WARSAW, Poland – Hundreds of farmers are marching in Warsaw to demand government compensation for crops lost to wild boar and for profits reduced by Russia’s embargo against some Polish meat and dairy products. With sirens and banners, they are walking Thursday from the Parliament building to the office of …
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PARIS – France has deployed an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf to strengthen its military operation against Islamic State extremists in Iraq. President Francois Hollande announced days after deadly attacks by Islamic radicals in Paris last month that France would dispatch the Charles de Gaulle carrier to the Middle …
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s state comptroller has issued a report on the rapid rise in housing prices, another blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just weeks before next month’s national election. Wednesday’s report says the cost of buying a house rose by over 50 percent in recent years. For many Israelis …
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PARIS – The profile of “Jihadi John,” the university-educated Londoner whose masked face is emblematic of the grisly executions by the Islamic State group, is vastly different from that of the marginalized men who carried out terror attacks in France and Denmark. That comes as no surprise to those who …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s tourism minister has been replaced just as his father-in-law, the mayor of Caracas, is being charged with conspiring against the socialist government. President Nicolas Maduro went on television Tuesday night to announce that he had decided to give Andres Izarra a new job, though he didn’t …
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BEIJING – A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations in recent years by Tibetans protesting Beijing’s controls over the region, overseas rights groups said. Yeshi Khando, 47, of Ngangang Nunnery circled Kardze Monastery …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli officials have given permission to 100 Palestinian doctors to drive to jobs at Israeli hospitals — the first time Palestinian motorists have been permitted to enter the country in 15 years. Cogat, the Israeli security branch responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, says its commander, Maj. Gen. Yoav …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – A Cameroon military official says Boko Haram militants have killed at least 12 people in attacks on two Cameroonian villages on the northern border with Nigeria. Col. Jacob Kodji told The Associated Press on Friday that the Islamic extremists entered the villages of Bia and Diana late …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – German investor optimism unexpectedly fell in April after five months of increases due to fears about the global economy. The ZEW research institute’s index eased to 53.3 points from 54.8 points in March. Analysts had expected 55.3 Germany’s economy is heavily dependent on exporting cars and industrial …
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BEIJING – A Chinese official has publicly denied rumors of an “exodus” of bureaucrats from civil service following reports of widespread unhappiness over poor working conditions and an anti-corruption drive. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security spokesman Li Zhong told reporters Friday that some resignations were to be expected. …
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