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Underage deaths by Venezuelan police increased 55 percent

CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 26 (UPI) — In Venezuela, deaths of children and adolescents perpetrated by police increased 55 percent from 2013 to 2014. About 912 minors were killed in Venezuela last year. That’s about 76 deaths each month, or two

Underage deaths by Venezuelan police increased 55 percent

Judge rejects cover-up case against Argentine president

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine federal judge on Thursday dismissed a prosecutor’s allegations that President Cristina Fernandez tried to cover-up the alleged involvement of Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Judge

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Polanksi extradition hearing delayed until April

KRAKOW, Poland, Feb. 26 (UPI) — A ruling on whether to extradite Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski from Poland to the U.S., over his conviction on a sex charge, was delayed until April. Polanski, 81, spent nine hours testifying in

Polanksi extradition hearing delayed until April

British Historians Unite to Oppose EU Integration

Thirty of Britain’s top historians have joined a campaign that calls for a fundamental rethink of the UK’s relationship with Europe. TV historian David Starkey, Cambridge dons Prof Robert Tombs and Richard Rex and Gladstone biographer Prof Richard Shannon are

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France sending weapons to Lebanon

PARIS, Feb. 26 (UPI) — French supplies of armaments will be arriving in Lebanon in the middle of April under a French-Saudi Arabian deal to strengthen the nation’s defense capabilities. According to the French Ministry of Defense, it will supply

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Ukraine truce pullback of weapons finally begins

KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 26 (UPI) — The Ukrainian army said Thursday it was withdrawing heavy weapons from the front lines of its conflict with pro-Russian separatists. The move to pull back 100-millimeter artillery, monitored by the Organization for Security and

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Putin Threatens to Cut Gas to Europe

The Russian president has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and the rest of Europe unless it pays debts to energy company Gazprom. Vladimir Putin also criticised the Ukrainian government for cutting gas supplies off to rebel-held areas

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Spain to deport 34 members of violent Latin street gangs

MADRID (AP) — Spain says it plans to deport 34 top members of violent Latin American street gangs operating in the Spanish capital. The Interior Ministry delegate for Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, said the expulsions aim to prevent gangs like the

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Activists: Number of Christians abducted by IS rises to 220

BEIRUT (AP) — The number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria has risen to 220, as militants have rounded up more hostages from a chain of villages along a strategic river in the past three

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Think tank: Some NATO countries cutting defense spending

BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite stern talk and solemn pledges from NATO, a British-based think tank says some alliance member nations are cutting their spending on defense. In a report released Thursday, the European Leadership Network said Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany,

Greece asks U.S. to continue sustainment support for its F-16s

RBS chief says he won’t accept share award amid losses

LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Ross McEwan says he won’t accept a 1 million pound ($1.6 million) share award amid continuing losses at the taxpayer-owned bank. RBS, bailed out by the British government in 2008, on Thursday

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Japan’s tug-of-war over World War II statement

TOKYO (AP) — Diplomatically speaking, they may be the most important words Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe utters this year. So much so that he convened a panel of experts this week to advise him on what to say to

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Russian FM: Ukraine’s demand of full cease-fire ‘ridiculous’

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine’s insistence that it won’t begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the rebels fully observe a cease-fire. Sergey Lavrov told a news

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Egypt: Series of blasts in Cairo kill 1, wound 4

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say one person was killed and four wounded in a series of bomb blasts in two central Cairo districts. The officials say four bombs exploded in the residential districts of Imbabah and Mohandiseen in