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Panama Papers: economic sanctions weakened by offshore havens
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - The "Panama Papers" have laid bare how readily bad actors can circumvent global sanctions via the maze of anonymous shell companies set up in banking havens, as documented in the massive leak.
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Argentine president faces probe over 'Panama Papers'
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - A federal prosecutor in Argentina opened an investigation Thursday into President Mauricio Macri's financial dealings via two offshore firms revealed in the so-called Panama Papers leaks.
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VW managers 'refuse to forego bonuses'
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» FRANKFURT - Top executives at Volkswagen are refusing to forego their bonuses this year, despite prescribing belt-tightening for the carmaker's workforce in the wake of the massive emissions-cheating scandal, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on Thursday.
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka looks to restructure $8 bn China debt
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» BEIJING - Sri Lanka's prime minister will seek to restructure some of the cash-strapped island's $8 billion Chinese debt, Colombo said Thursday, as he met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
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Putin denies Panama Papers' claims of corruption in inner circle
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied any "element of corruption" after the Panama Papers claimed his cellist friend Sergei Roldugin ran a $2-billion offshore empire, adding that his own name is not in the documents.
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Fresh appeal for help in hunt for Brussels airport suspect
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» BRUSSELS - Belgian prosecutors on Thursday launched a fresh appeal for help in finding a suspected third attacker in last month's bombings at Brussels airport, releasing new video footage and pictures of the so-called "man in the hat".
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Cheap tire innovation could boost Zika control
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» OTTAWA - Researchers said Thursday they have found a way to fashion a cheap mosquito trap out of old tires that can collect thousands of eggs that may carry the Zika virus.
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Austria museum settles feud over Nazi-looted art
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» VIENNA - Vienna's famous Leopold Museum on Thursday settled a long-running feud over five Nazi-plundered drawings by Austrian painter Egon Schiele with the descendants of the works' Jewish former owner.
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Suu Kyi vows to press for political prisoner release
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday vowed to press for the release of political prisoners and student activists, hinting that a mass amnesty may be imminent as her government seeks to stamp its mark on power in the former junta-run nation.
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Danish police arrest four alleged IS fighters, seize weapons
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» COPENHAGEN - Copenhagen police said Thursday they had detained four people on suspicion of joining the Islamic State group in Syria and seized weapons and ammunition in a search linked to the arrests.
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