Tag: lowest
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U.S. executions hit 25-year low as capital punishment wanes-study
The number of U.S. executions fell to a quarter-century low in 2016 as new death sentences plummeted, indicating capital punishment is on the decline, a study released on Wednesday showed. The number of U.S. executions in 2016 was 20, the lowest since 1991, according to the study from the Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors…
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Mickelson grabs golf history, equaling record-low 63
By Larry King TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson grabbed a piece of golf history at the British Open on Thursday, capturing a share of the record for the lowest score in a major championship — and coming within fractions of an inch of taking the record outright. Aided by birdies on 10, 14, 16…
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Mickelson grabs golf history, equaling record-low 63
By Larry King TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson grabbed a piece of golf history at the British Open on Thursday, capturing a share of the record for the lowest score in a major championship — and coming within fractions of an inch of taking the record outright. Aided by birdies on 10, 14, 16…
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Cricket-Golf’s Rio exodus may hit sport’s Olympic prospects – ICC
High-profile withdrawals of male golfers from next month’s Rio Games might damage cricket’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport, fears the International Cricket Council (ICC). Golf’s return to Olympics for the first time since 1904 has been hit by big-name male withdrawals over health concerns triggered by the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil.…
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Zimbabweans suffer "savage" police abuse as anti-Mugabe movement grows
The list of cases recorded by a trauma clinic is detailed and varied – men, women and children whose only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time when Zimbabwean police cracked down on a rare outbreak of dissent this month against President Robert Mugabe. “Torture, Torture, Torture, Intimidation, Torture, Torture, Intimidation,…
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Eight killed in South African orphanage blaze
Six children and two adults were killed in a fire in an orphanage in South Africa on Thursday, rescue officials said. Emergency service officials said the fire broke out at the Lakehaven Children’s Home in the coastal city of Durban, killing six children aged between eight and 10, a 19-year-old and an older adult. Although…