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AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - A decorated US Navy officer faces espionage and other charges after allegedly passing defense secrets to foreign nations -- possibly including Taiwan or China -- a US official said Monday.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» IDOMENI (GREECE) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused neighbouring Macedonia on Monday of "shaming" Europe by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at migrants desperately trying to break through a border fence.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» PARIS - American filmmaker Gus Van Sant said Monday he was "very excited" about what he hopes will be a landmark history of the gay rights movement he has just finished shooting for US television giant ABC.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» MIAMI - People who smoke may find it harder to get work, and make less money than non-smokers, according to a US study out Monday.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» PARIS - "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey said Monday that the Netflix series has made him a star in China -- including with its Communist leaders -- even though the service is not available there.
Business, Published on 12/04/2016
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai is reaching for the sky once again, with the developer of the world's tallest building vowing on Sunday to build an even taller tower bedecked with rotating balconies and elevated landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of Babylon.
Business, Published on 12/04/2016
» MANILA — The Philippines should scrap rice import quotas and instead charge tariffs on shipments of the grain, the World Bank said on Monday, as it urged the Southeast Asian country to open up its economy to more competition.
News, Tobin Harshaw, Published on 12/04/2016
» On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist -- who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in May 1991 -- has perhaps had the largest lasting influence.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» BRASíLIA - An impeachment committee was due to vote Monday on the fate of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ahead of a decisive vote in the lower house of Congress on whether she will face trial.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - A panel of US experts on Monday recommended taking a daily aspirin as a strategy for preventing heart disease and colorectal cancer in certain people in their 50s and 60s.