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South African Police Lied About Marikana Massacre - In this week's global news, a Congolese Nun wins a top UN award; Africa's richest woman looks to retail; 12 Years a Slave wins; plus, more. —Patrice PeckThe South African Police Services have come under heavy scrutiny after a commission of inquiry reported that the police had lied about the 2012 Marikana shootings that left 34 miners dead. A statement released on Thursday said that police had withheld or fabricated previously unseen documents and delivered false accounts of events.(Photo: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sirleaf's Son Resigns - In response to allegations of nepotism, the son of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf resigned as head of the state oil company. "With your departure, this government will lose one of its most valuable assets," the president wrote in a letter to her son Robert Sirleaf that was included in a statement from the Executive Mansion.(Photo: Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Congolese Nun Wins UN Prize for Refugee Work - For her exceptional work with female victims of the rebel conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one nun will receive the Nansen Refugee Award, a top U.N. award. Sister Angelique Namaika has aided more than 2,000 girls and women displaced and abused by the Lord’s resistance Army rebels, reported BBC.(Photo: HABIBOU BANGRE/AFP/Getty Images)

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ICC Trial Sparks More Controversy in Kenya - Kenyan bloggers and media outlets have been warned by a senior International Criminal Court judge not to disclose the names of the witnesses speaking at the trial of Deputy President William Ruto, who was indicted on crimes against humanity. The identity of one female witness who supposedly testified has been published by a local news site and is now in hiding.(Photo: MICHAEL KOOREN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sudan President’s Request Sparks Outrage - The president of Sudan wants to join his fellow head of states at this year’s United Nations General Assembly but human rights groups and the International Criminal Court condemned his wish. Charged with genocide and additional crimes in the Darfur conflict where more than 200,000 were killed, Omar Hassan al-Bashir would be the first visitor to the U.N. with a standing warrant for his arrest by the ICC.(Photo: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri)

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Land Conflicts Pose Major Threat to Global Businesses - A new study for the U.S.-based Rights and Resources Initiative reveals that at least 31 percent of the land involved in commercial land deals in Cameroon, Mozambique, Cambodia and nine other nations in Africa, Asia and South America overlap with indigenous land claims. This finding puts a number of global businesses and the respective country’s annual economic production at a huge risk.(Photo: AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

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Africa’s Richest Woman Looks to Retail - Seemingly unfazed by claims of her being a proxy for her father, Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, multibillionaire Isabel Dos Santos has leapt into yet another business opportunity. The 40-year-old is joining with Portugal’s dominant retailer Sonae to unveil five new superstores (containing a supermarket and a department store) in Angola beginning in 2015.(Photo: PAULO NOVAIS /LANDOV)

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Egypt Forces Launch Raid on Islamist Stronghold, Officer Killed - Clashes between Egyptian security forces and gunmen in the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated area of Kerdasa, near Cairo, led to the death of a police general on Thursday. This army-backed government was hunting 140 suspects, Global Posts reported.(Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)

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Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies at 85 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, the successful Japanese businessman who spearheaded the huge success of Nintendo, has died at 85 of pneumonia. He served as president of the once-reputable electronic entertainment company from 1949 until 2002, overseeing the development of the well known game consoles NES, the SNES, the N64 and the Gamecube.(Photo: AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

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UN: “Clear and Convincing Evidence” of Syria Chemical Attack - The U.N. confirmed on Monday that there is “clear and convincing evidence” chemical weapons were used in the August 2013 attack in Syria, reported AP. It's "the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them in Halabja in 1988," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon according to CNN.(Photo: AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen)

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12 Years a Slave Wins Audience Award at International Film Festival - Continuing to ride a huge wave of critical praise, Steve McQueen’s film 12 Years a Slave won the coveted People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. McQueen, a Black Brit, and the performances of the film’s leading actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Kenyan Hollywood newcomer Lupita Nyong’o have already sparked major award-show buzz.(Photo: Jaap Buitendijk/FOX Searchlight)

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13 Dead in Navy Yard Shooting - A mass shooting took place on Monday morning at the Washington Navy Yard, where police confirmed 13 deaths and four injuries. Officers on the scene killed one gunman, Aaron Alexis, and are searching for another “potential” gunman, reported BBC. President Obama spoke on the tragedy at the White House, referring to the occurrence as “yet another mass shooting.”(Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Teen Girl Challenges Indian Society to Pursue Master's - Breaking social boundaries for Indian girls, 13-year-old Sushma Verma will begin her graduate-level studies in microbiology next week at Lucknow’s B.R. Ambedkar Central University in Northern India. Raised in a poor family, the prodigy completed high school at 7 and received an undergraduate degree six years later thanks to the support of her parents.(Photo: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Muslims in Montreal Protest Religious Clothing Ban - Thousands of outraged, mostly Muslim demonstrators in Montreal recently protested a plan to bar public workers from wearing head scarves, turbans, yarmulkes and other religious garb in Quebec. A Quebec minister overseeing the measure claimed that “the best way to respect all beliefs and all religious, is for the state to have no religion.”(Photo: REUTERS/ Christinne Muschi)

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Major Storms Kill 53 in Mexico - Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel simultaneously struck Mexico last weekend, killing at least 53 people since Sunday. Thousands relocated to shelters as the powerful storms caused extensive damage on the country’s opposite coasts.(Photo: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

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South Korean Soldiers Fatally Shoot Man Crossing Border - A man trying to cross the heavily armed North-South Korea border was shot and killed by soldiers, said the Defense Ministry on Monday. Reportedly dressed in civilian clothing and carrying cookies, he ignored the guards’ warnings to turn back and jumped into the Imjin River, which travels through the border.(Photo: REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won)

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Nigerian Community Refuses Multimillion Settlement From Shell - The compensation battle between the Nigerian Bodo community and the oil giant Shell continues in the wake of the community’s turning down almost $50 million. "Our clients know how much their claims are worth and will not be bought off cheaply," a senior partner at the community’s law firm told AP.(Photo: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

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Righting the Wrecked Costa Concordia - In Italy, the challenge to raise the capsized, 952-feet Costa Concordia, one of the largest cruise liners ever built, has begun. The ship overturned in 2012, crashing into a reef on the coastline of Giglio and killing 32 passengers.(Photo: Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images)

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Rebels and Troops Continue Deadly Fighting in Southern Philippines - The Philippine government reported on Sunday that it was “gaining ground” in a week-long battle and hostage situation against rebel group the Moro National Liberation Front, according to USA Today. Nearly 100 guerillas from the group were killed or arrested by army troops and police in the southern region, where ongoing bloody conflicts have reportedly displaced more than 60,000 people.(Photo: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Nigerian Police Allege Youths Retaliate, Kill Officer - Youth members of a vigilante group killed a policeman and threatened others on Saturday in Northeast Nigeria, according to local police and military officials. AP reported that the attack was retaliation for the previous killing of another group member. Formed by residents in June to aid in the detaining of Boko Haram suspects, the Civilian Joint Task Force claims to have helped arrest thousands of Islamic insurgents.(Photo: AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Afghan Presidential Race Begins - The first day of registration for the Middle East country’s wide-open presidential elections commenced on Monday. Potential candidates include Foreign Minister Zalai Rassoul and opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah. A harsh Taliban insurgency, the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S. troops and potential vote-rigging are some of the concerns surrounding the election.(Photo: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)