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Italy to hand over 100 more asylum-seekers to European Union

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 16:27 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

One hundred more refugees from Italy will be shared out among European Union nations next week as the bloc's quota scheme gathers pace. The asylum-seekers could be lodged in Germany, Finland,...

United Kingdom Supreme Court in landmark divorce ruling

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 14:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of two women who argued their husbands misled judges about their wealth during divorce proceedings — a landmark decision that may reopen other...

Vatican seeks to quell talk of letter to Pope Francis on family

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 11:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

The Vatican spokesman denounced the leak of a private letter to Pope Francis by conservative cardinals complaining about the way his big family meeting is being run. But he reminded those...

Watch: For many, Playboy was a glamorous rite of passage

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 09:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Six decades can change things. Playboy — once considered racy, even obscene — has become a benign and perhaps even stuffy icon of an era when sex was ... well, sexy. With explicit...

Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 10:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Insurgents have fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital as scores of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in...

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