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Seeing Double In 'Twins Capital Of World': Almost Every Family Has Them
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births -- but in Igbo-Ora, it is thought to be closer to 50 per 1,000, according to scientific studies and hospital records.
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Nigeria's "Twins Capital" Holds Annual Festival To Celebrate Twinning
The sign greeting visitors at the entrance of Igbo-Ora in southwest Nigeria welcomes people to "TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". The sleepy-looking town boasts of having the highest concentration of multiple births of any place on the globe.
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Yemeni Conjoined Twins Die Due To Lack Of Medical Equipment
Newborn Yemeni conjoined twins whose plight sparked a plea for urgent medical treatment overseas died in Sanaa on Saturday, rebels in the blockaded capital said.
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23 Killed After Twin Coal Mine Collapses In Balochistan, Pakistan
Shortly a build-up of methane caused an explosion and tunnel collapse at a mine in Marwaarh, east of Quetta, the capital of the fossil fuel-rich Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
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Over 2 Dozen Killed In Multiple Blasts In Pakistan
Multiple blasts killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens in two Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise. Authorities said 13 people were killed and 124 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district, a mainly Shia area of Pakistan's ...
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Twin Bombings Kill 44 In Damascus Old City
Twin bombs killed 44 people in the Old City of Damascus today, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital. A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area, which houses several Shiite mausoleums that draw pilgrims from around the world, the Syr...
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Taliban Attack Near Afghan Parliament Kills More Than 30
A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday killed more than 30 people and wounded some 70 others, as twin blasts hit a crowded area of the city during the afternoon rush hour.
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Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.
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80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility
At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.
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Boko Haram Suicide Bombing Kills 2 in Chad: Source
A twin suicide bombing by women attackers in the flashpoint area of Lake Chad today killed two people and wounded 14 others, a security source in the Chadian capital N'Djamena said.
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3 Top Ankara Police Officials Sacked After Bombings
Three top Turkish police officials were sacked Wednesday over the weekend's twin blasts in Ankara, as the under-fire president paid homage to the 97 killed in the country's bloodiest attacks.
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Hundreds Gather at Funeral of Turkish Bomb Victims, Chanting Anti-government Slogans
Hundreds of people chanting anti-government slogans marched towards a mosque in an Istanbul suburb on Monday for the funeral of several victims of the twin suicide bombings which killed at least 97 people in the capital Ankara.
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Security Clampdown in Chad Capital After 'Boko Haram' Suicide Attacks
Scores of police and soldiers patrolled Chad's capital N'Djamena on Tuesday, a day after twin suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram jihadists killed 24 people and wounded more than 100 in the first such attacks in the city.
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Grenade Blasts as Burundi Protesters Defy Police Crackdown
Attackers hurled twin grenades into a crowd in Burundi's capital late Friday, killing three people, the latest in almost month of deadly violence triggered by the president's bid for a third term.
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Islamic State Terrorists Claim Attacks on Iranian Ambassador's Residence, Airport
Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.
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Seeing Double In 'Twins Capital Of World': Almost Every Family Has Them
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births -- but in Igbo-Ora, it is thought to be closer to 50 per 1,000, according to scientific studies and hospital records.
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Nigeria's "Twins Capital" Holds Annual Festival To Celebrate Twinning
The sign greeting visitors at the entrance of Igbo-Ora in southwest Nigeria welcomes people to "TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". The sleepy-looking town boasts of having the highest concentration of multiple births of any place on the globe.
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Yemeni Conjoined Twins Die Due To Lack Of Medical Equipment
Newborn Yemeni conjoined twins whose plight sparked a plea for urgent medical treatment overseas died in Sanaa on Saturday, rebels in the blockaded capital said.
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23 Killed After Twin Coal Mine Collapses In Balochistan, Pakistan
Shortly a build-up of methane caused an explosion and tunnel collapse at a mine in Marwaarh, east of Quetta, the capital of the fossil fuel-rich Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
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Over 2 Dozen Killed In Multiple Blasts In Pakistan
Multiple blasts killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens in two Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise. Authorities said 13 people were killed and 124 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district, a mainly Shia area of Pakistan's ...
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Twin Bombings Kill 44 In Damascus Old City
Twin bombs killed 44 people in the Old City of Damascus today, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital. A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area, which houses several Shiite mausoleums that draw pilgrims from around the world, the Syr...
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Taliban Attack Near Afghan Parliament Kills More Than 30
A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday killed more than 30 people and wounded some 70 others, as twin blasts hit a crowded area of the city during the afternoon rush hour.
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Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.
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80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility
At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.
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Boko Haram Suicide Bombing Kills 2 in Chad: Source
A twin suicide bombing by women attackers in the flashpoint area of Lake Chad today killed two people and wounded 14 others, a security source in the Chadian capital N'Djamena said.
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3 Top Ankara Police Officials Sacked After Bombings
Three top Turkish police officials were sacked Wednesday over the weekend's twin blasts in Ankara, as the under-fire president paid homage to the 97 killed in the country's bloodiest attacks.
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Hundreds Gather at Funeral of Turkish Bomb Victims, Chanting Anti-government Slogans
Hundreds of people chanting anti-government slogans marched towards a mosque in an Istanbul suburb on Monday for the funeral of several victims of the twin suicide bombings which killed at least 97 people in the capital Ankara.
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Security Clampdown in Chad Capital After 'Boko Haram' Suicide Attacks
Scores of police and soldiers patrolled Chad's capital N'Djamena on Tuesday, a day after twin suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram jihadists killed 24 people and wounded more than 100 in the first such attacks in the city.
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Grenade Blasts as Burundi Protesters Defy Police Crackdown
Attackers hurled twin grenades into a crowd in Burundi's capital late Friday, killing three people, the latest in almost month of deadly violence triggered by the president's bid for a third term.
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Islamic State Terrorists Claim Attacks on Iranian Ambassador's Residence, Airport
Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.
