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UK top court to rule on legality of Scottish independence vote plans
UK top court to rule on legality of Scottish independence vote plans
by  AFP

The UK's top court will on Wednesday rule whether it is legal for Scotland to hold an independence referendum next year without the consent of London. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's devolved government in Edinburgh wants to hold a vote in October next year on the question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"

Grief-stricken goodbye for Indonesia father killed in quake
Grief-stricken goodbye for Indonesia father killed in quake
by  AFP

When Husein's body arrived to be lowered into the ground, his grief-stricken relatives broke down, some in wails so loud they echoed through the undulating hills of West Java's Cianjur. His family's wails broke an eery silence that had descended on the town in the quake's aftermath.

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