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MILAN (Reuters) - Six people armed with clubs robbed a luxury watch shop in central Milan on Tuesday, throwing petrol bombs in the street as they made off with their loot, Italian police said. Two employees at the shop selling Franck Muller Swiss watches were wounded...(more)
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President Obama said federal help was already on the ground in storm-savaged Oklahoma and the rest of the country stood ready to aid in any way — and for as long as necessary. “For all those who have been affected, we recognize you face a long...(more)
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A man has shot himself dead in front of an altar inside the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, police say, forcing its evacuation.
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A 19-year-old college student was flunking English again, so he did what any struggling student fearful of mom and dad's wrath would do: fak...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys.
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JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan has almost halved its oil production due to a problem with oil exports to Sudan, it said on Tuesday, adding it suspected its rival had closed the cross-border pipeline in a possible sign of new friction between the neighbors. The neighbors...(more)
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the country's west.
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With prosecutors seeking a 30-year prison term for him, former veteran Chicago narcotics cop Glenn Lewellen closed his eyes tightly and held his palms together in prayer Monday as the judge was about to announce his sentence on federal drug conspiracy charges.
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— Grieving parents of children killed at a Connecticut elementary school gave haunting testimony about their lost sons Monday as they tried to persuade the Illinois Senate to approve a ban on the sale of high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois.
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Officials say whereabouts of Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yazigi remain unknown despite international efforts to secure releaseOne month after two Orthodox Christian bishops were kidnapped by gunmen in Syria, officials say they still have no idea what has happened to the missing prelates.The clerics, the most...(more)
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The AU has helped throw off colonialism and resolve conflicts since its birth in 1963. But can it answer the desire for democracy among many Africans?The African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations this week, the AU – which was established as...(more)
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Senior judges dismiss Helen Macintyre's attempt to hide paternity of child born after brief affair with mayor of LondonThe public has a right to know that Boris Johnson had an extramarital affair with a woman who later gave birth to their daughter, the appeal court has...(more)
