PARIS, (APP/AFP): French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday a recount should be held of the votes in Gabon’s disputed presidential election. “It would be wise to do a recount,” Valls told French radio station RTL, but he said his first priority was ensuring the safety of the 14,000 French nationals who live in the […]
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French PM suggests recount of Gabon election results
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US ramps up bomb clearance money to Laos during Obama visit
VIENTIANE, (APP/AFP) – The United States will intensify efforts to help Laos rid itself of unexploded bombs, the White House said Tuesday during a historic visit by Barack Obama to a nation once carpet-bombed by Washington. Laos became the world’s most-bombed country per capita from 1964 to 1973 as Washington launched a secret CIA-led war […]
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Venezuela reporter jailed at demo charged with money laundering
CARACAS, (APP/AFP) – The Venezuelan authorities charged prominent journalist Braulio Jatar Alonso with money laundering Monday, although his family says he was arrested for releasing videos of a rowdy protest against President Nicolas Maduro. Jatar, a Chilean-Venezuelan national, was one of around 30 people arrested after a protest on Friday in which an angry, pot-banging […]
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Warming oceans are ‘sick,’ global scientists warn
HONOLULU, (APP/AFP): Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a major scientific report said on Monday. The findings, based on peer-reviewed research, were compiled by 80 scientists from 12 countries, experts said at the International Union for Conservation of […]
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Greek volunteers share UN refugee award
GENEVA,(APP/AFP): More than 2,000 sea rescue volunteers, who last year saved thousands trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, have won the annual Nansen prize, the UN refugee agency announced Tuesday. The Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) will share the prestigious award with Efi Latsoudi, a human rights activist on Lesbos who helped provide a safe […]
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Mexico arrests drug cartel honcho wanted in US
MEXICO CITY, (APP/AFP) – Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected lieutenant of the Sinaloa drug cartel who is wanted in the United States, officials said Monday. National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said the suspect, Martin “N,” was arrested on Friday in Zapopan, western Jalisco state. Sales said the suspect crashed his vehicle and injured a […]