CHISINAU, Moldova – Moldova’s prime minister has resigned after questions arose about the authenticity of his high school and university degrees. Chiril Gaburuci, 38, announced his resignation Friday after he was questioned late Thursday by prosecutors about his studies. “I regret that questions about my studies have become an instrument …
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni military officials say hundreds of troops and dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers are pushing north toward the al-Anad military base in Yemen, as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes clear the path for their advance. The officials said allied fighters have gained control of the western gate …
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The USS New Orleans warship caught fire Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries, officials said. The fire aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock burned for about 12 hours in the water at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa before the blaze was …
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BERLIN – The German Parliament’s upper house has approved legislation that will allow pension payments to residents of Poland who were forced to work for the Nazis in ghettos when their country was occupied during World War II. The law passed Friday amends a 1975 agreement between Germany and Poland …
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ATHENS, Greece – The leaders of Greece’s Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party will go on trial for allegedly running a criminal organization on April 20 — the birthday of Adolf Hitler. The trial will be held in a special courtroom inside a maximum-security Athens prison. The 70 defendants include all 18 …
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ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish official says the Coast Guard has fired on and stopped a migrant ship, detaining 337 mostly Syrian refugees who were hoping to illegally reach Italy. Gov. Ahmet Cinar of Canakkale province said Friday that the Coast Guard fired on the freighter’s engine room off the …
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BERLIN – Greece’s finance minister says a video apparently showing him raising his middle finger to Germany is fake. The video was shown on German television late Sunday during a political talk show in which Yanis Varoufakis had been invited to discuss Greece’s debt woes and relations with Germany. In …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey is marking the centenary of its WWI naval victory over the Allied forces in the battle of Gallipoli. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday led commemorations at a stadium in Canakkale, northwest Turkey. Prayers were held in mosques for the soldiers who lost their lives in …
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MEXICO CITY – About 40 buses blocked one of the main highways leading north out of Mexico City in a protest over the latest killing aboard a bus by thieves. Bus routes around Mexico City have become a favored hunting ground for bands of thieves who board buses, draw weapons …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Germanwings, a low-cost unit of Lufthansa, had recorded no accidents involving passenger deaths until one of its planes crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board. Aviation accident databases such as aviation-safety.net showed no fatalities since the carrier was founded in 2002. Airline …
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