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Moise Katumbi, the multi-millionaire former governor and prominent opposition leader, attends a funeral mass in honor of legendary Congolese singer Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 4, 2016.
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People hang out across the street from the townhouse at 8105 Chipping in San Antonio, Texas, Friday, April 29, 2016, where children were allegedly chained up in the back yard. Authorities say they have arrested a woman who is the mother of six of eight children who were found unsupervised in the middle of the night at a San Antonio home. A spokesman for the Bexar County sheriff’s office says the 34-year-old woman also was supposed to be looking after two other children who were found tied up in the backyard.
Child Abuse in a Texas Backyard
This case comes through a time of increased attention in Texas on child abuse and neglect, particularly of those in the care of CPS, noting that the between 2009 and 2014, the Austin American-Statesman reviewed nearly 800 child abuse deaths. Across the street from the...Caption:
Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing?
It is hard to believe that there are features of a revolution in Iraq against corruption, nepotism and the sectarian quota system. It is also difficult to believe that what is happening is a reformist movement, even if the occupiers of parliament and the Green Zone in...Caption:
Khalid al-Falih speaks to the media during Petrotech 2014 (a petrochemicals conference) at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Saudi Arabia Restructures Government Bodies in Royal Decree
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, on Saturday restructured some government ministries and reshuffled the cabinet to appoint new ministers, a step implementing the government’s wide reforms aimed at overhauling the Saudi economy amid lower oil...Caption: