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Spain returns priceless trove of pre-Columbian art to Colombia - 09/03/2014

BOGOTA, Lissy De Abreu- Spain on Monday returned to Colombia a huge and priceless find -- almost 700 pieces of pre-Columbian art that Spanish authorities siezed in over a decade ago in a drug bust....

'Islamic State' extremists murder second US reporter - 09/03/2014

WASHINGTON, Dave Clark- The so-called "Islamic State" has murdered a second American reporter, releasing another video Tuesday showing a masked militant with a British accent cutting the throat of a...

Syria army, rebels clash as UN bids to free Golan monitors - 09/02/2014

GOLAN HEIGHTS, Menahem Kahana- Syrian troops and Islamist rebels battled close to the armistice line with Israel in the Golan Heights on Monday, as the UN pressed efforts to free 44 peacekeepers held...

Berlin to open memorial to Nazis' disabled victims - 09/02/2014

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- Benjamin Traub, a sad-eyed German boy born in 1914, was considered a bright child by his parents and called gifted by his teachers. But a schizophrenia diagnosis at the age of...

Nurses go on strike in Ebola-hit Liberia - 09/02/2014

MONROVIA- Nurses at Liberia's largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a deadly Ebola epidemic which has killed hundreds in the west...

US launches air strikes on IS rebels near dam, Amerli: Pentagon - 09/01/2014

WASHINGTON- The US military launched new strikes on Islamic State forces in Iraq, using fighter and attack aircraft to carry out strikes near the Mosul dam and Amerli, the Pentagon said on Sunday....

Sweden discovers suspected case of Ebola: official - 09/01/2014

STOCKHOLM- A suspected case of the Ebola virus has been discovered in the Swedish capital Stockholm, a local official told AFP on Sunday. "So far it's just a suspected case," the official said,...

BBC Trust to get first femal boss: gov't - 09/01/2014

LONDON- Former Financial Times Group chief Rona Fairhead is to become the first woman boss of the governing body of the BBC, which has been rocked by a string of paedophilia scandals, the government...

Syria jihadists free 4 Lebanese soldiers, policeman held hostage - 08/31/2014

BAALBEK- Four soldiers and a police officer kidnapped in the east of Lebanon nearly a month ago were freed late Saturday by the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, a security service official told AFP. The...

Egypt court commutes Brotherhood leader's death sentence - 08/31/2014

CAIRO- An Egyptian court on Saturday commuted a death sentence against the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader to life in prison, in one of many trials of Islamists since their removal from power....
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