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Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after mass abduction in Kebbi

✇The Guardian
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The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescued

All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday.

A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all saved, according to a statement from the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, though no details were released about the rescue.

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© Photograph: Africa Independent Television/AIT/Reuters

© Photograph: Africa Independent Television/AIT/Reuters

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‘Queen of the Zoo’: Gramma, tortoise who lived through two world wars, dies aged 141

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Gramma came to San Diego Zoo from Bronx Zoo in 1928 or 1931 and lived through 20 US presidents

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.

Gramma was born in her native habitat and was estimated to be about 141 years old, zoo officials said. She died on 20 November.

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Thai woman found alive in coffin before temple cremation

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Par :The Associated Press
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The 65-year-old woman shocked temple staff when they heard a faint knocking and she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.

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Two climbers dead after fall on Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak

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Two others rescued as authorities work to recover the bodies of those killed after they fell near the summit

Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, with two others from the same group rescued, authorities said.

The climbers’ bodies have been found and specialist searchers were working to recover them “in a challenging alpine environment”, the police area commander Inspector Vicki Walker said on Tuesday. None of the climbers have been publicly identified.

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© Photograph: Carey J Williams/AP

© Photograph: Carey J Williams/AP

© Photograph: Carey J Williams/AP

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