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North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Un Injures Wrist

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 11 April 2015 | 23.17

North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Un Injures Wrist

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears to have hurt his wrist.

The 32-year-old appeared in a video on North Korean Central TV with what seemed to be a bandaged right wrist.

If he is hurt, however, it does not seem to be bothering him too much.

The bandage can be spotted as Kim waves and smiles at supporters during an inspection of a weapons factory in Pyongyang.

"He didn't have the injury when he inspected a military unit on April 4," a South Korean government official said, "so it must be recent."

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  1. Gallery: Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un Images

    North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time in more than five weeks, appearing to scotch rumours of a coup. PICS: Rodong Sinmun

The secretive state's Supreme Leader is pictured visiting scientific facilities 40 days after he was last in public, state media reports.

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  • The failure of Mr Kim to appear on TV since 3 September has led to a mass of speculation about what could have happened to the 31-year-old. Continue through for more images

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  • But the supreme leader did not attend Thursday's meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang.

    An official from South Korea's unification ministry said Kim Jong-Un probably stayed away because there was nothing very interesting to rubber stamp.

    Last autumn, rumours swelled around Kim's health when he vanished from public for 40 days. Theories on why he had disappeared included power struggles in the regime, gout, obesity and a broken ankle.

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    1. Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Inspecting Things

      North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country

    Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Ryuwon Shoes Factory

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  • The state later admitted he had been suffering some "discomfort" but did not elaborate.

    Kim is expected to make his first foreign trip since becoming leader after being invited to Moscow in May where he will meet President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders. The occasion is the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.

    It is thought that Russia could be pursuing a deal with Pyongyang worth £16.5m ($25m) to overhaul North Korea's railways in return for access to mineral resources.

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    1. Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Guides Artillery Fire And Landing Exercises

      A view of artillery fire exercises guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

    The set of photos was released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Continue through for more pictures

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  • US President Barack Obama has declined an invitation to the Moscow commemorations.

    North Korea has been engaged in a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat with the US over The Interview movie and the hacking of Sony Pictures.

    And Pyongyang's strong language, including threatening the US with "final doom" has been backed by a series of military drills and Kim urging his army to be combat ready.

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    • North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Un Injures Wrist

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears to have hurt his wrist.

    The 32-year-old appeared in a video on North Korean Central TV with what seemed to be a bandaged right wrist.

    If he is hurt, however, it does not seem to be bothering him too much.

    The bandage can be spotted as Kim waves and smiles at supporters during an inspection of a weapons factory in Pyongyang.

    "He didn't have the injury when he inspected a military unit on April 4," a South Korean government official said, "so it must be recent."

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    1. Gallery: Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un Images

      North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time in more than five weeks, appearing to scotch rumours of a coup. PICS: Rodong Sinmun

    The secretive state's Supreme Leader is pictured visiting scientific facilities 40 days after he was last in public, state media reports.

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  • The failure of Mr Kim to appear on TV since 3 September has led to a mass of speculation about what could have happened to the 31-year-old. Continue through for more images

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  • But the supreme leader did not attend Thursday's meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang.

    An official from South Korea's unification ministry said Kim Jong-Un probably stayed away because there was nothing very interesting to rubber stamp.

    Last autumn, rumours swelled around Kim's health when he vanished from public for 40 days. Theories on why he had disappeared included power struggles in the regime, gout, obesity and a broken ankle.

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    1. Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Inspecting Things

      North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country

    Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Ryuwon Shoes Factory

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  • The state later admitted he had been suffering some "discomfort" but did not elaborate.

    Kim is expected to make his first foreign trip since becoming leader after being invited to Moscow in May where he will meet President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders. The occasion is the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.

    It is thought that Russia could be pursuing a deal with Pyongyang worth £16.5m ($25m) to overhaul North Korea's railways in return for access to mineral resources.

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    1. Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Guides Artillery Fire And Landing Exercises

      A view of artillery fire exercises guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

    The set of photos was released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Continue through for more pictures

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  • US President Barack Obama has declined an invitation to the Moscow commemorations.

    North Korea has been engaged in a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat with the US over The Interview movie and the hacking of Sony Pictures.

    And Pyongyang's strong language, including threatening the US with "final doom" has been backed by a series of military drills and Kim urging his army to be combat ready.

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    British Boy, 7, Killed In Alps Ski Tragedy

    A seven-year-old British boy has died in a skiing accident in the French Alps.

    The child, who had been on a family holiday in the resort of Flaine in the Haute Savoie region, went over a cliff after straying off piste, emergency services told news agency AFP.

    Some reports suggested the boy got lost after attempting the final descent of the day on his own.

    Others said he got separated from the group after taking a wrong turn, while skiing with the rest of the group. 

    An emergency services spokesman said: "He hit a rocky outcrop, then fell 50 to 100 metres (160ft to 320ft)."

    His desperate mother raised the alarm at 7pm on Friday, said reports.

    The child's body was found by a rescue helicopter, about two hours after the fall, according to reports in French media.

    A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Flaine, France, on April 10.

    "We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time."

    An investigation by French authorities is under way.


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    Arrest Warrant Issued For Justin Bieber

    An arrest warrant has been issued for Justin Bieber in Argentina after the singer failed to respond to summons related to allegations he ordered his bodyguards to attack a photographer.

    Judge Alberto Julio Banos, who issued the warrant, ordered the "immediate detention" of Bieber and bodyguards Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls.

    The accusations relate to a 2013 incident outside a Buenos Aires nightclub where Bieber is accused of sending the two bodyguards to attack photographer Diego Pesoa.

    Under Argentine law, he would face a jail sentence between one month to six years if convicted on a charge of causing injuries - but the troubled singer never returned to Argentina to face police questions.

    It is not clear whether the warrant extends outside Argentina but Mr Pesoa's lawyer spoke to a local television station and implied that the warrant would force Bieber to return to the South American country.

    Matias Morla said: "Now we just need to wait for the police to find him and bring him" to Argentina.

    "For us, this is a triumph against all those who said this case was a bluff and that we didn't have anything."

    Bieber has so far not responded to the warrant being issued.


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    'Voice Of Cricket' Richie Benaud Dies

    Former Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud who has died in a Sydney hospice, aged 84.

    Benaud, widely regarded as the most respected person in the game's history, had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November.

    Channel Nine, the Australian network where he took the lead commentator's position in 1977, said he had died in his sleep on Thursday night local time.

    Nine's head of sport, Steve Crawley said: "You didn't have to know Richie to love him - everything about him.

    "Best in the business bar none.

    "We will miss him the way you miss loved ones. And at the same time we will thank our lucky stars he came our way at all."

    Nine Entertainment Co's chief executive David Gyngell said Benaud's death had "robbed" the world of "not only a national treasure but a lovely man".

    Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott tweeted: "What an innings. RIP Richie Benaud," He added: "This is the greatest loss for cricket since the loss of Don Bradman and for that reason I'm pleased to have offered the Benaud family a State funeral."

    Hollywood actor Russell Crowe tweeted: "RIP Richie Benaud. My deep gratitude for all you gave to the sport of cricket as a player and as a broadcaster. Sad, sad day."

    And Piers Morgan wrote: "RIP Richie Benaud. The greatest cricket commentator of them all & a wonderful man. Mourning Everyone."

    Benaud played 64 test matches as an all-rounder between 1952 and 1964, taking 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and making 11,719 first-class runs, scoring 23 centuries at an average of 36.50.

    He was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at test level.

    Australia's Test side did not lose a Test series under his captaincy, which he held from 1958 until his retirement.

    Benaud will be remembered by millions for his measured, laconic brand of commentary and he was as popular in England, where he worked on television from 1963 to 2005, as he was in his homeland.

    Speaking about his commentary work, he once said: "My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

    "What I want most from being a television commentator is to be able to feel that, when I say something, I am talking to friends."

    The news arm of Cricket Australia, www.cricket.com.au, described him as "an Australian test great who nurtured a generation's love for the game with his commentary".

    They added: "After Don Bradman, there has been no Australian player more famous than Richie Benaud."

    He became one of the greatest commentators in world cricket before a car crash outside his Coogee home in 2013 left him with two fractured vertebrae.

    The injuries and cancer combined to keep him away from the job he loved in his final years, but he made occasional pre-recorded appearances on Channel Nine and he rallied to record a moving tribute to Phillip Hughes when the Australia batsman died last year after being struck by a bouncer.


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    Pakistan Frees Mumbai Attack Mastermind Suspect

    Pakistan Frees Mumbai Attack Mastermind Suspect

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    The man accused of being the mastermind of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has been released on bail by a Pakistan court.

    The assault on India's financial capital resulted in the deaths of 166 people and seriously increased tensions between the two nuclear powers.

    The lawyer for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi revealed the Lahore High Court move, saying: "Lakhvi has been released and he is out of the jail now. I don't know where he will go now."

    Lakhvi's release comes despite furious earlier protests from New Delhi which complained bitterly when a judge first granted him bail in December.

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    1. Gallery: 2008: Mumbai Terror Attacks

      From 2008: Scores of people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series of terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. Guests had to be rescued from the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel after teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed the building.

    Another guest is helped down from the fourth floor.

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  • An Indian National security guard runs for cover opposite the hotel.

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  • People duck as gunshots are fired from inside the building.

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  • A fireman speaks with foreign tourists who were rescued from the Taj.

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  • The Pakistan government subsequently issued a series of detention orders which judges then cancelled.

    The latest bail order is conditional on a $20,000 (£14,000) bond.

    India has called the decision to release him "an insult".

    "This is a very disappointing announcement. An insult to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attack.

    "The global community should take serious note of Pakistan's double-speak on terrorism," said a government official.

    India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai attack in which 10 gunmen crept into the city by boat and took part in a terror and killing spree over a three-day period.

    India says Lakhvi - who was arrested in 2009 over the tragedy - was the organisation's boss and has accused Pakistan of prevaricating over trials in connection with Lakhvi and six other suspects.

    The suspects were charged in Pakistan but no-one has been brought to trial in more than five years.

    India, which has urged Pakistan to either hand the suspects over or put them on trial, accuses its neighbour of playing a "double game" over terrorism, suggesting the country is supporting groups that may be useful for its own political gains.

    Relations between the two countries - which have had three wars over a bitter dispute over Kashmir since independence in 1947 - are at an all-time low.

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    • Pakistan Frees Mumbai Attack Mastermind Suspect

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    The man accused of being the mastermind of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has been released on bail by a Pakistan court.

    The assault on India's financial capital resulted in the deaths of 166 people and seriously increased tensions between the two nuclear powers.

    The lawyer for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi revealed the Lahore High Court move, saying: "Lakhvi has been released and he is out of the jail now. I don't know where he will go now."

    Lakhvi's release comes despite furious earlier protests from New Delhi which complained bitterly when a judge first granted him bail in December.

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    1. Gallery: 2008: Mumbai Terror Attacks

      From 2008: Scores of people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series of terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. Guests had to be rescued from the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel after teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed the building.

    Another guest is helped down from the fourth floor.

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  • An Indian National security guard runs for cover opposite the hotel.

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  • People duck as gunshots are fired from inside the building.

    ]]>

  • A fireman speaks with foreign tourists who were rescued from the Taj.

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  • The Pakistan government subsequently issued a series of detention orders which judges then cancelled.

    The latest bail order is conditional on a $20,000 (£14,000) bond.

    India has called the decision to release him "an insult".

    "This is a very disappointing announcement. An insult to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attack.

    "The global community should take serious note of Pakistan's double-speak on terrorism," said a government official.

    India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai attack in which 10 gunmen crept into the city by boat and took part in a terror and killing spree over a three-day period.

    India says Lakhvi - who was arrested in 2009 over the tragedy - was the organisation's boss and has accused Pakistan of prevaricating over trials in connection with Lakhvi and six other suspects.

    The suspects were charged in Pakistan but no-one has been brought to trial in more than five years.

    India, which has urged Pakistan to either hand the suspects over or put them on trial, accuses its neighbour of playing a "double game" over terrorism, suggesting the country is supporting groups that may be useful for its own political gains.

    Relations between the two countries - which have had three wars over a bitter dispute over Kashmir since independence in 1947 - are at an all-time low.

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    Moroccan Athletes Killed In Bus Crash

    At least 31 people have died and nine others hurt in a head-on collision in Morocco between a truck and a coach containing teenage athletes and officials.

    Two of the wounded are in a serious condition as a result of the accident which happened near the southern city of Tan-Tan.

