SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul says rival North Korea will return two South Koreans who Pyongyang accused of illegally entering the country last month. Officials at South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the North informed them Monday that the South Koreans will cross back into the South later this week through …
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MOSCOW – The Russian government has condemned the freezing of Russian accounts in France and Belgium as part of an effort to enforce a $50 billion judgment for the destruction of the Yukos oil company. An arbitration court in The Hague ruled last year that Russia must compensate the former …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – The Hungarian government says it is planning to tighten the law on migrants and asylum seekers, making it easier to expel those who entered the country illegally. A draft amendment to the law on asylum rights, released late Friday by the interior ministry, says the changes are …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican authorities say three people in a southern parish have pleaded guilty to lottery scam offenses after they were detained with “lead lists” containing identity information about targets living abroad. Last week, two other residents of St. Elizabeth parish pleaded guilty to similar offenses after they were …
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MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government has still not arranged for an independent team of investigators to interview soldiers with knowledge of events in which 43 college students disappeared in southern Mexico last year. The team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Monday in a news conference that …
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LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s army says troops have arrested a businessman accused of “participating actively” in Boko Haram’s mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok that drew international outrage. Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade says Babuji Ya’ari headed a “terrorists’ intelligence cell” for …
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MANILA, Philippines – The latest on the ferry sinking in the Philippines (all times local): ___ 4 p.m. A ferry with 173 passengers has capsized 100 meters (yards) from a pier in the central Philippines, and 36 people are confirmed dead. Rescuers are in the waters off Ormoc city on …
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MOSCOW – The Russian Defense Ministry says a Russian air force fighter jet has crashed in the south but its pilot ejected safely. The MiG-29 fighter jet went down Friday near the village of Kushchevskaya in the Krasnodar region, 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Moscow. The ministry said there …
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canadian police have charged a man with sending explosive devices to law firms and other businesses in the city of Winnipeg days after a woman was seriously injured in an explosion. Guido Amsel, 49, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A U.N. aid agency that helps Palestinians in Gaza says that after numerous delays, it’s ready to begin helping a small number of people rebuild their homes, destroyed in last summer’s war in the coastal strip. About 18,000 homes were destroyed during the 50-day war …
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