BEIRUT – The Central Bank of Syria has put into circulation a new 1,000-pound banknote, one that doesn’t include the image of President Bashar Assad’s father and the country’s former president, Hafez Assad. Governor Adib Mayaleh’s statement, carried by the state news agency SANA, says the move is part of …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Defense Department says its troops were instructed to have “unrestricted” respect for human rights a year ago when soldiers allegedly killed at least 12 suspected drug gang members after they had surrendered. The statement issued late Friday was the army’s first response to the documents released …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has targeted a NATO convoy in the capital, Kabul, wounding at least two people. The city’s police chief who is at the scene of the blast, Gen. Andul Rahman Rahimi, says one of the wounded was an Afghan civilian …
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LONDON – Police in Scotland have launched an investigation after a couple was found in a crashed car three days after reports of a crash near a busy highway. Authorities say that a dead man and seriously injured woman were found off the roadway in the car on Wednesday near …
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JERUSALEM – The families of two Israelis missing in Gaza are complaining over their treatment by government officials, saying their anguish is being ignored. Friday’s remarks came a day after Israeli officials’ stunning announcement that two men — Avraham Mengistu, an Israeli of Ethiopian descent, and a Bedouin from Israel’s …
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean writers confirm that one of the country’s most prominent authors has died in exile. The Zimbabwe Writers Association said Monday it had received “the sad news” that Chenjerai Hove died on Sunday in Norway at 59. Memory Chirere, secretary general of the writers’ organization, said Hove …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – An association of trekking agencies in Nepal on Friday criticized an assessment report that found trails around Mount Annapurna safe for hikers following April’s devastating earthquake. Kit Miyamoto of the California-based engineering firm Miyamoto International said on Thursday that the only hazards were found at three spots …
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BEIJING – A man attempted to set a fire on board a Chinese flight early Sunday, but was restrained by passengers and crew members and taken into custody, the aviation authority said. It was the latest in a rash of dangerous incidents aboard Chinese flights, including passengers opening emergency exits …
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BEIJING – The North Korean ambassador to China says that his country has no interest in an Iran-style nuclear disarmament deal because North Korea is a “nuclear weapons state.” Ji Jae Ryong told a news conference Tuesday that the Iranian nuclear deal reached earlier this month was an achievement made …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated region along the border between Colombia and Panama on Tuesday evening. There were no early reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Service said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, while Colombia’s seismological institute put it at …
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