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Poland accuses Russians in plane crash that killed president

Monday, 3 April 2017, 15:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Polish prosecutors alleged Monday that a new analysis of evidence from the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed the Polish president shows that two Russian air traffic controllers and a third...

Updated: Britain says only Gibraltar, UK people can decide future

Monday, 3 April 2017, 11:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says Gibraltar's status can only be changed by the territory's people and U.K. citizens, as the enclave becomes an issue in Brexit negotiations. Johnson...

Cuban uses condoms, tropical fruit to make own brand of wine

Monday, 3 April 2017, 07:57 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The sweet smell of fermenting fruit fills the streets around the modest Havana home where Orestes Estevez and his family fill glass jugs with grapes, ginger and hibiscus, then slip...

Pope visits Italian region rebuilt after deadly 2012 quakes

Sunday, 2 April 2017, 17:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Greeted by tens of thousands of faithful, Pope Frances on Sunday visited Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region that has largely been rebuilt after a pair of deadly earthquakes five years ago, an...

UK police arrest 6 in hate crime attack on asylum-seeker

Sunday, 2 April 2017, 17:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

UK police questioned six people Sunday in a vicious attack on a teenage asylum-seeker in the London borough of Croydon. Authorities have arrested four men and two women, all in their 20s, on...

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