Thirty fires in third night of Stockholm riots

Police arrested eight people on Tuesday night as thirty cars were torched across southern and western Stockholm, in what was the third consecutive night of unrest in the Swedish capital
Rioters lit fires in cars in western and southern Stockholm, and threw stones at police officers and fire fighters. Cars were torched in Rinkeby, Skarpnäck, Norsborg, Kista, Fittja, Bredäng, Flemingsberg, Edsberg, and Tensta

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Footage emerges of Syria airstrike which resulted in massive snackbars

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Schoolgirl, 17, raped twice by stranger in park after she lost her friends at nightclub

A teenage girl separated from her friends on a night out was put in a taxi and driven to a muddy park 25 miles away, where she was raped twice and thought she was going to die, a court heard today
Arshad Arif, 28, of Slough, Berkshire, allegedly approached the 17-year-old when she was standing cold and wet outside a nightclub in Watford, Hertfordshire, with no money, mobile phone or coat

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Turkey hot air balloon crash filmed from above

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Swedish snow bunnies in their native habitat

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IDF fired on from Syrian Golan for third day straight

Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian border early Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck an Israel Defense Forces jeep in the central Golan Heights, the IDF said in a statement
The statement said an Israeli military vehicle was damaged by shots fired from Syria, but there were no injuries. It said that soldiers "returned precise fire," confirming that the source of the fire was hit
The IDF patrol was hit with small-arms fire near the Hizka outpost along the border fence in the central Golan Heights

An Israeli soldier stands atop a tank during drills in the Golan Heights

Riots in Sweden continue after police shooting

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£100k for hero sniper driven into hiding after MoD blew his cover

Soldier and his family were at risk of kidnapping by al kaeda sympathisers after blunder
An Army sniper who killed two taliban gunmen from more than a mile-and-a-half away has been paid £100,000 compensation after bungling Ministry of Defence officials revealed his identity
Craig Harrison and his family were placed in grave danger of being kidnapped by al kaeda sympathisers after the ‘catastrophic’ blunder, according to police intelligence

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Smoke and fire rises after explosives were dropped by a Syrian government warplane in Yabroud near Damascus, Syria, Monday May 20, 2013

Seven arrested over Stockholm's Husby riots

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Seven arrested over Stockholm's Husby riots

Seven people were arrested on Tuesday following the Husby riots in northern Stockholm, with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt warning that the unrest may continue
Four of the suspected rioters arrested were detained, two were later released and a third person turned out to be under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden, according to local police chief Jörgen Karlsson

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halal nail polish allows sharmutas to prey in style

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Pakis sort coal at a wholesale shop to sell in the market in Rawalpindi, Pokistan

Tunisian arselifter is latest coronavirus fatality

A 66-year-old Tunisian arselifter who died after returning from a pilgrimage to the Soddy unholy city of Mucka is believed to have been sickened by the deadly novel coronavirus, and two of his children have tested positive for the virus, Tunisian and World Health Organization officials said Tuesday
The cases mark the ninth country, and third continent, on which the year-old coronavirus has been confirmed. The Tunisian cases also are the second time a pilgrim to Mucka has been confirmed as falling ill with the SARS-like virus, and are likely to raise worries ahead of the peak pislamic pilgrimage periods this summer and autumn
A pilgrim from Britain died of the virus, after infecting two family members in Britain, authorities there said in February

The "lesser pilgrimage" in Mucka, which can be done at any time of the year

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pislamist Egypt free press fears: more journalists charged over criticism of President Morsi

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Sharp rise in jail terms for Afghan rape and abuse victims

The number of Afghan sharmutas and bints jailed for fleeing sexual abuse, domestic, violence and forced marriage has increased dramatically, according to new official figures
An Afghan solider (C) stands guard outside of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan

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Surprise!

Ivory Coast's reconciliation under threat from victor's justice

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From fleeing taliban to 'best job in the world' contender

Life hasn't always been kind to 29-year-old Afghan Moska Najib, but she is now close to landing a dream job in Australia that will pay $100,000 for six months' work
The daughter of former Afghan president Mahound Najibullah, who was executed by the taliban in 1996, has made it into the final 18 contenders of 620,000 entries in Tourism Australia's "best jobs in the world" competition
Moska Najib is hoping to become Melbourne's 'lifestyle photographer' in Tourism Australia's 'best jobs in the world' competition

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Lebanon provides schooling for Syria refugees

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