SAO PAULO, (APP/AFP) – Brazilian prosecutors requested the arrest of powerful former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Thursday, according to a document obtained by AFP. The Sao Paulo state prosecutors, who charged Lula with money-laundering Wednesday, asked that he be placed in “preventive custody” while the case against him works its way through the […]
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Brazil prosecutors request ex-president Lula’s arrest
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Obama rejects blame for Trump’s rise
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – President Barack Obama on Thursday bristled at suggestions that he had contributed to the partisanship that has given rise to Donald Trump, saying he was not responsible for the Republican party’s “crackup.” “One of my regrets is the degree to which polarization and the nasty tone of our politics has accelerated rather […]
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Turkey won’t take back migrants already on Greek islands
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkey will not take back migrants already on Greek islands under a deal proposed to European Union leaders at a crunch summit this week, Ankara’s EU affairs minister said Thursday. Volkan Bozkir was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying Turkey would take back “tens of thousands” of migrants, “not hundreds […]
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Philippine militants holding foreigners set ransom deadline
MANILA, (APP/AFP) – Militants holding two Canadians and a Norwegian in the southern Philippine jungles have set a one-month deadline for millions of dollars in ransom to be paid, according to a video released Thursday. In the video posted on a local group’s Facebook page, the emaciated victims said they would be killed if the […]
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N. Korea says to liquidate South assets in joint projects
SEOUL, (APP/AFP): North Korea said Thursday it would dispose of all assets left behind by South Korean firms involved in two now-shuttered joint projects, further raising already elevated tensions on the divided Korean peninsula. “We will completely liquidate all assets of South Korean firms and related institutions left behind in our region,” the Committee for […]
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Rights group attacked in Russia’s Caucasus after assault on journalists
MOSCOW, (APP/AFP) – Armed men have attacked the office of a prominent human rights organisation in the volatile Russian region of Ingushetia, the group said, hours after journalists were assaulted in the same area. Footage of the attack posted on Twitter by Dmitry Utukin, a lawyer for the Committee to Prevent Torture, appeared to show […]