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A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five years ago, when 96% of Nigerians opposed relationships between same-sex couples. Gay rights activists, who commissioned the poll, said this showed attitudes towards gay people were changing, albeit slowly. Nigeria is a deeply conservative country and religion plays a major role in society. The government tightened anti-gay laws last year, banning same-sex marriages, gay groups and shows of same-sex public affection. 'Progress' Campaigners say the laws are among the most draconian anywhere - and impose a sentence of up to 14 years in prison for same-sex couples. About 1,000 people across Nigeria took part in the telephone poll which was commissioned by gay rights groups, including the Bisi Alimi Foundation. Many Nigerians are deeply religious

NASA image from Paranormal Crucible YouTube video Conspiracy theorist website Paranormal Crucible thinks they’ve spotted some signs of life on Mars. In a YouTube video , the intrepid paranormal investigators describe a pyramid-shaped object spotted in an image from the Mars Curiosity Rover. Is it just a large rock or an otherworldly pyramid? You decide. The truth is out there – maybe.

The Solar Impulse 2 flies over Nagoya Airport after taking off in Toyoyama, near Nagoya, central Japan.  (Kyodo News via AP) Solar Impulse 2 passed the "point of no return" early Monday, about 16 hours into the solar-powered plane’s audacious attempt to cross the Pacific from Japan. No immediate landing is now available to pilot Andre Borschberg as he attempts to reach Hawaii, a 4,908-mile journey across a vast expanse of ocean, which is expected to last 120 hours. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Nagoya, Japan at 2:03 p.m. ET Sunday, embarking on the most difficult leg of its round-the-world trip. “The real moment of truth still lies ahead,” said Borschberg, in a statement. “We are now at the point in the Round-the-World Solar Flight where everything comes together.” Solar Impulse 2, a larger version of a single-seat prototype that first flew five years ago, is made of carbon

MEDAN, Indonesia –   An Indonesian air force transport plane plowed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, killing dozens of people. Television footage showed the wreckage of the downed C-130 Hercules, a crumpled burning car and a shattered building that local media said contained a spa and homes. Smoke billowed from the site and several thousand people milled nearby. North Sumatra police chief Eko Hadi Sutedjo told reporters that the plane was carrying 50 people based on its manifest. But air force chief Air Marshall Agus Supriatna said there was uncertainty about the total number of people on board because the plane had traveled from the capital, Jakarta, and stopped at two locations before arriving at Medan. Some passengers were families of military personnel. Sutedjo said 37 bodies have been transported to Medan's Adam Malik ho

By Arden Dier Published June 27, 2015 File photo - An old wall drawing depicting a portrait of Vlad the Impaler is seen in a house in Sighisoara, Romania, where his father lived.  (Reuters) Archaeologists still aren't entirely sure where a secret passageway beneath a castle in Turkey leads, but visitors can now explore it for themselves. Not far from where Vlad the Impaler—the inspiration for Dracula— was reportedly held in one of two dungeons inside Tokat Castle, the tunnel stretches for about 100 feet before the path is blocked, reports Hurriyet Daily News . "We have made progress. Since it has an angle of 45 degrees, it is hard to remove stones and earth," culture and tourism director Abdurrahman Akyuz says of the tunnel, found during restoration efforts in 2009. "We think that this tunnel was closed in the past to prevent possible danger." Earlier this year, Akyuz told the Daily Sabah that "t

The federal government has began tracing Nigerian funds that were illegally moved out of the country to foreign nations with the aim of recovering and repatriating them. Reportedly, the funds were trace to the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and other European jurisdictions where corrupt officials allegedly have been stashing public funds. On his first day in Aso Villa office, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed that his administration would recover all the looted funds stashed in foreign banks by corrupt Nigerians. “The next three months may be hard, but billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best,” said Buhari in a statement signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. Earlier, Nigeria’s looted funds have been found in such countries as Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Others are France, Germany, British Virgin Islands and other tax havens spr