cases of cyber crime, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website. It did not make clear over what period the arrests were made, but referred to a case dating to last December. “For the next step, the public security organs will continue to increase their investigation and crackdown on cyber crimes,” the ministry said. The campaign would also focus on breaking major cases and destroying online criminal gangs, it add

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Pedro from Barcelona in a deal that could rise to £21.4m. Pedro, 28, had appeared to be on his way to Manchester United before the deal fell through. “Thanks to the club and the supporters for giving me the opportunity to put the blue shirt on.”The winger, who can also play as a central striker, told Chelsea’s official website: “I am very happy to be here. I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea and I am here to keep winning titles. Pedro came through the ranks at Barca, joining their academy in 2004 and making his first-team debut in 2008. He has won every major trophy in his career, the latest being the UEFA Super Cup when he scored the winning goal in Barcelona’s thrilling 5-4 victory over Sevilla. He was part of Spain’s World Cup squad in South Africa in 2010, starting in the semi-final and final, and again in Brazil last year. Chelsea have not released any details of his contract. Pedro becomes Chelsea’s fourth new s

A puppy recently rescued by soldiers at the site of the Tianjin explosions in China was found unscathed and has become a symbol of hope for the devastated city, according to reports. The blasts last week at a warehouse for hazardous material claimed the lives of at least 114 people, Tianjin government spokesman Gong Jiansheng said at a news conference Monday, adding that 70 people were still missing. The explosion was so powerful that cars melted and homes crumbled. It is unclear whether the dog survived the explosions or wandered into the area after the explosions, but the puppy’s photos and story have been a source of rare good news for the devastated city.Despite all this, a puppy was found unscathed near the site of the explosion over three days later, according to the Chinese newspaper, the People’s Daily. The puppy was rescued by soldiers of an anti-chemical warfare regiment of the People’s Liberation Armythis past Sunday, the paper reported, adding that the puppy “sticks t

Seven sentenced to death and another imprisoned for life for attacks including deadly assault on Peshawar school. Pakistani military courts have sentenced seven people to death over attacks including an assault on a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, most of whom were children, the Pakistani army says. Another man was sentenced to life in prison, according to an army statement on Thursday. The army said six of the convicts were members of the Tawhid-wal-Jihad group, while the other two were from Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Taliban and Jaish-e-Mohammad groups. Army chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed the sentences, but it was unclear when they would be carried out. Support for death penalty Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said the Pakistani people were in favour of the death penalty and wanted the military to conduct speedy trials. "There is support on the ground, however civil rights organisations would not be supporting the move, saying

Online audio message could bolster Mullah Mansoor's accession after his appointment caused friction within Taliban. Zawahiri's pledge of allegiance could help shore up Mansoor's appointment as new Taliban chief  The leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansoor, whose appointment has caused divisions within the Taliban.  The pledge, posted in an  online audio message , could bolster Mansoor's accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. "We pledge our allegiance [to the] commander of the faithful, Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansoor, may God protect him," said al-Zawahiri, who is believed to be hiding in a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan. "As leader of the al-Qaeda organisation for jihad, I offer our pledge of allegiance, renewing the path of Sheikh Osama and the devoted martyrs in their pledge to the commander of the faithful, th

Colorado court rules baker cannot cite religious beliefs as grounds for refusing to make same-sex couple's wedding cake. The Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage across the US in June A US court has ruled that a baker cannot cite religious beliefs as grounds for refusing to make a wedding cake for same-sex couple. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the owners of a cake shop in suburban Denver had violated state law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case had triggered debate between gay rights supporters and religious freedom advocates in the US. Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, declined to make a cake for Charlie Craig and David Mullins in 2012. "Phillips believes that decorating cakes is a form of art, that he can honour God through his artistic talents, and that he would displease God by creating cakes for same-sex marriages," the court wrote in its decision. Even so, the court backed a lower c

The WWE is one of the most entertaining sport shows in the world currently with several superstars boasting of their riches. We all have our own favorites on the ring with most people loving Cena for his never giving up attitude. These superstars earn millions making them millionaires off the ring. Here is a list of the top ten richest WWE superstars in 2015. 10.   Mick Foley with $15 million Foley makes the cut at number 10 with $15 million to his name. Known as the Hardcore Legend of WWE, Foley is one of the richest superstars in 2015 with most of his money coming from appearances. He is well known for his tough matches with several other WWE superstars like Randy Orton, The Undertaker and Edge. He is also known to have some association with TNA wrestling. Foley is also known to be a comedian, actor and an author with his books making him the bestselling author of the New York Times. He has appeared in several films and radio shows further contributing to his riches. 9.   Th