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The lion sleeps it off after Saturday stroll through Italian town 

The lion sleeps it off after Saturday stroll through Italian town 

A lion that escaped from an Italian circus has been taking well-deserved naps to recover from a Saturday night out in the seaside town of Ladispoli that sparked panic before authorities managed to recapture him. The adult lion, named "Kimba", escaped from the "Rony Roller" circus on Saturday afternoon and was on the loose for around seven hours before being sedated with an anaesthetic dart. Footage and pictures, some taken by locals, went viral and showed the lion roaming the town streets, skirting houses and fences, and standing in front of a carabinieri police car. Local authorities are investigating how…
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Police recapture 114 prisoners

Police recapture 114 prisoners

A total of 114 of the 266 inmates who escaped from a Nigerian prison on Sunday have been recaptured, the prison service has announced. Heavily armed gunmen raided the medium-security jail at Kabba in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing almost everyone, but killing a soldier and a police officer, authorities said. The attackers fought a gun battle with guards in what was the second major jailbreak in Nigeria this year. "Following the attack ... and the swift intervention of the controller general of corrections ... a total of 114 escapees have been recaptured,"…
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