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A church in the US has taken to a very unique understanding of the biblical sentiment to come as you are

Some of the parishioners have chosen to attend some of the services completely naked. The logic behind the unconventional form of worship is that possessions are of this world, and not important when coming together for God.
In an interview with WWBT NBC 12 News the pastor, Allen Parker, says that he is "baring" his soul to Christ, the way that we all arrived on this earth, naked. "We're humans, we have scars, we have what we have…it's learning to love and accept that."
The congregation is just as enthusiastic as he is. NBC reports, "Every Sunday in the front few rows of White Tail Chapel, you'll find Katie and Robert Church. Katie wasn't a nudist when they first met, but quickly fell in love with both Robert and the resort."
The couple attest to finding a sense of community at the church.
The congregation says that it is a misconception that they go because they find the idea exciting, or enjoy the attention.
Being naked seems to make them feel closer to God, and able to let go of the notion that human beings should be better than others whether it is financially or physically.

31 children burned to death in Colombia bus accident

Another 25 people - including one adult - were injured and seriously burned in the accident near the town of Fundacion, Cesar Uruena with the Colombian Red Cross told AFP.
"The injured have second and third-degree burns, and many are still in a critical condition" in hospitals in the area and in the city of Santa Marta, Urena said.
The children aboard the bus were between the ages of one and eight and were returning home after a religious service, Fundacion Mayor Luz Stella Duran told reporters.
Department of Magdalena police told AFP that the bus exploded around noon, and that the fire was so severe they had problems determining the number of casualties.
Stella Duran said that - according to survivors - the bus driver had been handling a container with gasoline aboard the vehicle. Police initially blamed the fire on a mechanical problem.
The driver has vanished, and angry locals went to his home and threw rocks at his windows, the mayor said.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to Fundacion after a final re-election campaign rally Sunday in Bogota ahead of the May 25 presidential vote.
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A 71-year-old retired police officer, Curtis Reeves, has been arrested after he shot a man who used his phone in a Tampa cinema.

The Guardian reports that he asked 43-year-old Chad Oulson to stop texting during the movie, which resulted in an argument and the fatal shooting.
Time reports Oulson's wife was also injured during the shooting.
Reeves has reportedly been charged with second-degree murder

A Kenyan man has given himself up for arrest after allegedly beating his wife to death for selling one of his chickens

 

 

Standard Digital reports that the 70-year-old man beat his 60-year-old wife to death with a piece of firewood after she sold one of his prized hens to buy food.
According to the report, the woman had not eaten in three days.
The man reportedly tried to defend himself when surrounded by Kakamega County villagers by saying that he frequently beat his wife when she did something wrong.

Global protests to Bring Back Our Girls

The "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign to push for the return of over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls is gaining momentum with protests happening around the world.

The "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign to push for the return of over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls is gaining momentum with protests happening around the world.

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Serbia and Bosnia appeal for help after worst flooding since records began

Serbia and Bosnia appeal for help after worst flooding since records began

The Balkan states of Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina have called for international help after they experienced their worst flooding since modern records began 120 years ago, with three months’ worth of rain falling in just a few days.
Although waters are now beginning to recede, officials insist dangers remain, with the threat of landslides a problem. At least 35 people have died so far.
The image above shows an aerial view of the flooded city of Brčko in Bosnia. Click or swipe for more

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          A group of traditional hunters have offered to help the government find the more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted in Chibok on 14 April

A group of traditional hunters have offered to help the government find the more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted in Chibok on 14 April.

Fox News reports that the some 500 hunters, armed with homemade weapons, have said they will use mystical powers to find the girls who have been missing for more than a month.
According to the report, the hunters range from 18 to 80 years of age and have been waiting for the military's green light for the past two weeks.
The government and military have yet to find the group of girls abducted from their school hostel by Boko Haram.
The only girls who have been found are the few who managed to escape by themselves

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Hounds to play for District title

Greyhound soccer fans were on their feet during a nail-biting, nerve-wracking District semi-final match-up against Othello last night at Rich Leenhouts Stadium.

SIX DIES IN AMBUSH

Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and eight wounded in an ambush in the eastern Donetsk region, officials say.

A unit was attacked near the town of Kramatorsk by about 30 heavily-armed rebels, the defence ministry said.

Correspondents say this is the most serious loss of life for the government in its operation against separatists.

Donetsk is one of two eastern regions that declared themselves separate from Ukraine after referendums deemed illegal by Kiev, the US and EU.

The defence ministry said an armoured personnel carrier carrying paratroopers was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and exploded.

More soldiers were killed or injured in a firefight which ensued with the insurgents, who were said to be hiding in bushes.

On Monday, the pro-Russian separatists who declared independence in Donetsk said that all Ukrainian troops in the region would be viewed as occupying forces and should leave.

Also on Monday, their leader Denis Pushilin called on Russia to "absorb" Donetsk region.

Meanwhile in the neighbouring Luhansk region, separatists said an attempt was made on the life of a rebel leader.

Self-declared governor Valery Bolotov was shot and had lost a lot of blood, but his life was not in danger, the press office of the "Luhansk People's Republic" said.

