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(Prior November 23 posts are here, here, here, here, and here.)
Friday, November 23, 2012
On November 23
On this day in ...
... 2002 (10 years ago today), an attempt to bring the glitz of the Miss World beauty pageant to Nigeria's capital, Abuja, ended after extensive rioting by Muslim youths opposed to the show left more than 100 people dead and 500 injured," according to the BBC. Before demonstrations ended, more than 200 persons died. Pageant plans also had irked campaigners against the stoning sentence levied against Amina Lawal, was cancelled. A woman from Turkey would be crowned Miss World 2 weeks later, in London.
(Prior November 23 posts are here, here, here, here, and here.)
(Prior November 23 posts are here, here, here, here, and here.)
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