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No more scattering of cremation ashes - Vatican

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 13:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The Vatican on Tuesday published guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated, saying their remains cannot be scattered, divvied up or kept at home but rather stored in a sacred,...

Australian gets 15 years prison for abusing girls in Bali

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 11:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian retiree to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing girls on the tourist island of Bali. Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis was arrested in January...

Blast in Turkish Mediterranean resort causes slight injuries

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 09:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

An explosion inside a car left in the parking lot of the local chamber of trade in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Tuesday slightly injured about a dozen people, an official said. Mayor...

Updated: Four killed on river rapids ride at Australian theme park

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 09:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Four people were killed on Tuesday in an accident at a popular theme park on Australia's east coast, officials said. Two men and two women died while on a river rapids ride at Dreamworld, said...

Updated: Belgium cannot yet back EU-Canada trade deal

Monday, 24 October 2016, 14:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The Belgian government says that at this stage it cannot give the necessary backing to the European Union's free trade deal with Canada, endangering the trans-Atlantic pact. Belgian Prime...

Eurozone business activity grows at fastest pace this year

Monday, 24 October 2016, 12:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Business activity across the 19 eurozone economies grew in October at its fastest pace so far this year, shrugging off any major concerns about Britain's "Brexit" vote, a survey showed...

France moving more than 6,000 migrants, destroying huge camp

Monday, 24 October 2016, 09:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags are walking to a registration center in the French port city of Calais, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they...

Tour bus slams into truck on slowed-down highway, killing 13

Monday, 24 October 2016, 06:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A tour bus returning home to Los Angeles from a casino trip plowed into the back of a semi-truck on a California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, authorities...

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