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Athletics Doping Scandal, Boko Haram and Gay Pride

Reaction to the latest athletics doping scandal, is Nigeria winning in the battle against Boko Haram and what do gay pride events now stand for?

Reaction to the latest athletics doping scandal, where there are claims that a third of all medals in major events between 2001-12 were won by athletes who registered abnormal blood tests. In Nigeria, there are reports that 178 women and children have been rescued from Boko Haram in the north-east of the country. Is Nigeria winning the battle against the militants? And, as the funeral takes place in Jerusalem of the teenage girl who was stabbed at a gay pride event in Israel, what does the event now stand for?

(Photo: President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach speaks at the closing news conference following the IOC executive board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Credit: Reuters)

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Mon 3 Aug 2015 14:05GMT

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