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Knicks should enjoy potential closeout game, but can’t lose their heads

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

Nobody is saying the Knicks have to treat tonight’s Close-Out Game No. 2 like High Mass, a solemn occasion to which laughter is not invited.

Family to claim Boston bomb suspect’s body

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to

Bahrain crisis: Amnesty renews call to free jailed teachers’ union chief

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

Rights group Amnesty International has renewed its call for the release of the jailed president of the Bahrain Teachers Association, Mahdi Abu Dheeb. Mr Abu

Barack Obama says Guantanamo Bay prison must close

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

US President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there. At

Keep juveniles off sex offenders registry, says rights group

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

US authorities should end the practice of placing juveniles’ names on publicly available sex offender registries, a report from Human Rights Watch says. Offenders can

US morning-after pill approved for 15-year-olds

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the “morning-after” pill without a prescription for women aged 15 and over. Proof-of-age will be required

Greeks stage 24-hour anti-austerity general strike

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

A general strike against tough austerity measures is under way in Greece, with trade unions calling for “mass mobilisation” of protesters. The 24-hour action is

Venezuela MPs in punch-up over disputed election

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 8, 20240

Fistfights have broken out in Venezuela’s parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and bruised, with both opposition and pro-government

Baga raid: Satellite images ‘show Nigeria army abuse’

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 8, 20240

Satellite images reveal that 2,275 homes were destroyed during a military raid to hunt down militant Islamists in the northern Nigerian town of Baga last

French Islamist captured ‘after fighting’ in Mali

YoopyaMay 1, 2013November 10, 20240

A French Islamic convert who threatened his home country has been captured in northern Mali, allegedly after fighting on the militants’ side. French troops captured