LESBOS, Greece – Protesters clashed with police guarding a border fence in northern Greece Saturday, following a series of sea…
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Draft UN resolution aimed at reviving Israeli-Palestinian negotiations gets a mixed reaction
UNITED NATIONS – Russia says New Zealand should move forward with a draft U.N. resolution aimed at reviving long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian…
Read MoreSouth African police create mock murder scene with fake blood, then make real-life arrests
JOHANNESBURG – South African police said it was like a Hollywood movie. Police say they duped a businessman who wanted…
Read MoreWoman banned from boarding flight for ‘inappropriate’ short skirt
A young woman was pulled aside while boarding a plane because airline officials deemed her attire to be “inappropriate” for…
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National Guard airlifts dino fossils out of wilderness
This was something that had never been seen before — the full skeletal remains of a baby Pentaceratops, a plant-eating…
Read MoreEU suspends Belarus sanctions for 4 months after smooth elections, prisoners freed
BRUSSELS – The European Union has suspended sanctions against Belarus following smooth elections there and the government’s decision to release…
Read MoreSwitzerland: 600 criminal complaints filed over VW scandal, federal prosecutors to handle them
GENEVA – Swiss prosecutors say that they have received some 600 criminal complaints related to the Volkswagen emissions-rigging scandal. The…
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Penguin gets cataract surgery
Veterinarians have performed cataract surgery on a penguin at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The penguin from the Monterey…
Read MoreIranian man arrested in Germany on suspicion he was spying on opposition members
BERLIN – German authorities say they have arrested a 31-year-old Iranian man on suspicion he was spying for Tehran on…
Read MoreUN investigator: Executions in Iran are rising rapidly and could top 1,000 in 2015
UNITED NATIONS – Executions in Iran have been rising at “an exponential rate” since 2005 and could top 1,000 this…
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