'Crucial'

Earlier the Kiev-appointed governor of Donetsk region said Ukraine was planning a national referendum on devolving power to regions.

Speaking at a news conference in Donetsk, Mr Taruta called on parliament to pass legislation which would authorise a vote to help regions get more power while remaining within Ukraine.

Mr Taruta also described Sunday's separatist referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk as "an opinion poll".

He said the self-declared "People's Republic of Donetsk" did not exist legally or politically, and that the Donetsk region could not survive economically as an independent territory.

People in the east "should hear answers to the questions that they are concerned about", he said.

On a visit to Kiev, Germany's foreign minister urged talks between government and rebels.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed support for a national round table which the government is planning to hold on Wednesday.

Ukrainian officials say the meeting will include politicians and civic leaders from the country's east, but armed separatists have already refused to negotiate.

Mr Steinmeier also backed Ukraine's 25 May presidential vote, which he said would be "crucial" in bringing the country out of its crisis.Ukrainian forces are holding positions outside the eastern

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Korea divers finds 48 passengers body

Divers searching a sunken passenger ferry off South Korea found 48 bodies in a single room on the vessel meant to accommodate 38 people, officials say.

The group was crammed into a dormitory and all were wearing lifejackets, a South Korean Navy officer said.

Some 183 bodies have been recovered from the Sewol, but scores of people are missing, presumed drowned.

The head of the operation to retrieve bodies said on Friday he had "no idea" how long the ship search would take.

There were 476 people on board, with many trapped inside as the ferry listed and sank within two hours of distress signals being sent. A total of 174 passengers were rescued.

Many of those who died or are presumed dead were students and teachers from Danwon high school, south of Seoul.

Furious relatives attacked the speed of the recovery operation on Friday in a confrontation with the fisheries minister and the coastguard chief.

'It's very stressful'

In a briefing to reporters on the southern island of Jindo, Navy Captain Kim Jin-Hwang described the difficult conditions that the divers were facing.

He said one group had found the single dormitory room filled with the bodies of 48 students wearing lifejackets. The presence of so many victims in the cabin suggested many had run into the room when the ship tilted, correspondents said.

"It's very stressful," Kim said, adding that the divers were all too aware of criticism over the speed of the search.

Retrieving the bodies was far harder than finding them, he said, with divers unable to spend much longer than 10 minutes inside the ship at a time.

"Just imagine a room that is flipped," one of the divers told the Associated Press news agency. "Everything is floating around, and it's hard to know exactly where they are."

On a visit to Seoul on Friday, US President Barack Obama expressed his condolences for South Korea's "incredible loss" and offered America's solidarity.

"So many were young students with their entire lives ahead of them," Mr Obama said. "I can only imagine what the parents are going through at the moment - the incredible heartache."

Officials said rescuers are retrieving around 30 bodies a day but the bereaved families have demanded that all remaining bodies are removed from the ferry before the weekend.

Search officials said just 35 of the 111 rooms had been searched so far.

The government says it is "mobilising all available resources" towards the rescue effort but bad weather and stronger currents due on Saturday and Sunday are expected to hamper their efforts.

Prosecutors are said to be investigating whether modifications made to the ferry made it more unstable.

Factors under consideration include a turn made around the time the ship began to list, as well as wind, ocean currents and the freight it was carrying.

Reports have emerged indicating that the ship's sleeping cabins were refitted some time between 2012 and 2013, which experts say may have inadvertently affected the balance of the boat.

Investigators on Friday said that life rafts and escape chutes on a sister ship to a sunken ferry were not working properly.

The ferry's captain and 10 crew members have been arrested on charges ranging from criminal negligence to abandoning passengers.

Prosecutors have also raided several businesses affiliated with the ferry operator, the Chonghaejin Marine Company, as part of an overall probe into corrupt management.

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world economic forum

The Nigeria Police Force wishes to once more restate its commitment to
ensuring a peaceful and successful event”.                                 
                                                 
ensuring a peaceful and successful event”.
Today, Wednesday 7th May, 2014 marks the official commencement of the World Economic Forum on Africa taking place at Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. So far, activities and proceedings at the huge economic event have been without any security hitch or breach whatsoever.
The Nigeria Police Force wishes to once more restate its commitment to ensuring a peaceful and successful event. It will along with other security agencies continue to be on full alert so as to provide adequate protection for all delegates and participants throughout the period of the conference.
CSP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.


                                             

NIGERIA TODAY

                                                  WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

      NIGERIA HOSTS THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE IN ABUJA............
     DISCUSING HOW TO CREAT EMPLOYMENT FOR NIGERIA AND AFRICA CITIZENS

                                                         

                    Nigeria today host the world in 80+ countries of the world in the federal capital teritory,
                 discusing in how top better the economic of the nations and the africa continent.... in the speach
                of our good president, he said that they are looking on how to creat job and skill aquiring
                program, which is good and reduce the rate of crime in our nation.
                He also talked about the school sector, knowing that majority of our youths at the age of 20 years
               are still fighting to get a degree or skill......... NIGERIA will be on a better side in the 2020 and so
               on............. get close to your televiosn and get more of the discusion....... one NIGERIA one 
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