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Slovenia heads for runoff vote as conservatives win first round
Slovenia heads for runoff vote as conservatives win first round
by  AFP

Slovenia's conservative candidate Anze Logar was headed for a first-round victory in Sunday's close presidential election, but will face his centre-left rival in a runoff, partial results suggested. His main rival, Slovenia's former head of the data protection authority, centre-left independent candidate Natasa Pirc Musar, received 27 percent of the vote.

Moroccan rapper ElGrande Toto says sorry for cannabis comments
Moroccan rapper ElGrande Toto says sorry for cannabis comments
by  AFP

Star Moroccan rapper ElGrande Toto on Sunday apologised for causing offence through recent public statements in which he acknowledged using cannabis. "I offer my apologies to anyone offended by my words, starting with the authorities and my public," ElGrande Toto, whose real name is Taha Fahssi, told a packed press conference.

Rushdie lost sight in eye, use of hand in attack: agent
Rushdie lost sight in eye, use of hand in attack: agent
by  AFP

Author Salman Rushdie lost vision in one eye and was left "incapacitated" in a hand after he was stabbed in the United States in August, his agent said in an interview published this weekend. "He's lost the sight of one eye...

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