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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Everyone’s talking about Hassan Khan, Maíria Cahill, and Garth Brooks.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news

Homelessness Priest Dean of Christ Church Cathedral Dermot Dunne is sleeping out in the Iveagh Gardens park in Dublin to help focus attention on the growing homelessness problem in the capital. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

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Belgium WWI Light Front World War I graves are illuminated by candles at the Tyne Cot Commonwealth cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium. The event, known as the Light Front, was organized around several WWI battle sites in Belgium to commemorate 100 years since the start of the First World War. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#EBOLA: A healthcare worker who had contact with an infected patient is stuck on a cruise ship. A vomiting woman at the Pentagon sparked an Ebola alert. [Sky News]

#NIGERIA: Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram could finally be released.

#SOUTH AFRICA: The prosecutor said Oscar Pistorius should spend at least 10 years behind bars.

#SOUTH KOREA: 16 people died after a ventilation grate collapsed at a concert.

#SYRIA: Islamic State is allegedly training pilots to fly fighter jets. [BBC News]

#UNITED STATES: Vice president Joe Biden’s son was kicked out of the US Navy over cocaine use.

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PARTING SHOT

How have you and the world around you changed since you were born? How far have you travelled through the Milky Way? How has industry changed? Find it all out here. [BBC.com]

Originally published 9pm

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