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Updated: Paris attacks fugitive Abdeslam arrested in Brussels raid

Friday, 18 March 2016, 15:31 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Investigators found the fingerprints of a Paris attacks suspect who has been on the run since November in a Brussels apartment they raided this week, a Belgian prosecutor said Friday. Two people...

Unity government aims to save Libya, but has to get in first

Friday, 18 March 2016, 09:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The United States, Europe and United Nations have all pinned their hopes for resolving Libya's chaos and blocking the Islamic State group's growth there on a newly announced unity government. The...

Seattle police release photos of Kurt Cobain suicide shotgun

Friday, 18 March 2016, 08:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Police in Seattle have released photos of the shotgun Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain used to kill himself more than two decades ago. Seattle police cold case Detective Mike Ciesynski is shown...

UN envoy to Libya says country going from 'bad to worse'

Thursday, 17 March 2016, 16:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The U.N. envoy to Libya says the situation in the North African country is going from "bad to worse" and warned on of an expansion there of the extremist Islamic State group. Martin Kobler says...

Beyond record hot, February was 'astronomical' and 'strange'

Thursday, 17 March 2016, 15:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Earth got so hot last month that federal scientists struggled to find words, describing temperatures as "astronomical," ''staggering" and "strange." They warned that the climate may have moved into a...

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