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The Latest: UK intercepts total of 36 migrants in Channel
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants in Europe (all times local): 6:15 p.m. British officials have intercepted a total of 36 migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small…
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Gorillas perfect their selfie style in photo with park ranger
Two gorillas have been snapped apparently mimicking human behavior, in a remarkable selfie with a park ranger who helped rescue them as babies. See the viral photo.
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Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?
In the wake of the fire last week that gutted Notre Dame, questions are being raised about the state of thousands of other cathedrals, palaces and village spires around Europe.
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Iran announces joint border security force with Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that a new joint security force with Pakistan will be formed to combat militants based along the two countries’ shared border. Both Pakistan and Iran…
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Israeli troops accused of shooting handcuffed Palestinian
BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP) — A hospitalized Palestinian teen said Monday he was shot in his thighs by Israeli soldiers while he was handcuffed and blindfolded — the latest in what a leading rights…
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In Venezuela, women sell hair as another way to get by
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Valery Díaz covered her eyes and held her breath before looking in a hair salon mirror to see herself without much of the long dark hair that used to frame her…
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Children sickened in Pakistan after polio vaccinations
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of school children in Pakistan were taken to hospitals Monday complaining of nausea and vomiting after being given polio vaccinations, officials said. They said angry family members responded by storming…
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Qatar opens Gaza artificial limb, rehab center after delays
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar opened the first prosthetic hospital and a disability rehab center in the Gaza Strip on Monday, overcoming obstacles that delayed the much-needed project in the besieged Palestinian enclave.…
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Kosovar returnees from Syria eager to leave shelter, go home
VRANIDOLL, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo families waited Monday outside a shelter, trying to talk with relatives who have been repatriated from Syria and are eager to get home. On Saturday, 110 Kosovar citizens — four…
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After attacks, Sri Lanka president gives military sweeping war-time powers to detain and arrest suspects as of midnight
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — After attacks, Sri Lanka president gives military sweeping war-time powers to detain and arrest suspects as of midnight.
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Turkey: 9 detained in opposition leader’s assault at funeral
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says nine people have been detained in the assault of an opposition party leader, who was hit during a soldier’s funeral. Several protesters threw punches at Republican People’s…
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Migrants in Greece turn up at border agents’ doorstep
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say dozens of asylum-seekers have turned up at the home address of European border agency employees helping police the border with Turkey. Police say 61 men, women and children…
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Survivor of Sri Lanka bombing fears returning to church
NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — St. Sebastian’s Church in Sri Lanka’s Negombo city was packed when Nilantha Lakmal arrived with his wife and three daughters for Easter Mass. The pews already full, the family joined…
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Turnout, ethnic Albanian vote key in North Macedonian polls
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia is heading for a presidential election runoff with both candidates more or less tied and the outcome potentially determined by an ethnic Albanian candidate eliminated in Sunday’s first…
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UK police say 1,065 climate protesters arrested in last week
LONDON (AP) — British police say more than 1,000 people have been arrested since mass climate change protests began in London one week ago. Police said Monday the arrest total stands at 1,065 since Extinction…
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