Cumbria floods resulted in £276m bill
Damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure
caused by the Cumbrian floods in 2009 resulted in a £276m bill, it
has emerged on the first anniversary of the disaster. In November
2009 unprecedented rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks,
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Mass break-out at Congolese jail
Nearly 200 prisoners in the Democratic Republic
of Congo have escaped from a jail in the remote north-west of the
country. The mass break-out on Tuesday occurred as a hearing was
taking place in their prison in Gemena to try to reduce the backlog
of defendants awaiting trial.
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An end to human trafficking
Elementary students across America are taught
that slavery ended in the 19th Century. But, sadly, nearly 150 years
later, the fight to end this global scourge is far from over.
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