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Two boys found guilty in the murder of Ana Kriegel

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Two boys of age 14 have found guilty in the murder of the 14-year-old girl Ana Kriegel, Republic of Ireland. They are marked as the youngest people in the history of the State to be convicted of murder.

The girl had been taken by one of the boys from her home. At the time of murder, the boys were of age 13. They had denied the charges and were granted anonymity during the trial due to their age.

The boys were refereed as Boy A and Boy B. After a trial of 6 weeks, the boys were found guilty of the murder. Boy A was convicted of the murder and brutal sexual abuse of the young girl. The other boy was convicted of murder.

The boys were remanded in custody in Oberstown children’s detention centre until July 15th. The time when the verdicts were read out, both the boys’ parents were present at the court and had cried and hugged the teens before they were led away.

Ana Kriegel’s parents

The parents of Ana Kriegel were also present at every moment of the trial wept and embraced their supporters before thanking the prosecution team and the gardai.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott said, “This has been a very difficult trial”, “I can’t offer you anything apart from, of course, sincere gratitude”, he added.

Ana’s naked body was found from Derelict Glenwood House in Lucan, with a ligature around the neck. The body was found after three days since she was missing.

About 50 injuries had been identified the girl’s body by a former state pathologist.

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Notre Dame Celebrates the first Holy Mass wearing hard hats

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After the devastating fire at Notre Dame cathedral, that destroyed the roof and major parts, the priests held the first Holy Mass, wearing hard hats, for safety.

There were restrictions for people to attend the mass due to some security reasons. The Catholic Diocese of Paris said that only thirty were allowed inside. The Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit lead the Holy Mass.

Media reports said that almost 15 were priests including the Archbishop of Paris and auxiliary bishop Philippe Marsset. The Paris Archbishop said, “It was an emotional moment especially because most of the [mass attendees] work at the cathedral”. “It’s their home”, added the Archbishop.

Some of the construction workers helping to rebuild the church were also allowed to attend.

This was exactly two months after the Cathedral met with the fire. Only the twin bell towers of the Cathedral were left undamaged.

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The Far-right AfD fails to win first mayoral seat

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The far-right Alternative for Germany has failed to win its first mayoral seat on Sunday. The party has failed in a main election in the east German part. The party was on its very first attempt to take the control of a German city.

Sebastian Wippel, the party’s candidate has failed to win the mayoral runoff election in the city of Görlitz with 44.8 percent of the vote. If Wippel could win the seat, he would have become Germany’s first-ever AfD mayor.

The Major German governing party, centre-right Christian Democrats’ Octavian Ursu had won a leading vote of more than 55% in the city of Görlitz.

The area around the town had been the backdrop to some Hollywood films, including Inglourious Basterds and The Grand Budapest Hotel. This had given it its nickname Görliwood. Ahead of the vote, several actors and filmmakers linked with the city wrote an open letter requesting the residents not to support the AfD.

Following his victory, Mr Ursu said, “I am happy that a majority has chosen to vote for me. But in the end it is not about two candidates but the orientation of this town to the outside world.” He added, “We remain an open society and do not isolate ourselves”.

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Strike by Swiss women for time, money and respect

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The Women at Switzerland demonstrates on Friday against the country’s unacceptably slow pace to equality.

A similar protest in which around half a million women participated had been taken place before 28 years, back in 1991. The Swiss women have made long campaign for the gender equality.

After, the world war that ended in 1918, they joined millions of other women from Europe demanding right to vote. But this was not sanctioned till 1971.

During the time of strike in 1991, no women participation was there in the Swiss government. No statutory maternity leave had been there.

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Russian poker star Lilya Novikova electrocuted in bath at home

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Russia’s “most beautiful poker player” Lilya Novikova (26) has died of electrocution in her bath. Russian media reports that the dreadful incident happened in Moscow.

Lilya’s body was found out by an elderly neighbour, in her bath. The neighbour had received an emergency call from Lilya’s parents.

She was known as Lia among her poker fans. Media reports said that she suffered a fatal electric shock while using a hair dryer in the flat. She was living with her parents.

Lilya was was well known on Twitch.tv, a live streaming channel for online gamers. The confirmation was obtained from the Investigative Committee (SK) of Russia that Lilya had been electrocuted. The reports says that this was an accident.

Lilya was an Engineering graduate from Moscow’s prestigious Bauman University. She was interested in sports as well, besides poker. MK reports said that she had made some videos with top tips for poker fans.

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