    Many of those who died were killed in the fire that engulfed the bus after it collided with a tanker carrying hydrocarbons.

    The tanker was reportedly flattened.

    The coach was reportedly transporting the young people from a national sports competition in Bouznika, a beach resort in the north between the capital Rabat and Casablanca.

    Report said 10km runner Hassan Issengar, a well-known Moroccan sportsman, was among the dead.

    Road accident fatalities have increased in recent years as more Moroccans own cars.

    Although the main cities are linked by motorways, much of the country is still limited to two-lane, poorly maintained roads.

    About 4,000 people die on the roads of Morocco each year, the equivalent of about 11 people a day in a country of 34 million people.

    The worst road accident happened in September 2012 when 42 people died after their bus plunged into a ravine.


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    Walter Scott Killing: Cop's Dashcam Released

    By Sky News US Team

    Dashcam video has emerged showing a black South Carolina man running from his car after a traffic stop by a white officer, who gave chase before shooting him dead.

    The footage, released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, does not show Officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott but does reveal more about the minutes before the killing in North Charleston last Saturday.

    Slager, who has been charged with murder and dismissed from the police, is seen approaching a car and asking the driver for his licence and proof of insurance.

    The patrolman tells Mr Scott he has been pulled over because of a broken brake light. After a brief exchange, the officer returns to his patrol car.

    The 50-year-old gets out of the vehicle, and Slager tells him to stay in the car. Several seconds later he leaves the black Mercedes-Benz again and runs away.

    After Slager gives chase, someone can be heard shouting: "Taser, taser."

    The 33-year-old patrolman said in a call to a dispatcher that he fired his weapon because Mr Scott took his stun gun and he feared for his life.

    But he was charged over the killing after a separate video, filmed on a mobile phone by an onlooker, showed the officer firing eight shots at Mr Scott's back as he flees.

    In the second video, Mr Scott does not appear to be armed.

    A post-mortem examination has found Mr Scott had multiple gunshot wounds on the back of his body.

    His father has said his son, a father of four, may have run away because he owed child support money and did not want to go to jail.

    Mr Scott owed nearly $7,500 (£5,100) in child support when he was pulled over by Slager, according to court records cited by the Associated Press.

    He had been jailed three times for failing to pay child support, reports AP.

    He was sentenced to six months in 2008 and then in 2011 spent a night in jail for missed payments, and again a year later.

    The dashcam video emerged as a man who was hit with a stun gun by Slager in a 2013 incident said he would sue.

    Mario Givens, 34, told a news conference Slager came to his house, pushed in the door and fired the stun gun at his stomach.

    Mr Givens, who was unarmed, filed an excessive-force complaint at the time, but Slager was exonerated and allowed to remain on the force.

    North Charleston police have said they will now review the case.

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    1. Gallery: Walter Scott's Death Sparks Protest

      Demonstrators rallied on Wednesday against what they described as a culture of police brutality

    The protest came after a white officer, Michael Slager, was caught on video killing 50-year-old Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who was apparently running away

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    Obama And Castro Share Historic Handshake

    US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have greeted each other at a summit in Panama - a symbolically-charged gesture, as the pair seek to restore ties between their countries.

    For Barack Obama this will surely be amongst the highlights of his presidential legacy.

    He's in Panama for a gathering of leaders from across the Americas - but it's a meeting that has taken place on the sidelines of the summit which will attract the headlines.

    That meeting has taken place with Raul Castro.

    Touching down in Panama City, even getting invited is a first for the Cuban President - after half a century in exile for his communist country.

    The two men had spoken by phone - hours before they were due to meet.

    It was only the second conversation between the leaders of the US and Cuba in 50 years.

    Four months ago Mr Castro and Mr Obama simultaneously announced an ending of hostilities.

    President Obama said starkly: "Fifty years of isolation hasn't worked."

    It was quite a statement. But words come easy to the eloquent president. Now it's time to show Cuba has come in from the cold.

    The handshake between the two leaders is symbolic proof of that.

    It isn't technically the first time they have shaken hands.

    There is a grainy image of them fleetingly meeting at the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 2013.

    But this time the handshake is supposed to mean more because it comes after the leaders' December declaration of a new beginning.

