Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador
by Paola LÓPEZ Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - A headless body discarded in the street. Two corpses dangling from…
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38 sentenced to death over 2008 bombings in India: court
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on Friday over a string of bomb blasts…
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Mexico’s nature defenders put lives on line
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias Agence France-Presse OCAMPO, Mexico (AFP) - In the fir forests of Mexico, one of the world's…
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US Navy engineer admits trying to sell nuclear sub secrets
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A US Navy engineer admitted in federal court on Monday that he tried…
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Indonesia teacher gets life in prison for rape of 13 students
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian court Tuesday sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13…
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Gunman arrested in Japan after taking doctor hostage, shooting nurse: reports
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese man has been arrested for the attempted murder of a doctor he took hostage…
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US judge upholds conviction of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Mexican drug lord Joaquin…
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German student kills one, wounds three in campus shooting
by Sebastien ASH with Michelle FITZPATRICK in Frankfurt HEIDELBERG, Germany (AFP) -- An 18-year-old student opened fire in a lecture…
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Several wounded in German lecture hall shooting, gunman dead: police
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- A gunman injured several people in a shooting inside a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in…
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Taiwan woman faces execution over fire that killed 46
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- A Taiwanese woman faces the death penalty for allegedly starting the island's deadliest fire in…
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Hostages freed in Texas synagogue standoff, suspect dead
by Francois Picard All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been…
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China sentences two to death for smuggling drugs to Taiwan
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death for attempting to smuggle 400 kilograms of…
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