South Africa has given fresh figures on the numbers of people killed and displaced by the wave of attacks on foreigners over the past two weeks.
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula told the BBC 56 people had been killed and more than 650 injured. Previously, 50 deaths were reported.
More than 30,000 had been displaced or [...]

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Ex-US President Jimmy Carter has said Israel has at least 150 atomic weapons in its arsenal.
The Israelis have never confirmed they have nuclear weapons, but this has been widely assumed since a scientist leaked details in the 1980s.
Mr Carter made his comments on Israel’s weapons at a press conference at the annual literary Hay Festival [...]

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Messianic Jews in Israel say they want an inquiry into the burning of hundreds of copies of the New Testament by Orthodox Jews in Or Yehuda last week.
The books were given to the town’s Ethiopian Jews by the Messianic Jews, who believe in Jesus as a saviour.
Or Yehuda’s deputy mayor says he received complaints about [...]

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Most French speaking media tried to disguise the facts as clashes between “youths” and skinheads. While the Flemish media spoke about clashed between north African immigrants and Football supporters.
The Belgian government set up a cell to fight racism and discrimination, whose job it is to track all forms of racism. Since the blog called [...]

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A hidden world in which Asian men “groom” young white girls for sex has been exposed with the jailing yesterday of two men for child-abuse offences.
Zulfqar Hussain, 46, and Qaiser Naveed, 32, from east Lancashire, were each jailed for five years and eight months after exploiting two girls aged under 16 by plying them with [...]

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The Austrian dissident, Gerd Honsik, has been extradited from Spain to his native country. He must serve an 18 month prison term in Austria for violation of speech laws. He is at risk of being sentenced again for further prohibited statements. If he is found guilty again, he could be sentenced to 20 years in [...]

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Our Quiet Revolution has taken EIGHT steps forward (6.30am 2nd May)
Good Morning, Good Morning!
It was a long night, but worth staying up just to see Geoff Hoon’s face as he announced that the BNP had polled ‘disappointingly’ well in Derby and gained its first councillor in Amber Valley.
The state of play as I write this [...]

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