    Speaking in Panama, President Obama said: "As we move towards the process of normalisation, we'll have our differences government to government with Cuba on many issues, just as we differ at times with other nations within the Americas, just like we differ with our closest allies, there is nothing wrong with that.

    "But I am here to say when we do speak out we're going to do so, because the United States of America does believe, and will always stand for, a certain set of universal values."

    And that means probably taking Cuba off America's designated list of state sponsors of terrorism. Something which infuriates Cuba.

    The rapprochement will also open the door towards loans and aid for Cuba after decades of a crippling trade embargo. And that is a move worth its weight in gold.

    Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 after overthrowing the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.

    For half a century, the leader of the first communist country in the western hemisphere was a thorn in America's side.

    In 2006 after abdominal surgery he started the transfer of power to his brother Raul who took the landmark step in 2014 of appearing with the US  President.

    Removing Cuba from the terror list will be a major step if ties really are to be rebuilt between the US and Cuba.

    An historic moment after 50 years which has seen America try to isolate Cuba and finally acknowledge it as a neighbour.


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    Muslim Brotherhood Leader Sentenced To Death

    Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 13 other senior members of the group have been sentenced to death for inciting violence and unrest in Egypt.

    The court in Cairo also sentenced US-Egyptian citizen Mohamed Soltan to life in jail for supporting the Brotherhood and spreading false news.

    Soltan, who is on hunger strike, is the son of Brotherhood preacher Salah Soltan, who was among those sentenced to death on Saturday.

    Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata also handed life terms to 23 other Brotherhood members.

    The defendants were among thousands of Brotherhood supporters arrested after the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

    They were accused of plotting unrest from their headquarters in a sprawling Cairo protest camp after the Islamist leader was toppled.

    The Rabaa al Adawiya camp was dispersed by police in August 2013 after a 12-hour operation that left hundreds of protesters and 10 policemen dead.

    It came after weeks of failed European and US-brokered negotiations with the Brotherhood, who insisted on Mr Morsi's return to power.

    Mr Morsi was the country's first freely-elected president and ruled for a year before he was ousted.

    President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, the former army chief who toppled him, then won an election and has vowed to eradicate the Brotherhood, which he calls a terrorist organisation.

    The group is blamed for a string of militant attacks that have killed dozens of policemen and soldiers.

    The deadliest attacks took place in the Sinai Peninsula and Cairo.

    The Muslim Brotherhood claims it is committed to peaceful activism and had nothing to do with the bloodshed.

    The men's sentences can be appealed before Egypt's highest civilian court, the Court of Cassation, in a process that could take years to reach a final verdict.

    The mass trials have drawn international criticism of Egypt's judicial system.


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    Clinton To Launch White House Bid On Sunday

    By Sky News US Team

    Hillary Clinton will launch her long-expected campaign for the 2016 presidential race at the weekend.

    The former First Lady and former Secretary of State will launch her bid for the Democratic nomination on Sunday, Democratic sources say, possibly via social media.

    Her campaign is expected to begin with a stop in Iowa, and will initially focus on intimate events rather than large rallies.

    Mrs Clinton, 67, will become the first Democratic hopeful to formally enter the race, and is widely seen as a front-runner.

    She has endured several scandals, from Bill Clinton's infidelity with White House intern Monica Lewinsky to the couple's investment in a failed land deal known as Whitewater.

    More recently Mrs Clinton has been engulfed in a row over her use of a private email account while serving as Secretary of State.

    Sky News' Greg Milam in Washington says the Democrat will face an onslaught of political attacks, but there are risks for Republicans if they go too far.

    She insists she has complied with the rules and she merely used a private email account as a "matter of convenience".

    Two Republican hopefuls have already thrown their hats in the ring, Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.

    Senator Marco Rubio is due to announce his bid on Monday, and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother of former President George W Bush, is also widely expected to run.

    It will be the second shot at the presidency for Mrs Clinton, who battled it out with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, but ended up losing.

    There has never been a female presidential candidate for a major party in America, though two women have been nominated for vice-president: Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin.

    A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mrs Clinton moved to Arkansas to marry Bill Clinton in 1975 and became a prominent lawyer. 

    She served as first lady during her husband's two stints after he won elections in 1992 and 1996 and later went on to become a US senator for New York.

    Mrs Clinton served as secretary of state during Mr Obama's first term.


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