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Are Swedes having less sex? The government wants to know

Saturday, 30 July 2016, 09:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The Swedish government is launching a major study of the sex lives of the country's citizens after reports that lovemaking is on the wane. Public Health Minister Gabriel Wikstrom notes that the...

Libya's UN-backed council says oil terminals have reopened

Friday, 29 July 2016, 14:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Libya's U.N.-brokered presidency council has announced the reopening of the country's vital oil terminals after 18 months of closure despite threats by a rival military commander that his forces could...

Bikini-clad Swedish police officer makes arrest while sunbathing

Friday, 29 July 2016, 13:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

She was off duty and wearing a bikini but that didn't stop Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner from catching a suspected thief. A photo of Kellner pinning the suspect to the ground was...

Updated: Eurozone likely to see another stimulus as growth halves

Friday, 29 July 2016, 11:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Official figures show that economic growth across the 19-country eurozone halved in the second quarter of the year, a development that's probably more likely due to the fading boost from a lower oil...

Huge crowd at Polish shrine hears Pope Francis hail their faith

Friday, 29 July 2016, 07:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis blessed hundreds of thousands of faithful Thursday at a shrine in Poland, paying tribute to a beloved native son, St. John Paul II, honoring the countless "ordinary yet remarkable"...

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