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IRELAND
INTERNATIONAL
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#SYRIA: The UK is calling on UN member states to take military action against Syria for the use of chemical weapons. [BBC]
#DEATH PENALTY: US Army soldier Major Nidal Hasan has been sentenced to death for the murder of 13 people at Fort Hood military base in Texas.
#CIVIL RIGHTS: Thousands of people have turned out in Washington for the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.
#CHINA: A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his eyes were gouged out by a woman in northern China.
#STANDARDS: Every single one of the 25,000 students who sat the entrance exam for Liberia’s main university this year failed.
INNOVATION
PARTING SHOT
To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s game-changing ‘I have a dream’ speech, BBC Radio 4 asked notable figures to record their own recital of the speech – including Mary Robinson, Maya Angelou and Stevie Wonder. [BBC]
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