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  Barak Obama condemns beheading of Briton by extremists

  World | September 14, 2014 8:20 IST

  WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned as a “barbaric murder” the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.Haines was abducted last year in Syria, and extremists released a video on

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  Briton in Sierra Leone contracts Ebola virus

  World | August 24, 2014 8:47 IST

  London: The British Department of Health confirmed on Saturday that a Briton living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola."We can confirm that a British national residing in Sierra Leone has tested positive for

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  Briton gets death for blasphemy in Pakistan

  World | January 24, 2014 14:32 IST

  Islamabad: A Pakistani-born Briton has been sentenced to death for blasphemy Thursday, a media report said Friday.Mohammad Asghar, 65, was also fined Pakistani Rs.1 million ($9,500) by a court in the adjacent Rawalpindi city, Dawn

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  Briton, Italian Killed In Failed Hostage Rescue Bid In Nigeria

  World | March 09, 2012 19:04 IST

  Abuja, Mar 9: A British-Nigerian operation, using helicopters and hundreds of troops including the elite SAS, to rescue two abducted foreigners went awry today with the militant group Boko Haram killing the captives.  The special

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  Briton Charged With Bidve's Murder, To Appear Before Court

  World | January 02, 2012 8:18 IST

  London, Jan 2: A 20-year-old Briton has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day in an unprovoked incident.Kiaran Stapleton, from