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Hillary Clinton 'felt unwell' at 9/11 ceremony

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  5 hours ago  US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is "feeling great" hours after her early exit from a 9/11 ceremony raised health fears. Her campaign said earlier she had left the event in New York because she had "felt overheated" and had gone to her daughter's apartment. Mrs Clinton's Republican opponents have queried her physical fitness. Her doctors say she made a full recovery from surgery she underwent in 2012 for a blood clot. Mrs Clinton's personal doctor Lisa Bardack said last month she was "in excellent health and fit to serve as president of the United States". The Clinton campaign has accused opponents of pushing a "deranged conspiracy about Clinton's health". Why is Trump questioning Clinton's health? Mrs Clinton is 68. Republican candidate Donald Trump is 70. Image copyright AP Image caption Mrs Clinton waved to photographers after she left her daughter's home in...

ATTACKS ROCK TANZANIAN UNIVERSITY

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Attacks rocked the Lutheran-run Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University in Lushoto, Tanga Province, the weekend of September 3-4. While the mainland of Tanzania is approximately 50% Christian, the militant movements in Somalia and Kenya are presently having a serious impact on the country. Tanzanian security forces arrested 10 suspected al-Shabaab militants and discovered bomb-making materials during the raid of a mosque in April 2015. In the September weekend attack, local media reported that an unknown number of people attacked the campus. They killed one security guard and gravely injured another before proceeding to the hostels. A student told ITV (a national TV station) she and her roommate woke to the sound of men pushing on the hostel gates and demanding that residents open them, while threatening to kill them. When the students did not open the gates, they heard the men discussing how to kill them. They argued over breaking in and slaughtering them, or just pouring petrol ...