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(AP) Heavy floods in southwest France have forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels.Floodwaters swirled Wednesday in the grotto where nearly 6 million believers from around the world, many gravely ...
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(AP) The former head of the Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica goes on trial in a case involving alleged bribes to win a 560 million euro ($670 million) helicopter contract in India.Giuseppe Orsi, who resigned in February, faces corruption charges ...
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(AP) The former head of the Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica goes on trial in a case involving alleged bribes to win a 560 million euro ($670 million) helicopter contract in India.Giuseppe Orsi, who resigned in February, faces corruption charges ...
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(AP) British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly.After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, money-laundering and rogue-trading rock the UK's financial industry, an influential parliamentary committee recommended Wednesday that senior bankers should be held ...
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(AP) An international rights group says a media code proposed by Sri Lanka's government could have a severe and chilling effect on free speech in the country.The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the code is "unnecessary and invariably infringe upon ...
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(AP) Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday said profits fell by 11 percent in the second quarter due to the strong Swedish krona and increased markdowns as it tried to shift its products.The company said its net profit ...
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(AP) The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens."In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts ...
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(AP) Cu Huy Ha Vu's books come with pages torn out by prison guards. Only some of his letters reach home. He is not allowed to access evidence from his trial or to see his wife alone.This treatment, described by Vu's ...
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(AP) A state prosecutor says one of the U.S. FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres says Walter Lee Williams, 65, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation ...
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(AP) A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology.The commission is led by evangelical pastor Marco Feliciano of the Social Christian Party, who has been accused of ...
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(AP) Doctors in Bolivia say a 4-year-old girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is conscious and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery.The case of Rosalia has ...
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(AP) Argentina's Supreme Court has struck down key elements of a judicial reform the government hoped would rapidly make the courts more responsive to majority rule.The court says it's unconstitutional to require direct popular elections for an expanded magistrates' council that ...
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(AP) Protesters surrounding the city hall of Brazil's biggest city have clashed with police when a small group of demonstrators tried to force their way into the building.GloboNews television network showed images of protesters in Sao Paulo using metal barriers to ...
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(AP) U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations.The 21 senators want the State Department to provide Congress with a detailed ...
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(AP) In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.On Tuesday, hundreds of entrepreneurs and other Jamaican expatriates mingled with government officials and ...
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