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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 9 May

Associated Press Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 10:05 Last update: about 9 years ago

OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS — The investigative journalists who first reported the contents of the Panama Papers are making the names of 200,000 offshore companies available in a searchable database. 

CAMPAIGN 2016 — Anxiety over Donald Trump spreads among congressional Republicans, pushing several to follow House Speaker Paul Ryan's lead and withhold their support. 

GOP 2016-TRUMP FOES-CONVENTION — Trump foes can still cause headaches at the GOP convention (all sent).

SENATE-SUPREME COURT-GRASSLEY — The prospect of Donald Trump filling vacancies on the Supreme Court adds to pressure on Senate Judiciary chairman to act on Obama's nominee this year. 

BRAZIL-POLITICAL CRISIS —The acting speaker of the lower house annuls last month's vote on presidential impeachment, pushing back the process against embattled President Dilma Rousseff.

MEXICO-DRUG LORD — A federal judge has ruled that the extradition of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can move ahead. But the country's Foreign Relations Department must still approve it and the defense can appeal. 

SYRIA — A fragile and limited cease-fire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and its surrounding countryside is extended for the third time, for another 48 hours starting at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Syrian military says. 

GERMANY-REFUGEE VILLAGE — Last year's migrant influx brought a big refugee shelter to the tiny village of Sumte in northern Germany — and with it unexpected benefits, chief among them dozens of jobs in an isolated rural region. 

SMALL CARS — With auto buyers in the U.S. and across the world switching like mad from cars to SUVs, we may be in a car recession. Sales of cars of any size are down from last year, and the only small car with growing sales is the all-new Honda Civic. Older models will have to rely on discounts and adding features for the same price to survive. 

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