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Bali police shoot dead Frenchman resisting arrest
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» DENPASAR (INDONESIA) - Police on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali shot dead a French national Monday after he killed a policeman while resisting arrest, an official said.
First US cruise ship in half-century docks in Cuba
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» HAVANA - The first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana on Monday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes.
Iraq in political limbo after Green Zone storming
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» BAGHDAD - Iraq's political reform process was in limbo Monday after protesters demanding a change of government reacted to weeks of stalling by storming parliament.
Scientists discover three 'potentially habitable' planets
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» PARIS - An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system.
Solar Impulse 2 takes off on next leg of round-the-world flight
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - The Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, took off Monday from near San Francisco en route to the southwest city of Phoenix.
Back injury forces Federer to pull out of Madrid
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» MADRID - Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer withdrew from the Madrid Masters on Monday citing a back injury.
World Jewish Congress slams YouTube over neo-Nazi videos
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» BERLIN - The World Jewish Congress on Monday accused the German unit of YouTube of failing to stop neo-Nazis from using the online video channel to distribute thousands of anti-Semitic tracks.
World's largest sovereign fund to weigh in on executive pay controversy
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» OSLO - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the biggest in the world with shares in more than 9,000 companies, will add its influential voice to those of investors increasingly concerned by executives' skyrocketing pay.
Leicester on the brink as pressure mounts on Tottenham
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» LONDON - Leicester City's remarkable season could see them crowned champions of England for the first time in their 132-year history without kicking a ball on Monday if second-placed Tottenham Hotspur fail to keep the title race alive.
Boiling water may be cause of Martian streaks: study
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» PARIS - The results of Earth-bound lab experiments appear to back up the theory that dark lines on Martian slopes are created by water -- though in an otherworldly manner, scientists said Monday.