Tag: #Mass
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Nigerian Boys Seized in a Mass Abduction
Katsina, Nigeria, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): Exhausted and disheveled, several hundred Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experienced their first full day of freedom on Friday after a nearly week-long ordeal. But relief at their survival mingled with concern that many others could still be captive, and the circumstances of their…
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Slovakia Begins Mass Virus Testing in Global First
Slovakia has begun mass virus testing in a global first.
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Nearly 100 Whales Freed in Australia after Mass Stranding
Nearly 100 whales have been freed in Australia after a mass stranding.
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Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass
Vatican City, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus’s birth reminded humanity how “God continues to love us all, even the worst of us”. The pontiff told crowds gathered at the Vatican for his Christmas Eve Mass: “You may have…