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MySpace hack could cost people their personal information

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil A recent password hack of 360 million accounts on the social media platform MySpace has prompted the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to warn users to delete old and unused accounts. MySpace announced in a blog posted on its website that user login data was made available on an online hacker ...

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Syria Conflict: Kerry tells Russia patience is not “infinite”

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has warned the Syrian regime and its main military backer Russia, to respect the “frayed” ceasefire and said that its “patience was not infinite” amid mounting death tolls. The US Secretary of State addressed the Oslo Forum on conflict resolution and mediation, he stated ...

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Euro 2016: Russia, England threatened with disqualification over violence

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Russia and England could be kicked out of theEuro 2016 championship if their supporters are involved in further acts of violence at the tournament, UEFA has warned. UEFA’s executive committee told the football associations of both countries Sunday that their teams could face further sanctions — including potential disqualification from the tournament — if their fans ...

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He Spent More Than Eight Years In American Prison For A Crime He Didn’t Commit.

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG It seems as a crime for being a black man,especially with the American Justice System that imprisons its citizens ,especially young black people for crimes they have not committed .You cannot call yourself great and at the sometime displays prejudice against others who look different because of their skin colours.Therefore, where is your justice America? Davontae ...

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Police: 50 feared dead after Florida nightclub terror attack

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG Approximately 50 people were killed inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Mina and other officials said Sunday morning, just hours after a shooter opened fire in what appears to be the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. At least 53 more people were injured, he said. Police have shot and killed the gunman, ...

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Russia could steamroll NATO forces in just 60 hours

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Russia could steamroll NATO forces in just 60 hours, a leading US defence official has warned amid rising tensions with the west. The worrying claim comes as Russia deploys troops westward in association with its ongoing standoff with NATO. Michael Carpenter, the US Deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, ...

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N Korea a Nuclear threat, Plutonium production restarts

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil North Korea has restarted production of plutonium fuel, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international sanctions. The claim came only months after international sanctions were tightened and just one day after the International Atomic ...

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Muhammad Ali’s mourners flock towards his star on Hollywood Boulevard

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Muhammad Ali is often hailed as “The Greatest” – a boxing champion, a civil rights icon, died Friday in Arizona at age 74. His star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame sits proudly at eye level on a wall next to the Walk of Fame, just in front of the Dolby ...

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Syria Conflict: 53 Killed in air strike in Aleppo

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil According to activists, at least 53 people, including children, have perished in the most recent government air strikes in Syria’s Aleppo. On Sunday, an unidentified war plane had crashed in countryside south of Aleppo in an area where Islamist rebel fighters are battling the Syrian army and Iranian-backed forces, said ...

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US Treasury Department accuses N Korea of money laundering

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil North Korea has been accused of using state-owned corporations and front companies to pay for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The U.S Treasury Department said it was taking new steps to “further isolate North Korea,” a cash-strapped military state that operates with few international allies, the announcement came on ...

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