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May 15, 2015
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2015-05-15
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2015 Burundian coup d'état attempt
Burundi
officials say that they have arrested several coup members but the leader of the failed coup against President
Pierre Nkurunziza
, Major General
Godefroid Niyombare
remains at large.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
Irish journalist and
TV3
political editor
Ursula Halligan
comes out as lesbian ahead of the country's
Marriage Equality referendum
next week.
(
Guardian
)
(
The Irish Times
)
Disasters and accidents
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Wreckage from the American helicopter missing since Tuesday has been located, with bodies of some of the occupants.
(CNN)
Law and Crime
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
is
sentenced to death
for his role in the
Boston Marathon bombings
.
(
New York Times
)
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