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Serbia: 2 hostages believed killed in US airstrikes in Libya

Serbia: 2 hostages believed killed in US airstrikes in Libya

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Two Serbian embassy staffers held hostage since November are believed to have been killed in Friday’s U.S. airstrikes on an Islamic State camp in western Libya, Serbia’s foreign minister said Saturday. Minister Ivica Dacic identified the two as Sladjana Stankovic, a communications officer, and Jovica Stepic, …

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Umberto Eco, author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dead at 84

Umberto Eco, author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dead at 84

MILAN (AP) – Umberto Eco started working a novel that set the world’s imagination on fire “prodded by a seminal idea: I felt like poisoning a monk.” The Italian author/academic who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel “The Name of the Rose” died at home …

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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni wins disputed polls

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni wins disputed polls

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Uganda’s election commission has declared long-time leader Yoweri Museveni the winner of presidential elections, with more than 60 percent of the votes. Badru Kiggundu, the head of the election commission, said Museveni’s nearest rival, opposition leader Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change, got 35 …

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Britain’s future, migrant split reveal growing EU divide

Britain’s future, migrant split reveal growing EU divide

BRUSSELS (AP) – Britain is thinking of leaving. Greece feels isolated. Austria and Denmark are pushing controversial measures for coping with asylum-seekers despite what their neighbors think. Tensions between European Union leaders at this week’s summit in Brussels have highlighted a gnawing lack of confidence that the bloc of 28 …

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Kiev demonstrators attack Russian banks

Kiev demonstrators attack Russian banks

Demonstrators on Saturday threw rocks through windows at the offices of Alfa Bank and Sberbank and damaged furniture and equipment inside. Protesters also vandalized the offices of the holding company of Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Tens of thousands of people in the Ukrainian capital came to various observances of …

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