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Former UK PM Major slams 'unrealistic' Brexit expectations

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Former Prime Minister John Major lambasted Britain's preparations for leaving the European Union on Monday, saying the government must offer more charm and less "cheap rhetoric" if it wants to get a...

Firm says several mistakes caused Oscars best picture gaffe

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 08:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the Academy Awards said Monday that its staffers did not move quickly enough to correct the biggest error in Oscars history — the mistaken...

Float crashes, injuring 20 people at Rio's Carnival parade

Monday, 27 February 2017, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A float crashed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade Sunday evening and injured at least 20 people, including three people reported in serious condition, but organizers proceeded with...

Pope Francis quietly trims sanctions for sex abusers seeking mercy

Monday, 27 February 2017, 08:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and the pope's...

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