Global Week in Review: Black Woman Discovers She Has Nazi Grandfather
Plus, Somali terrorists tell Kenya, "we’re not done yet.”
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My Nazi Grandfather Would Have Shot Me - German-Nigerian author Jennifer Teege revealed a shocking piece of family history in her upcoming book, Amon: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me. While browsing inside a library in Hamburg, Germany, she learned that the father of her biological mother was Amon Goeth, the malicious Nazi commander portrayed in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List.(Photo: OLIVER HARDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Exiled in Pyongyang - The daughter of Francisco Macias Nguema, the late dictator of Equatorial Guinea (pictured), detailed her unusual coming-of-age in her recently published memoir, I’m Monique, From Pyongyang. After Monique Macias’ father struck a deal with North Korea prior to his execution in the 1970s, she, along with her mother and siblings, spent a decade and a half living in the Asian nation. High tension and low relations between North Korea and the U.S. prompted her to publish her story now.(Photo: G. Nieto/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Airplane Takes Fatal Nosedive in Nigeria - On Thursday, at least 13 people were declared dead after a chartered plane crashed and caught fire in Lagos, Nigeria. There was a slight discrepancy in the death tolls reported by Nigeria’s Aviation Ministry and the Lagos State Deputy Governor. The plane had been carrying 20 people.(Photo: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Palestinians Receive Rare Ruling - A ruling by Israel’s attorney general has allowed Palestinian farmers to reclaim land that they lost to Israel in the 1970s. After a two-year court battle, the farmers from the village of Burka were able to return to their land in the Homesh area for the first time on Thursday, according to AP.(Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot)
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New Toxic Leak at Japan Nuclear Plant - Japan announced late Wednesday that another leak of radioactive water had been found in the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, reported the BBC. A miscalculation executed by the plant’s workers is said to have caused about 100 gallons of the contaminated water, which could have run into the sea.(Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co via Getty Images)
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Gambia Leaves Commonwealth - “Gambia will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution,” said a statement announcing the West African nation’s recent withdrawal from the British Commonwealth. Although no reasons for Gambia’s leaving were revealed, the withdrawal comes amid a greater emphasis by Britain — Gambia’s former colonizer — on human rights and equality based on sexuality, reported the Guardian.(Photo: AP Photo/Andrew Burton,Pool)
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Somali Terrorists: It’s Not Over - According to CNN, the Somali extremist group that killed 67 people in the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, recently passed along a message to regional media: “We’re not done yet.” A number of unanswered concerns remain in the wake of the fatal, three-day siege, including specifics as to how the attack occurred.(Photo: AP Photo/David Rising)
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Nigerian Students Shot in Sleep by Suspected Terrorists - Dozens of sleeping students were killed as suspected members of the Boko Haram extremist group gunned down dormitories and set fire to classrooms at an agricultural college in northeast Nigeria. A school official told AP that there were no security forces protecting the college.(Photo: AP Photo)
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Netanyahu Not Convinced of Iran’s Diplomatic Turn - The conciliatory outreach from Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani seems to be thawing the once frozen relationship between the U.S. and Iran. During Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday, Netanyahu warned against lifting the sanctions against Iran, insisting that it is buying time to build an atomic bomb.(Photo: Mark Neyman/GPO via Getty Images)
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Syrian Students Allegedly Killed by Government Attack - A Sunday air attack on a rebel-held Syrian city has killed at least 16 people, most of them students at a high school, opposition activists said. They also claim that more than 30 people were injured by the government strike, which occurred in Raqqa, a northeastern city home to about 250,000 people.(Photo: AP Photo/SANA, File)
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Accusations Abound in Kenya After Mall Attack - Kenyan authorities have come under extensive scrutiny in the wake of the devastating three-day mall siege that left more than 60 dead. Local soldiers have been accused of stealing valuables and cash in the shopping center, one month after being accused of looting Nairobi’s main airport during a major fire.(Photo: AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan, File)
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Jackson Not Allowed to Visit Gross - Rev. Jesse Jackson was unsuccessful in his attempts to visit Alan Gross, a Maryland resident serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba, where the civil rights activist ended a four-day trip on Monday. "I certainly inquired about him," Jackson said. "I would hope we would maintain our vigil in trying to gain his release."(Photo: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Guinea Waits for Results - As the people of Guinea await the results of their first parliament election in over a decade, authorities have warned against the “sowing of confusion” through the spreading of unofficial results. More than 80 percent of eligible voters casted ballots on Sept. 28, reported Voices of America. Partial results are expected no later than Tuesday.(Photo: AP Photo/Idrissa Soumare)
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Dozens Killed in Rush Hour Blasts - At least 47 people have been killed and more wounded in a wave of car bomb attacks on Monday throughout the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to officials. The blasts occurred during morning rush hour in markets and parking lots in predominantly Shia Muslim districts.(Photo: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Venezuela Prison Search Uncovers Weapons, Drugs - Following a violent clash between rival gangs two weeks ago that led to 16 deaths, guards conducted a security sweep at Venezuela’s Sabaneta prison that yielded more than 100 weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, reported BBC. More than 26 pounds of marijuana and cocaine were also discovered in tunnels. (Photo: REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia)
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