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Sex crimes, evangelism and the collective guilt of American intervention in Africa
Mathew Lane Durham’s sexual abuse of orphans in Kenya exposes a deeper disfunction with American voluntourism and Christian outreach in Africa
Oklahoma tornadoes: Death toll rises to nine
Nine people have been killed in tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma, the state’s chief medical examiner has said.
Battered Oklahoma hit by more tornadoes
Oklahoma has been hit by deadly tornadoes not far from the town of Moore, where a powerful twister struck less than two weeks ago, killing 24 people.
Obama visits tornado-torn Oklahoma
US President Barack Obama has visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property.
Oklahoma tornado: Dead, missing have been accounted for
A day after a tornado has torn through Oklahoma City’s Moore, its mayor Glenn Lewis says he believes all the dead and missing have been accounted for.
Oklahoma tornado: Eyewitness accounts
A terrifying twister tore through Oklahoma City leaving a path of destruction. We take a look at footage shared by eyewitnesses on social networks.
Oklahoma tornado survivors recount twister escape
Americans who survived the massive Oklahoma tornado have described racing for shelter only to emerge on a moon-like landscape of debris.
Oklahoma tornado leaves at least 91 dead
A tornado has swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and killing 91 people, 20 of which were children
Oklahoma to allow horses to be slaughtered for meat
Oklahoma has taken a step toward allowing livestock owners to slaughter horses for food when the governor signed a bill that permits the practice/
‘Historic’ winter storm marches on in US
A winter storm blamed for 33 deaths and that left the United States’s midsection coated in ice marched eastward on Thursday, while many of the places it already hit continued to…
US couple hit big time with $105m jackpot
Don Harvey’s long-haul truck had almost three million kilometres on it when its engine died this week. Now he and his wife are millionaires who bought the winning ticket for a…
US state approves chemical castration law
The Oklahoma legislature in the United States has approved legislation that authorises the chemical castration of serious sex offenders.