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 A Ugandan woman who broke up with her  fiancé has been ordered to pay him financial damages for psychological anguish.  The court in Kanungu said Richard Tumwine paid 9.4m shillings ($2,550; £2,060) for Fortunate Kyarikunda's law studies, which she must now repay plus his legal fees.  By calling off their engagement after four years, Magistrate Asanasio Mukobi ruled that Ms Kyarikunda had broken a promise to the detriment of Mr Tumwine.  The court said it was "unreasonable, a misrepresentation and a fraud" for the defendant to argue that her parents told her not to marry an older man, saying she "had all the opportunity to reject the plaintiff's love requests at the earliest point possible and avoid interfering with his financial obligations".  It is not known if Ms Kyarikunda will appeal against the judgement.  Critics tell the Monitor newspaper that the verdict is flawed because an engagement, unlike a marriage, is not  legally binding.  M...

 One person dies in attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran A guard has been killed in an attack  on Azerbaijan’s  embassy in Iran, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says,  adding that it will evacuate its diplomatice staff. The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the head of security with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, it said. Friday’s attack in Tehran also injured two guards, the Azerbaijani ministry said. An investigation has been laun President Ilham Aliyev called the assault on his country's embassy a "terrorist act" and demanded a swift investigation.  "We demand that this terrorist act be investigated and the terrorist be punished," Aliyev said in statement. He added that an attack against a diplomatic mission was "unacceptable."  The incident comes amid months-long tensions between the neighbouring nations.  In a strongly worded statement, the Azerbaijani ministry said a recent "anti-Azerbaijan campaign" in Iran had e...