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Saturday 7 January 2017

A mutiny by Ivory Coast soldiers over pay has spread to the commercial capital Abidjan, with soldiers taking over the country's army headquarters.They fired in the air as they took control of the base in the city's Plateau district. The mutiny began on Friday in the central city of Bouake.

It then spread to a number of military camps around the country.

Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi has gone to Bouake to discuss the protesters' demands.

An MP in the city said the soldiers wanted $8,000 and a house each.

The BBC's Alex Duval Smith in Ivory Coast says the mutiny brings back memories of Ivory Coast's 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011.

Some of the mutineers are thought to be former rebels who joined the army after the conflict. The rebels were based in Bouake.

On Saturday army mutinying soldiers took over the military HQ in Plateau after army chiefs had already fled.

The suspect in Florida's deadly airport shooting travelled to Fort Lauderdale specifically to carry out the attack, authorities say.

George Piro, the FBI agent in charge of the investigation, said that Esteban Santiago, 26, had been questioned at length overnight.

Five people died in the attack and eight were wounded.

Authorities say Mr Santiago, an Iraq war veteran, opened fire after flying from Alaska with a gun in his luggage.

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There was no sign of any altercation on the flight or at the airport before the attack began, Mr Piro said.

Federal charges have been filed against Mr Santiago and they should be outlined in detail later on Saturday.

Mr Piro said: "We continue to look at all avenues and all motives for this horrific attack. We are continuing to look at the terrorism angle in regards to the potential motivation."

He served in Iraq from April 2010 to February 2011, and ended his service in August 2016.

US media reported that he had received a general discharge from the Alaska National Guard for unsatisfactory performance.

His brother said he had been receiving psychological treatment recently.

His aunt told a local newspaper he had "lost his mind" while serving in Iraq.

He reportedly told police after the attack that the government was controlling his mind and made him watch jihadist videos.

One of the victims of the attack was reportedly a woman from Atlanta. The devout Catholic, Olga Woltering, was named by her church, the Catholic Church of the Transfiguration.

Another victim, 57-year-old Iowa man Michael Oehme, was named by his sister, Elizabeth Oehme-Miller.

Fort Lauderdale Airport reopened on Saturday but Terminal 2, where the shootings happened, remains closed.

Airport officials say they still have 20,000 items of luggage to return to their owners.

A tweet from the airport account said this was a "complex and time-consuming process". When the gunman opened fire, many people rushed out on to the tarmac.

At least 43 people have been killed in a car bomb blast in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz, near the Turkish border, reports say.

The explosion occurred outside a courthouse in the town, some just 7km (four miles) from the Turkish frontier.

Azaz has recently been targeted by so-called Islamic State (IS).

The latest blast is the worst since a nationwide ceasefire - brokered by Russia and Turkey. IS is not included in the truce, which has mainly held.

No group has yet said it carried out the bombing, which according to some reports may have killed as many as 60 people and injured many more.

The activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said six rebels were among the dead, with the rest believed to be civilians

LAHORE (News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on Saturday has telephoned JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and inquired about his health.

According to details, the premier also sent bouquet to JUI-F chief over his successful operation of gallbladder at Ittefaq Hospital in Lahore.

On the other hand, Speaker of National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Saddiq and Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif also arrived at hospital to see Fazal-ur-Rehman.

The leaders prayed for the speedy recovery of JUI-F chairman and directed proper medical facilities for him.

Published by: Dunya News

US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets condemning those who oppose good relations with Russia as "'stupid' people, or fools".

Mr Trump vowed to work with Russia "to solve some of the many... pressing problems and issues of the WORLD!"

His comments came after an intelligence reportsaid Russia's president had tried to aid a Trump election victory.

Mr Trump said Democrats were to blame for "gross negligence" in allowing their servers to be hacked.

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Mr Trump said that having a good relationship with Russia was "no bad thing" and that "only 'stupid' people, or fools, would think that it is bad!"

He added that Russia would respect the US more when he was president.

LODHRAN (News Reporter PW) – Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan arrived in Lodhran city on Saturday for condolence with the victims family of tragic train accident that occurred recently.

The PTI chief sympathised with relatives in a home in which four kids died due to train crash. He also talked to media in this respect.

“Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique should resign after the tragic Lodhran train accident”, Imran Khan demanded.

He asserted that the train accident was caused by negligence on part of the management and this is not the first time that a terrible accident had occurred. Imran Khan suggested that the communication system should be improved.

“If they had spent enough on railway crossing, the communication system would have improved”, he added.

Furthermore, he said that corruption in the country cannot be eradicated till big names are caught while National Accountability Bureau (NAB) only highlights people attempting small scale corruption.

Published by: Dunya News

ISLAMABAD (News92world) – Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has submitted additional documents in Supreme Court regards to Panamgate case, reported News92world.

The documents also include a transcript of interviews by Nawaz Sharif’s financial advisor Haroon Pasha.

According to details, it was revealed by Harron Pasha during his interviews on Dec 6, 2016 and Jan 4, 2017 that Sharif family has got all the records of assets’ ownership and revelations in Panama Papers.

The financial advisor of Sharif family also expressed during these interviews that they would submit all evidences and would try to satisfy the court.

Further hearing of Panmagate case would continue from Monday onward and in which the additional documents would be analyzed.

Published by: Dunya News.

It was February 2014, and Melitta Baumeister, then a 28-year-old, freshly graduated Parsons School of Design MFA alum, was about to make her New York Fashion Week debut. Among those sitting in the audience was Mel Ottenberg, the Los Angeles-based stylist to Rihanna and fashion director of 032c magazine, who would request to borrow an oversized pleather jacket from the collection the next day. Baumeister needed no persuading. Two weeks later, Rihanna would arrive at the Commes des Garcons show during Paris Fashion Week draped in a giant fur stole and Baumeister’s glossy black jacket.

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There's never been a better time to be a boy was the message at London Fashion Week Men's this morning when the high street chain opened proceedings with a reinvention of the British ‘lad’.

With a collection which took the happenings of a South London pub as a starting point, the Topman Design team set out to evoke memories of beer-soaked carpets and pool-playing landlords in a show which included psychedelic prints, bucket hats and laddish logos.

Typically for Topman, a brand that has long relied on music in order to make a connection with its customers, Nineties rave culture served as a point of inspiration with white sports socks and crucifix earrings unveiled alongside nylon anoraks.

Slouchy hooded sweaters and neon motocross leather trousers succeeded in cementing the collection in the era during which acid house and techno music enjoyed its heyday.

he soundtrack which included Shut Up and Dance's floor filler Raving I'm Raving left the audience in no doubt of the customer Topman plan on going after next winter.

odels sporting slicked back hair and oily skin also served as proof that that these were clothes for a work hard and party harder generation.

The show kick started an action packed weekend of catwalk presentations with emerging talents such as Londoners Craig Green and Grace Wales Bonner expected to take to the catwalk.