BERLIN – A former German attorney with well-known links to the far right has been convicted of Holocaust denial and sentenced to 20 months in prison. Munich state court spokeswoman Andrea Titz said 51-year-old Sylvia Stolz was convicted of inciting racial hatred for denying the Holocaust in a 2012 speech. …
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MANSEHRA, Pakistan – A senior police officer in Pakistan says two prisoners believed to be involved in the 2013 slaying of 10 foreign climbers at the base of one of the world’s tallest mountains have escaped from jail. Senior police officer Ishaq Hussain says four Pakistanis held at a jail …
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MANILA, Philippines – A passenger boat overloaded with 55 people and heavy cargo has capsized in the southern Philippines, leaving at least five dead and one missing. Coast guard spokesman William Arquero said Friday it was unclear if more are missing because the unregistered vessel left Jolo island for nearby …
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MOSCOW – Russian news agencies say a nuclear submarine that was under repair in a far northern port has caught fire. The reports of the fire by the state-run Tass and RIA Novosti cited only unnamed sources and Navy officials could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday. Tass …
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TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan official says a bomb placed in a garbage bin targeted the Moroccan Embassy in the capital, Tripoli. There were no casualties in the attack, which was claimed by Libya’s Islamic State affiliate. Security spokesman Essam al-Naas says the bomb went off early Monday. Morocco condemned …
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KARACHI, Pakistan – Police say gunmen have shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Police officer Pir Muhammad Shah says four men shot at Debra Lobo, a physician, as she drove to work at a medical college on Thursday. He says Lobo is married …
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A St. Petersburg court has ruled against a homosexual music teacher who lost her job after being outed by an anti-gay activist. Ksenia Kirichenko, the lawyer for a gay rights organization which is representing the teacher, said Thursday that the court this week refused the teacher’s …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N.’s outgoing special envoy to Yemen says the parties there had been “very close” to reaching a political agreement before the current violence and that the main sticking point had been who would lead the country. Jamal Benomar also told reporters that a new targeted arms …
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BEIJING – Beijing police are canceling music concerts, fundraisers and other events around the city, stoking worries that authorities are cracking down on any large gatherings deemed politically risky. Among the shuttered events, the authorities have called off an Earth Day festival, a pub crawl raising money for a gay …
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STOCKHOLM – An international report says Sweden needs to urgently address the declining performance of its schools, a growing embarrassment for the Scandinavian welfare state. Swedes are used to seeing their nation rank near the top in international surveys on everything from quality of life to economic competitiveness. But the …
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