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Owl attacks in Nederlands –
Residents in the northern Dutch town of Purmerend have been advised to take umbrellas out at night after a spate of attacks by an owl. Dozens of residents have suffered head injuries over the past three weeks at the claws of the rogue European eagle owl. Two runners were attacked on Tuesday, with one requiring stitches for five separate head wounds. The European eagle owl’s usual prey are small mammals and birds. [BBC]
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Richest former apprentices in the UK
| APPRENTICE RICH LIST RANKING | NAME | APPRENTICESHIP TYPE | WEALTH £M | SOURCE OF WEALTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lord Bamford & Family | apprentice at Massey Ferguson | £3,150 | construction equipment |
| 2 | Laurence and Francois Graff | apprentice jeweller | £3,000 | diamonds |
| 3 | John Cauldwell | engineering apprentice | £1,500 | mobile phones |
| 4 | Sir Terry Matthews | Post Office Research apprentice | £1,190 | computers |
| 5= | Jim McColl | apprentice engineer | £1,000 | engineering |
| 5= | Vladimir Makhlai | turner’s apprentice | £1,000 | industry |
| 7 | John Bloor | apprentice plasterer | £750 | construction, motorcycles |
| 8 | Sir Arnold Clark & Family | apprentice shoe designer | £675 | car sales |
| 9 | Lord Alliance & Family | apprenticed into Grand Bazaar in Tehran | £650 | mail order, textiles |
| 10 | Trevor Hemmings | bricklayer’s apprentice | £625 | property |
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- War in Afghanistan
- A Taliban suicide bomb attack on a Turkish government vehicle in Kabul kills at least one person. (BBC), (NBC News)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- “Jihadi John“, an ISIL terrorist featured in many beheading videos, is identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born man who lived in the United Kingdom and was on a terrorism watch list. (The Washington Post), (The New York Times), (CBS News)
- ISIL posts a video showing the destruction of Mosul Museum, the second largest in Iraq and rich in artifacts from thousands of years of Iraqi history. (National Post)
- International relations
- French actress Marion Cotillard, Jewish actress Mélanie Laurent, and French President François Hollande begin their two-day state visit to the Philippines, where they are to discuss climate change. (GMA News)
- Law and crime
- Norwegian police raid the offices of the Catholic Church’s diocese in Oslo, charging the church administration with serious fraud under the suspicion of wrongfully claiming as much as NOK 50 million in state support by presenting fraudulent membership statistics. (NewsInEnglish.no)
- The Guardian publishes articles alleging that the Chicago Police Department have been running a black site at Homan Square for detained Americans; former justice officials call for investigation. The CPD denies the allegations. (The Guardian) (The Guardian) (Chicago Sun-Times)
- A United Nations report claims that a North Korean shipping company has been renaming and reflagging its vessels to avoid an arms embargo. (BBC)
- Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. (Huffington Post)
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