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A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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An explosion has been heard near British Army HQ in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The explosion took place about 200 metres from the entrance to the base of the 19th Mechanised Brigade, according to a British Army spokesman. According to eyewitness reports, two cars were wrecked in the blast. No casualties were reported…. Read more »
A massive car bomb has killed a reported 95 people and wounded more than 150 others near the shrine of the Imam Ali in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on Friday. Among the dead was a Shiite Muslim political leader. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim was the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic… Read more »