KHARTOUM, Sudan – Polls have closed in Sudan’s presidential and legislative elections, with President Omar al-Bashir expected to extend his 25-year rule following an opposition boycott of the vote. Polling centers closed at 7:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) Thursday and ballot counting will start on Friday. Results are expected on April …
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ATHENS, Greece – Greek authorities have picked up more than 120 migrants who illegally entered the country by sea on three separate vessels, a day after a yacht with 90 people on board foundered just off the island of Rhodes, drowning three. The Merchant Marine Ministry says 42 people, including …
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LONDON – British authorities on Thursday charged a 14-year-old boy with terrorism offenses in connection with an alleged plot to attack a war memorial ceremony in Australia. The Crown Prosecution Service said the boy, who has not been named for legal reasons, allegedly incited another person to carry out an …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has approved keeping a small peacekeeping force in Western Sahara for another year but without the human rights monitoring mandate that residents have long demanded. The territory held by Morocco is called Africa’s last remnant of a colonial past. The Polisario Front group …
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Family members of people forcibly “disappeared” during Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship are hoping Pope Francis will order the opening of files from the era. Graciela Palacio de Lois is a member of the group Families of the Disappeared and Held for Political Reasons. She said Thursday …
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EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian officials say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a security forces’ base in northern Sinai, near the border with Gaza. There was no immediate word on casualties. Security officials say explosions rocked the Central Security base in the border town of Rafah around noon on Monday after …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say 100 kidnapped migrants were rescued from a home in Mexico State, near the capital. The State Citizen Security Commission reports that authorities were tipped off by a Guatemalan man who claimed to have escaped the house. Nearly 100 agents swooped in on the home …
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MADRID – Spanish police say a man has killed his sister and brother in street shootings in the Canary Island of Gran Canaria. Police spokesman Felix Ruiz said the 50-year-old man opened fire on his 42-year-old sister with a shotgun around 7.30 a.m. Wednesday in the island capital of Las …
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RABAT, Morocco – Morocco’s armed forces says it has located what it believes is the body of one of its pilots downed over Yemen. The statement Friday said a plane has been sent with DNA experts to identify the body of Yassine Bahti, whose F-16 was shot down Monday by …
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BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are due to attend an international meeting on climate protection in preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference later this year in Paris. Tuesday’s preparatory talks in Berlin involve 35 countries. The Paris summit in December aims to …
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