CAIRO (AP) — A self-exiled Egyptian businessman whose allegations of corruption against the country's ruling military sparked rare protests has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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12/9/19
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States changed its mind and is now refusing to sign a letter that would have authorized the U.N. Security Council to hold a meeting Tuesday on the human rights …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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12/9/19
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NEW YORK (AP) — Latin America has significantly reduced poverty over the last two decades. So why is there generalized discontent, prompting thousands of protesters to take to the streets?
A …
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CLAUDIA TORRENS
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12/9/19
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese soldiers had to separate protesters and the bodyguards of a member of parliament after scuffles broke out under heavy rain Monday evening between the two sides in the …
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12/9/19
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MIAMI (AP) — For seven nerve-wracking months, they slept through the day in cramped quarters on cold floors, while spending their nights in prayer, keeping fit with dumbbells made from water jugs …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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12/9/19
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Intelligence officials in Somalia say an airstrike conducted by the U.S. military in the country's south killed a senior extremist of the al-Shabab rebel group.
The …
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By ABDI GULED
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12/9/19
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Local authorities in northeast Poland say that a primary school director has been fired and psychologists are working with traumatized schoolchildren following a terrorist …
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12/9/19
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are meeting for the first time.
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12/9/19
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists said Monday that far fewer journalists are being killed this year compared to last but warned that part of the reason is that media …
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12/9/19
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors filed terrorism charges Monday against three ethnic Albanians who returned to the small European country in May after allegedly joining the Islamic State …
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ATLANTA (AP) — South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe 2019, giving the country its second title in in three years in a pageant that also saw strong showings from contestants from …
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12/9/19
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BEIRUT (AP) —
A rainstorm paralyzed parts of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Monday, turning streets to small rivers, stranding motorists inside their vehicles and damaging homes in some …
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12/9/19
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico recalled its ambassador to Argentina after a video surfaced suggesting he may have tried to steal a book from a Buenos Aires bookstore.
Ambassador Óscar Valero Recio …
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12/9/19
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ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating suspected embezzlement by a mysterious Maltese academic who has been linked to a U.S. probe of hacked emails.
Agrigento Prosecutor Salvatore …
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12/9/19
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LONDON (AP) — There are just three days to go until Britons vote in an election that will determine not only who governs the U.K., but when, how — or even whether — the country leaves the …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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12/9/19
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals slashed the tires of over 160 vehicles and sprayed slogans such as “Arabs=enemies” in a Palestinian neighborhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, Israeli police said …
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12/9/19
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A United Nations expert on the freedom of expression said he has urged Ethiopian officials to stop shutting down the internet.
David Kaye, the U.N.'s special …
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By ELIAS MESERET
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12/9/19
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar dispatched police Monday to remove residents who have been blocking access to the city’s only landfill over …
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12/9/19
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has announced that the trial on treason charges of opposition leader Kem Sokha will begin next month, more than two years after he was arrested.
The …
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MADRID (AP) — Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists.
The 16-year-old Swede has drawn huge crowds with her appearances …
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12/9/19
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