DHARMSALA, India – The Tibetan government-in-exile wants supporters to help pressure China to release the 11th Panchan Lama, a Buddhist leader who is believed to have been in Chinese custody since his disappearance as a child 20 years ago, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. Exiles say Chinese authorities abducted Gedhun …
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TORONTO – A Canadian judge has ordered the release of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate while he appeals his conviction for war crimes, including killing a U.S. soldier. The judge, June Ross, said Friday that the terms of Omar Khadr’s release will be determined May 5. Toronto-born Khadr is in …
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BAMAKO, Mali – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says its forces have come under attack near the northern city of Timbuktu. The U.N. mission said Tuesday that some of its vehicles came under fire early in the morning. The violence comes just a day after clashes erupted in the …
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HELSINKI – Lithuania says it has summoned Russia’s ambassador to complain about repeated Russian naval activities that are disrupting “peaceful shipping and economic activity” in Lithuanian waters. Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that it was particularly concerned about the Russian navy’s attempts to interfere with the ongoing construction of an …
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SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 2 percent in a bid to jolt the nation’s economy which is weighed by falling commodity prices and weakening demand from China. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarter percentage point rate cut on Tuesday was …
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BEIRUT – Syria’s official news agency says Iran is extending a credit line to make up for market needs and reports that the two countries have signed several agreements in the fields of electricity, industry, oil and investment. The new credit was announced Tuesday during a visit to Damascus by …
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HELSINKI – Finnish military officials say that an “underwater object” the navy chased last month in territorial waters and dropped several depth charges could have been a foreign submarine. A navy investigation released Thursday says that technical analysis did not provide sufficient proof of the presence of a submarine during …
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Hezbollah has long threatened Israel, but sources in the Jewish state fear that if an all-out war happens near the Lebanon border, it will happen not by design, but by accident. Fighting on so many fronts, especially in chaotic Syria, where Iran has dispatched Hezbollah to help President Bashar al-Assad’s …
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A flight attendant was arrested in Japan after allegedly shoplifting from a store and biting a security guard when she was confronted over the reported theft, local media reports. Singapore Airlines flight attendant Bai Peixuan, 33, was arrested on Nov. 6 in Japan’s Narita, Chiba prefecture, after allegedly stealing six …
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The Charlotte Hornets released a statement ahead of Miles Bridges’ return to the court Friday. Bridges, who has been involved in multiple domestic violence cases, including one that remains active, has served a 30-game NBA suspension. The league gave Bridges credit for 20 games of his suspension from last season, …
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