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• Indian IT minister says government will not censor social media
• Wikinews Shorts: February 14, 2012
• Santorum neologism spreads to Romney
• 'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London
• Anti-ACTA activists protest across Europe
• Amartya Sen among the scholars for US National Humanities Medal
• American pop star Whitney Houston dies at 48
• Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
• US regulators approve new nuclear reactors for first time in 34 years
• German judge orders life sentence for nation's 'first Islamic-motivated terror attack'
• Egypt struggles to recover tourism; investment
• Wikinews Shorts: February 10, 2012
• Rick Santorum sweeps three non-binding GOP presidential contests
• European cold spell kills hundreds
• Komen executive resigns and criticizes Planned Parenthood

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31 die in Mexico jail violence According to authorities in Mexico, 31 prisoners have died as the result of a fight which broke out in a prison, involving alleged members of drug businesses. Thirteen prisoners were also wounded in the brawl, which occurred in the Altamira municipality on Wednesday [January 5]. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

Six die in Nigeria church shooting Six people have died and eight have been left wounded after a shooting incident Thursday [January 5] in a Deeper Life church located in Gombe, in the north east of Nigeria. Gombe state police spokesman Ahmed Muhammad reported that eight other individuals had also been wounded during the shootings. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

Elizabeth II annuls Fred Goodwin knighthood Queen Elizabeth II, the British monarch, has today [January 31] withdrawn and annulled a knighthood given to Fred Goodwin in 2004, heeding the advice given to her by a forfeiture committee. Goodwin is the former chief executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and was awarded his knighthood by the British government of the time for services to banking. The committee concluded "that widespread concerns about Fred Goodwin's decision meant that the retention of a knighthood for services to banking could not be sustained." [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

New York police confirm cocaine shipment seizure at UN Headquarters Spokespersons for New York City Police Department [NYPD] and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations [UN], Thursday [January 26] released statements confirming a police seizure of a shipment of two bags, containing sixteen kilograms of cocaine, at the mail intake centre for the United Nations Headquarters on January 16. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

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