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There's been widespread international condemnation of the shooting in Nigeria on Tuesday, in which Amnesty International and witnesses said the security forces killed at least 12 protesters in the city of Lagos. The Commonweath Secretary General Patricia Scotland said those responsible for what she called ''cowardly act'' must be held accountable. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an end to brutality.


The ceremony is taking place in Paris in honor of the teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded by an Islamist teenager for showing a cartnoon of Prophet Muhammad in class. President Emmanuel Macrone said he embodied the country's will to diminish Islamists in order to live as free citiizens. The President said French would never turn its back on cartnoons and caricatures.


The US maker of the opioid that's killed thousands of Americans has pleaded guilt to charges related to its push to sell more of the drug. Prosecuters said Purdue Pharm had prioritized earnings over the health of patients when it's encouraging doctors to prescribe OxyContin.


Pope Francis has vloiced to support for civil union laws for homosexual couples. Catholic observers say they are his clearest remarks yet on the issue. The Pope says the same-sex couples have the right to be in a family.


Thousands of anti-government protesters are taking part in the national strike in Colombia, with the largest demonstration centered in the captial Bogota.


Repeated clashes between the opposing political factions in Ivory Coast in the run-up to a controversial presidential election are reported to have left seven people dead. Officials in the eastern port town of Dabou told the French press agency that four bodies have been retrieved on Wednesday and three the previous day.


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