Venezuelan prosecutors have charged eight police officers and three other people in connection with a break-in and vandalism in January at Caracas’s largest synagogue, prosecutors said Thursday. The …
Mexican court rules no trial for ex-president
A Mexican court on Thursday upheld a ruling that exempted former president Luis Echeverria from facing genocide charges for his alleged involvement in a 1968 student massacre. The federal court agreed …
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Hillary Clinton wraps up Mexico visit
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, ending a two-day visit to Mexico that centered heavily on the drug war, toured a state-of-the-art police center and condemned drug violence in a meeting …
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Iraq kidnappers claim deal to free Britons
A group that kidnapped five British men in Baghdad nearly two years ago claims a deal is in place to release the hostages in exchange for prisoners being held by US forces in Iraq. Full Story …
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Top Irish republican charged with killing soldiers
A prominent Irish republican has been arraigned in Northern Ireland on charges of murdering two British soldiers. Full Story …
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Radioactive material lost in China: state media
BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese authorities have ordered an all-out search for a missing nuclear scale that contained a dangerous radioactive component, state press said Friday. The scale, used to make …
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S.Lanka battle on as international concern mounts
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka stepped up a drive to dislodge Tamil rebels from a narrow patch of land on Friday amid fresh international calls for a truce to save thousands of civilians trapped in the war …
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Dam bursts near Indonesian capital, killing 58
CIRENDEU, Indonesia – Torrential rain caused a colonial-era dam to burst its banks early Friday, sending a wall of muddy water crashing into a suburb of the Indonesian capital. The flood killed at …
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China: Hand, foot and mouth virus kills 18 kids
BEIJING – Chinese health officials said Friday that hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year. The outbreak appears more …
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Red Cross appeals to Philippines over hostages
MANILA (AFP) – A senior Red Cross official on Friday urged the Philippines to consider the demands of Islamic militants holding three aid workers hostage, but the government refused to order any …
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