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Security guards replace tourists as Europe’s capital mourns

BRUSSELS (AP) – The rain has washed away the defiant chalk slogans from the square in front of Brussels’ stock exchange, the barriers are gone from many subway stations and trams are back running in the streets. Europe’s capital returned to work Wednesday but it isn’t business as usual. A …

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Pedestrian strip becomes canvas of support in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) – A pedestrian strip outside the stock exchange in Brussels became a colorful canvas of support and defiance after Tuesday’s deadly bombings as those wanting to show solidarity chalked messages – in French, Flemish, English, Arabic and Cyrillic script and more. A few thousand people were gathered at …

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In Buenos Aires, Obama aims to boost Argentina’s new leader

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)  After years of anti-American posturing by its leader, Argentina has a new president whose outstretched hand has been eagerly accepted by the United States. President Barack Obama will reward the South American nation on Wednesday with a state visit aimed at keeping that promising trajectory on …

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