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In another instance of the perils facing the refugees on their trek, Austrian police said on Sunday they had rescued 42 people from a refrigerated truck on a highway near the border to Germany.

Pro-life Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker has unveiled a new plan to repeal Obamacare, which pro-life groups steadfastly oppose because it funds abortions and can lead to rationing health care.

The Walker plan repeals Obamacare and replaces it with a different, tax-credit based system. At multiple events in New Hampshire on Wednesday he reminded crowds of his fights with Wisconsin’s unions and his survival of a 2012 recall election.

“On my first day as president, I will send legislation to the Congress to once and for all repeal Obamacare entirely and then along with it we’re going to replace it in a way that puts patients and their families…back in charge of their health care – not...

Walker said if he is elected, he will send a proposal to Congress on the first day of his presidency that would repeal and replace the law with legislation that would provide tax credits to Americans of all income levels who don’t have employer-sponsored insurance.

However, he began to show more spark on the trail in Iowa and New Hampshire this week, confronting protesters at the Iowa State Fair and criticizing Republicans in Congress for failing to repeal the president’s health care law as he rolled out his own replacement plan.

Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has refuted recent media reports of his death or replacement in an audio message.

The assault – which passed off in Deffa province close to Nigeria, elements of whose northeast are underneath Boko Haram management – was the deadliest in Niger by the jihadist group since a raid in April killed 74 individuals.