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Secret detentions, deaths raise alarm over Egyptian police

Secret detentions, deaths raise alarm over Egyptian police

BENI SUEF, Egypt (AP) – The 32-year-old Egyptian government engineer disappeared in mid-January when, according to witnesses, masked police burst into his office in the southern city of Beni Suef and dragged him off in handcuffs in front of his co-workers. Mohammed Hamdan’s family searched for him for 15 days, …

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Chinese premier looks to reassure as growth pressure mounts

Chinese premier looks to reassure as growth pressure mounts

BEIJING (AP) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual address before China’s parliament on Saturday, laying out the government’s development agenda for the next five years and covering a broad variety of topics ranging from boosting the Internet industry and urban employment to cutting steel production and carbon emissions. …

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Police set up barricades after seizing opposition paper

Police set up barricades after seizing opposition paper

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Police have erected fences and are standing watch in front of the headquarters of Turkey’s largest-circulation newspaper a day after it used tear gas and water cannons to storm the building and enforce a court-ordered seizure. The seizure of Zaman newspaper and its sister outlets Friday …

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Governor asks Greece to declare state of emergency

Governor asks Greece to declare state of emergency

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) – A regional governor is asking the Greek government to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of migrants are stranded due to border restrictions along the route toward western Europe. Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of the Greek region of …

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