Trillian hamstrings paying back the money, death penalty resumes in US

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The executions are the first such federal cases in 16 years, following long-term shortage of the drugs needed to carry out the sentence. The resumption is the result of a process initiated by President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions to examine how to kickstart federal death penalties once more. [Islamic State kidnap aid workers in Nigeria]( Islamic State in West Africa has claimed responsibility for kidnapping six aid workers last week, with a video released recently showing their identities. ISWA, an offshoot of Boko Haram, have been responsible for a series of attacks in recent months. The aid workers were members of the NGO Action Against Hunger. [Saving: Can SA learn from the world’s ‘miracle’ economies?]( [Sponsored Content by Investec]( For South Africa to achieve the targeted GDP of 5.4%, we need a savings and investment rate of about 30 percent, but we are only on half of that. 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