LONDON (AP) – Leaders and diplomats from 70 countries met London Thursday to pledge billions to help millions of Syrians displaced by war – and try to slow the chaotic exodus of refugees to Europe. The one-day meeting, held under tight security near the British Parliament, is aimed at gathering …
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Syrian refugees struggle to buy food as aid dwindles
KAWERGOSK CAMP, Iraq (AP) – Perwin Shamsaddeen Ali, a Syrian refugee living in a tent camp in northern Iraq, has been reduced to cooking one meal a day for her family of four. “I cook at 11 o’clock and we eat the leftovers in the evening. Why? Because we have …
Read More »Egypt official: Signs of torture on body of Italian student
CAIRO (AP) – The body of a missing Italian student was found with signs of torture, including multiple stab wounds and cigarette burns, by the side of a highway on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, an investigating prosecutor told The Associated Press on Thursday. Giulio Regeni, A 28-year-old graduate …
Read More »Assange to accept arrest if UN panel rules against him
LONDON (AP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will accept arrest by British police if a U.N. working group investigating his claims decides that the three years he has spent inside the Ecuadorean Embassy doesn’t amount to illegal detention. Writing on WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, Assange said if the U.N. …
Read More »Sharp weighs investment proposals, decision within a month
TOKYO (AP) – Troubled Japanese electronics maker Sharp plans to decide within a month between investment offers from Taiwanese company Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, or a consortium of Japanese investors. Sharp Corp. has acknowledged it needs to restructure its once booming liquid crystal display panel business, now stumbling …
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