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Caravaggio in the attic is 'original', some experts say
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» PARIS - A painting discovered in the attic of a house in France is an "authentic" painting by the Italian Renaissance master Caravaggio, which could be worth up to 120 million euros, experts said Tuesday.
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IMF cuts Japan growth forecasts, warns over deflation
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for Japan, saying the economy would shrink next year as a sales tax rise dents consumer spending and warning of a return to deflation.
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Drink driver numbers 'alarming', Iranian official says
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» TEHRAN - Police in Tehran arrested 2,900 drink drivers last year, a top official said Tuesday, describing the figures, which come despite the Islamic republic's official prohibition of alcohol, as "alarming".
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Murray survives opening clay stress test in Monte Carlo
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» MONTE CARLO (PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO) - Andy Murray struggled to survive his opening match of the season on clay, with the second seed scratching out a narrow 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.
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N. Korea claims defectors were kidnapped
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea accused South Korea Tuesday of kidnapping its citizens after Seoul said 13 of them had defected to the South from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant.
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N. Korea attacks Obama in Lincoln's voice
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» SEOUL - Pyongyang's state media has published an open letter purportedly from Abraham Lincoln to President Barack Obama, chastising him for stifling the "government of the people, by the people, for the people" -- ie, North Korea.
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Al-Jazeera America signs off after less than three years
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Al-Jazeera America was set to sign off Tuesday after a costly and failed effort to break into the US cable news market.
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Greenpeace protests Polish logging of Europe's last primeval forest
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WARSAW - Greenpeace activists Tuesday called on Poland's environment ministry to "save" the Bialowieza forest, Europe's last primeval woodland, by safeguarding it against planned large-scale logging.
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Boxer Blackwell says recovery 'toughest fight'
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» LONDON - Nick Blackwell said he was in the "toughest fight of his life" after waking from an induced coma following his British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.
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Syria truce strained on eve of fresh peace talks
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» BEIRUT - Syria's landmark ceasefire was threatening to fall apart Tuesday amid a surge of fighting, especially in northern Aleppo province, just as peace talks were set to resume in Geneva.
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