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Markets await comment as ECB says no change in key rate

Markets await comment as ECB says no change in key rate

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Analysts are expecting European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to emphasize the bank’s willingness to expand its stimulus efforts if needed to help the economy. But professional ECB watchers are not expecting him to announce any dramatic new measures Thursday, even though investors are worried about …

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IS radio beams propaganda, threats across rural Afghanistan

IS radio beams propaganda, threats across rural Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Afghan reporters recognized the voice threatening them with death on the Islamic State group’s local radio station. It was a former colleague, who knows their names and where they work. The threats were made during a discussion program on “Voice of the Caliphate,” an elusive …

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Pakistan holds day of mourning after university attack

Pakistan holds day of mourning after university attack

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistan is observing a day of mourning after a deadly attack by Islamic militants who stormed a northwestern university the day before, gunning down students and teachers and spreading terror before the four gunmen were slain by the military. The death toll from the assault at …

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Disappearance of Bolivia’s No. 2 lake a harbinger

Disappearance of Bolivia’s No. 2 lake a harbinger

UNTAVI, Bolivia (AP) – Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia’s second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopo was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people …

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Russia shows military might in Syria ahead of peace talks

Russia shows military might in Syria ahead of peace talks

HEMEIMEEM AIR BASE, Syria (AP) – Helicopter gunships sweep low around Russia’s air base on the Syrian coast and long-range air-defense missile systems tower at the base’s edge as warplanes take off one after another. The sound is deafening. Russia’s heavy airstrikes in Syria continued Wednesday, days ahead of the …

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