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Kyrgyzstan vote to test stability of region’s political oddball

by Tolkun Namatbayeva Agence France-Presse BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) – Storming through a crowded bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, presidential candidate Toktayim Umetalieva is in her element, hugging babies and female traders. Unlike the two male contenders viewed as favorites to win the hotly contested presidential election on October 15, 55-year-old Umetalieva is no newcomer to the ballot, but she will be a rank outsider. The combative rights activist first ran for president in 2005, just […]

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Eiffel Tower goes dark for Las Vegas victims

Paris, France (AFP) — The Eiffel Tower went dark on Monday night in tribute to the victims of the attacks in Las Vegas and Marseille. At least 59 people were killed and hundreds wounded Sunday when a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Earlier Sunday, a man knifed two young women to death outside the main train station in Marseille, France’s second-biggest city. […]

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Weapons, explosives recovered from Las Vegas gunman

by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Police recovered a huge cache of guns and explosives Monday from the Las Vegas hotel room and home of the man accused of killing at least 59 people and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. US officials reacted cautiously meanwhile to an Islamic State claim that Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, had carried out Sunday night’s massacre on the […]

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EU parliament to denounce lack of progress on Brexit talks

by Philippe Agret Agence France-Presse STRASBOURG, France (AFP) – The European Parliament is set to say Tuesday that Brexit divorce talks have made insufficient progress, in a blow to British hopes of unlocking negotiations on a future trade deal this month. MEPs meeting in Strasbourg, France, will vote on a resolution calling on EU leaders to postpone a decision, scheduled for a summit on October 19, on whether to move on to the next phase of talks. […]

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After Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control

by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump condemned the massacre of at least 59 Las Vegas concert goers as an “act of pure evil” Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or the motives for the worst mass shooting in recent US history. Delivering televised remarks, Trump tried to offer consolation and called for unity — an act that has become a grim rite of passage for modern US […]

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At least 16 dead as suicide bombings hit Damascus police station

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — A double suicide bomb attack hit a police station in Syria’s capital Damascus on Monday, state media said, with a monitor saying at least 16 people were killed. Damascus has been largely insulated from the worst of the violence during the country’s brutal six-year war, but several bomb attacks have shaken the city. Syria’s interior ministry said two suicide bombers had blown themselves up at the police station in the southern […]

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Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: retired accountant, heavy gambler

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) – Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an arsenal into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was once on the FBI’s most wanted list. The 64-year-old had a home with his girlfriend in a tranquil golf course retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of the US gambling capital, and regularly sent […]

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Terror probe opened after homemade bomb found in Paris: sources

PARIS, France (AFP) — The Paris prosecutor has opened an anti-terror investigation after the discovery at the weekend of a homemade bomb at a building in Paris and five people have been arrested, sources close to the case said Monday. Police discovered two cylinders of gas in the hall of a building in the city’s posh 16th arrondissement and two others on the pavement. They also found a mobile phone linked to the cylinders, which […]

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Spain in crisis after police violence in Catalan vote

by Patrick Rahir with Marianne Barriaux in Barcelona  with Marianne Barriaux Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain – Spain came under international pressure Monday to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence referendum was marred by shocking scenes of police violence. The country’s central government vowed to stop its northeastern region breaking away from Spain after Catalonia’s leader claimed that 90 percent of voters backed independence in Sunday’s referendum, which Madrid says is unconstitutional […]

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58 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting

by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The death toll from the deadliest mass shooting in US history rose to 58 on Monday as officials reacted cautiously to an Islamic State claim of responsibility for the massacre at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip. Police said Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, a wealthy former accountant, smashed windows in his 32nd floor hotel room Sunday night and trained bursts of automatic weapons fire on concert-goers […]

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Trump says Las Vegas massacre an ‘act of pure evil’

Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse   WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump decried the massacre of at least 58 Las Vegas concert goers as an “act of pure evil” Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or an unproven claim of responsibility from the Islamic State group. Delivering televised remarks from the White House, Trump ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday, offered prayers for the victims and […]

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Worst mass shootings in modern United States history

After a gunman killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert Sunday, here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 25 years. Florida club: 49 killed A heavily-armed gunman opens fire inside a nightclub in the city of Orlando on June 12, 2016 and kills 49 people. The attacker is killed in a shootout with police; he pledges allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later […]

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