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In her recently published memoire "Unbreak My Heart", the singer admits that the abortion was more centred on convenience rather than the fear of abnormalities. But she agrees to feeling a deep sense of guilt especially considering her strict Christian background. According to New York Daily News reported, the singer was in the middle of a six-month prescription for Accutane, a strong anti-acne that is said to potentially impact foetuses when she discovered she was with child for then-boyfriend, Keri Lewis.

Historical Events Aug 1 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado on Route 34 kills 139 Lauda Crashes Aug 1 Reigning world F1 champion Niki Lauda of Austria suffers a near fatal crash during the German Grand Prix at The Nürburgring motorsports complex, Nürburg, Germany Aug 1 Seattle Seahawks take the field for the first time in pre-season game v SF 49ers at the newly constructed Kingdome in Seattle Aug 1 XXI Summer Olympic Games close at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada Aug 4 England beats Australia by 8 wickets in the limited overs cricket international at Lord's; first time women are permitted to play on the main square at 'the home of cricket' Aug 4 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan Aug 6 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi Aug 7 Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars Aug 7 US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth Aug 8 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts Aug 9 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan Aug 9 Pittsburgh Pirate John Candelaria no-hits the LA Dodgers, 2-0 Aug 9 USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth Music History Aug 10 Elton John performs the first of seven sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden, NYC, to conclude his North American tour

Historical Events May 1 The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. May 3 Al-Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison for his part in the 9/11 attacks, in Alexandria, Virginia May 3 Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea, killing 113 people on board, with no survivors May 5 The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army May 6 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in front of 157,532 fans May 7 52nd British Academy Television Awards: "

Famous Birthdays Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 2021) Famous Deaths Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889) Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments dies at 72 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and writer (Kamen), dies in a Siberian transit camp of typhoid fever at 47 Get Our Daily Email

Historical Events 11 people are killed after a grenade was tossed into a movie theatre in Peshawar, Pakistan 77 people are killed after a military transport plane crashes in Algeria Peace talks resume in Geneva as leaders attempt to bring an end to the civil war in Syria Slopestyle freestyle skiing event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; Canadian Dara Howell is inaugural women's gold medallist Famous Deaths Alice Babs [Nilson], Swedish jazz singer (The Swe-Danes; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts), and actress (Swing It, Teacher!

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Where were the nuns? This is what I keep wondering as priest after priest is accused of sexual misconduct. After all, the nuns were everywhere in our parish school, acting as mother hens, camp counselors, choirmasters and coaches, mysteriously able to see all, despite those white coifs blocking their peripheral vision. Without families and with no teachers’ union, the sisters spent every waking moment with us, running an after-school program of word games, field hockey and making statues of the saints out of plaster of Paris.

The plates are inserted into the lip causing it to stretch, and it is said that the larger the clay plate, the more the woman is worth before she gets married. Mursi women only wear the plates for a short time because they are so heavy and uncomfortable. It is said that the clay plates were originally used to prevent capture by slave traders. ADVERTISEMENT The practice was first carried out to allegedly make them look ugly when Arab merchants continually raided their villages in search of slaves.