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No, this video does not show a former Philippine president being thrown into a creek

AFP Philippines Published on Thursday 18 October 2018 at 17:00
A widely-shared Facebook post includes a video that it claims shows the Philippines’ former president Benigno Aquino III being thrown off a capsizing boat and into a creek. A reverse image search found the man in the clip was actually an Indian politician, who then confirmed the details of the incident to AFP. Aquino’s spokeswoman said it was not him in the video.
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No, Pakistan has not risen from 175 to 116 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index

AFP Pakistan Published on Thursday 18 October 2018 at 16:00
A Facebook post quoting Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency claims that the country’s ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index has improved from 175 to 116. The global corruption watchdog’s data showed neither of these figures were correct. Pakistan is currently ranked 117 out of 180 countries on the list and has not improved its ranking significantly in recent years.
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No, Boko Haram has not released kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu

Emmanuel Akinwotu Published on Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 18:21
Various widely shared social media posts from the beginning of October claimed that Leah Sharibu, a schoolgirl kidnapped in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, in February this year, had been rescued. But these claims are false. She remains in the captivity of Boko Haram whilst both the government and her family have continued to express hope that she will be freed.
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No, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain did not predict a Donald Trump presidency

Marisha Goldhamer Published on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 22:52Updated on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 22:53
With the US midterm election less than a month away, social media posts claiming late-Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain predicted in 1993 that Donald Trump would be elected president are making the rounds. Posts quoting Cobain first went viral in 2016, but there is no evidence that the popular musician ever said such a thing.
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This clip of Guy Verhofstadt saying Europe needs migration has been taken out of context in a Hungarian government video

Denis Teyssou, Peter Murphy, Sophie Nicholson Published on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 17:23Updated on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 17:32
A video shared by the Hungarian government says European parliamentarian Guy Verhofstadt is calling for more migration to Europe. But the short clip from a four-year-old video is taken out of context, as a quick video analysis shows.
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