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Anglican minister who served in St. Kitts celebrates 70 years as an ordained priest

Published 13 January 2019

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Anglican minister who served in St. Kitts
celebrates 70 years as an ordained priest

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 13, 2019 – An Anglican minister who served in St. Kitts decades ago recently celebrated 70 years as an ordained priest.

Canon Keith Gibson who served St. Mary’s, Cayon, Christ Church, Nichola Town; St. John’s, Cappisterre and Dieppe Bay from 1951 to 1956, celebrated this significant milestone on December 19, 2018 in the United Kingdom.

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Norwegian billionaire’s wife abducted, kidnappers demand $10M ransom for her life

Published 10 January 2018

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Norwegian billionaire’s wife abducted, kidnappers demand $10M ransom for her life

Lukas Mikelionis

The wife of a Norwegian real estate tycoon was abducted back in October, police only revealed on Wednesday, and the kidnappers are demanding $10 million ransom money in exchange for her life and freedom.

Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, has been missing since Oct. 31, chief investigator Tommy Broeske revealed on Wednesday, with police saying she was abducted “against her will.”

Her husband Tom Hagen, a real estate investor and owner of power facilities, is among the wealthiest people in Norway, boasting a total wealth of about $2 billion.

Authorities said the suspected kidnappers left a note in the couple’s house, near the capital Oslo, detailing the fatal consequences if he refused to pay the demanded money in the form of the cryptocurrencies.

It remains unclear what the exact figure of the demanded ransom is, but local Norwegian media claim the kidnappers asked for more than $10 million.

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“A ransom demand and serious threats have been issued,” Broeske told a news conference. “Our main theory is that the victim was kidnapped by unidentified perpetrators at her home,” he said, adding that police investigated several possible theories of the disappearance.

The note reportedly said the wife would be killed if police gets involved, according to Norway’s VG newspaper.

The investigator said “the threats (in the note) were of a very serious character” and the police have no evidence that she’s alive “but we haven’t received any indication that she isn’t alive either.”

The reason the authorities went public with the case is to encourage anyone with any information about the kidnapping to come forward.

“Despite a broad and extensive investigation, we need more information,” he continued. “We have no suspects in this case,” Broeske said, noting police have been “on the case for several weeks. That is all I’d say.”

He urged the family not to pay the ransom money and said that the people behind the kidnapping “have chosen to communicate digitally and we have had no other type of contact.”

Norwegian authorities are working together with Europol and Interpol on the case. Police said the woman disappeared about 31 miles from the Swedish border.

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Young man is disabled and bedbound after selling his kidney on the black market to buy an iPhone and iPad

Published 10 January 2018

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Young man is disabled and bedbound after selling his kidney on the black market to buy an iPhone and iPad

Tracy You For Mailonline

A young man who sold one of his kidneys as a teenager on the black market in order to buy a new iPhone and iPad is now disabled, bedbound and needing constant care, according to recent reports on Chinese media.

The 25-year-old man, known by his surname Wang, had his kidney removed in an underground clinic before selling it on the black market for 22,000 yuan (£2,528) in 2011 when he was just 17 years old.

The teenager wanted an iPhone and iPad desperately in order to prove to his classmates that he was trendy, but his cash-strapped parents could not afford them.

His story shocked the country at the time, leading iPhones to be billed as ‘kidney machines’ by web users.

In order to raise funds for his gadgets, the high school student found three middlemen on a Chinese online chatting platform QQ, who promised to help him realise his dream – but at the cost of one kidney.

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The Latest: R. Kelly’s attorney denies abuse allegations

Published 9 January 2019

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The Latest: R. Kelly’s attorney denies abuse allegations

By The Associated PressSTOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Jan 8, 2019 9:44 PM ET

The Latest on a documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly (all times local):

8:25 p.m.

An attorney for R. Kelly says abuse allegations made against the R&B star in a recent documentary are false.

In a phone interview Tuesday evening, Kelly’s Chicago attorney Steve Greenberg dismissed the allegations, calling them “another round of stories” being used to “fill reality TV time.”

Earlier Tuesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she was “sickened” after watching the Lifetime documentary, “Surviving R. Kelly,” which examines a history of abuse allegations against the singer.

Greenberg says it is inappropriate for a state’s attorney to characterize allegations she’d seen on TV, prior to charges or an investigation.

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Family made funeral plans for dad and turned off life support – then he woke up

Published 8 January 2019

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Family made funeral plans for dad and turned off life support – then he woke up

A family had prepared themselves to say their final goodbyes to Scott Marr after the 61-year-old suffered what was feared to be a massive stroke.

He lay motionless in a hospital bed, funeral arrangements were underway and the life support was switched off.

But Scott wasn’t ready to let go of life – and he has now earned the nickname ‘Miracle man’.

Scott’s son found him “lying in bed, unresponsive but breathing” on December 12, according to the World-Herald.

The following day his family were given grim news by doctors at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha.