SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian police say 14 migrants were injured early Sunday when the van they traveled in went off the road after the driver tried to escape a police checkpoint. Police tried to stop the van for a routine check shortly after midnight, but the driver speeded up. The …
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PARIS – Police say that about five people broke into a freight warehouse for Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris and stole crates of perfume, packing them into a truck and fleeing. A Paris region police official said Tuesday that no one was injured in the theft late Monday, which …
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MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine volcano has spewed plumes of ash but volcanologists say the steam-driven explosions do not indicate an imminent violent eruption. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Renato Solidum said Mount Bulusan southeast of Manila ejected ash up to a kilometer (0.6 mile) high for about …
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MADRID – Spain’s National Statistics Institute says the number of births in the country rose in 2014, ending a five-year decline that coincided with the financial crisis. The institute said Monday 426,303 babies were born last year, 588 — or 0.1 percent — more than in 2013. The institute said …
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say Saudi-led airstrikes and shelling by Shiite rebels have killed nine civilians. They said five civilians were killed Thursday when airstrikes targeted Shiite rebels, also known as Houthis, in a market in the northern province of Jawf. At least four civilians were killed when …
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PATNA, India – Police say they are investigating the mob killing of a school director after two students were discovered dead in northern India. Nalanda district police Superintendent Siddhartha Kumar Jain said the mob attacked the boarding school’s director on Sunday after the bodies of two boys aged 10 and …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s parliament has failed to elect its new speaker after two rounds of voting that were being watched for an early indication of the Turkish parties’ strength in the coalition-building process. Ismet Yilmaz, the ruling party’s candidate and the defense minister in the outgoing government, came first …
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SAO PAULO – Brazilian police say six men were shot to death in a low-income working class district on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Authorities say gunmen barged into a bar Wednesday morning and opened fire, immediately killing three men. The gunmen then shot and killed three more men outside …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark’s Parliament on Friday elected Pia Kjaersgaard, retired leader of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, as its speaker, a largely ceremonial post. First elected to the 179-seat Folketing in 1984, Kjaersgaard became deputy speaker three years ago. In 1995, she co-founded the party that became Denmark’s second …
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HELSINKI – Some 100 lawmakers, mainly from Europe, have condemned Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine at a meeting honoring a 1975 accord seen as a milestone in reducing tensions between the East and West during the Cold War. Representing more than 50 countries, 96 lawmakers on Thursday condemned Russia’s …
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