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Number of child pornography victims hits record high in Japan
Published on 24/03/2016
» TOKYO — The number of children under 18 who have become victims of child pornography in Japan rose to a record-high 905 in 2015, up 159 from the year before, a police report showed Thursday.
Obama vows to wipe out IS
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - US President Barack Obama urged nations Wednesday to unite against terrorism after the deadly attacks in Brussels and said wiping out the Islamic State extremist group was his "top priority."
Lloyd's of London warns against Brexit
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» LONDON - Lloyd's of London, the centuries-old insurance market, argued Wednesday that Britain's continued EU membership would be the "better outcome" for the group in the looming June referendum.
Jailed Libor trader fined almost pound sterling900,000
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» LONDON - A former British trader, who was jailed last year for Libor rate-rigging, was ordered Wednesday by a senior judge to pay almost pound sterling900,000 ($1.3 million, 1.1 million euros) in a confiscation order.
Murray trades Twitter jabs with Stakhovsky over gender equity
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» MIAMI - World number two Andy Murray and Ukraine's 115th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky had a heated Twitter exchange over gender equity in tennis prize money as the controversy took center stage at the Miami Open.
Dan Martin pips Contador at Catalonia summit finish
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» LA MOLINA (SPAIN) - Ireland's Dan Martin gave his Belgian team Etixx-Quickstep a boost on Wednesday when beating off a bunch of climb specialists to a snow-capped summit win on stage three of the Tour of Catalonia.
Germany boss wants Bayern's benchwarmer Goetze for Euro
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» BERLIN - Germany coach Joachim Loew says he plans to take Mario Goetze to this June's European championships in France, despite Pep Guardiola keeping the World Cup winner on Bayern Munich's bench.
Payton agrees to five-year extension as Saints coach
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» MIAMI - Sean Payton has agreed terms on a five-year contract extension with the NFL's New Orleans Saints, a deal that will keep him with the club through the 2020 season.
Prince Harry extends Nepal trip to help quake victims
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» KATHMANDU - Britain's Prince Harry announced during an official visit to Nepal Wednesday that he would extend his trip by six days to help rebuild a village school damaged during last year's earthquake.
Second Brussels 'brother bomber' identified
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» BRUSSELS - The second suicide bomber who blew himself up at Brussels airport has been identified as Najim Laachraoui, police sources told AFP on Wednesday.