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Turkey slams EU for backing Netherlands in dispute

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 09:21 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Turkey has criticized the European Union for siding with the Netherlands in a diplomatic dispute over Turkish ministers' plans to hold campaigns there, saying the EU's position "lends credence" to...

Flight attendants sue American Airlines over Facebook posts

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 06:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Two flight attendants are suing American Airlines over harassing Facebook messages posted by male co-workers. The women say American failed to enforce its policy prohibiting employees from making...

Updated: Scotland's leader seeks new independence referendum

Monday, 13 March 2017, 13:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Scotland's leader has said she will seek authority for a new independence referendum. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Monday she will move quickly to give Scottish voters a chance to make...

Squatters' urban garden comes to life with Pope's tacit OK

Monday, 13 March 2017, 11:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Dozens of families have started tilling the soil and planting their first crops as a squatters' gardening initiative takes root on Catholic Church-owned land with the tacit blessing of Pope...

Turkey formally protests minister's treatment in Netherlands

Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Turkey's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Netherlands' top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was...

Libya's deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals

Monday, 13 March 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being...

Spanish police investigate suspected human trafficking route

Monday, 13 March 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Police in eastern Spain opened an investigation into a suspected human trafficking route after discovering two trucks carrying Iraqi refugees in less than a month. A civil guard spokeswoman told...

46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 18:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials...

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