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Updated: For the first time, Bill Cosby's lawyers claim racism

Friday, 9 September 2016, 06:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Bill Cosby's lawyers are suggesting for the first time that the sex assault case against him is racially motivated. Cosby's lawyers are taking aim at celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who...

Updated (4): Tourists, trapped in Mont Blanc cable car overnight, rescued

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 20:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A series of cable cars carrying tourists stopped working at high altitude over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps on Thursday, prompting a major rescue operation and leaving 45 people trapped in midair overnight, France's interior minister said....

Watch: Giant UK chimney comes down with a crash

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

One of the UK's tallest concrete structures, the defunct Grain power station's chimney, was demolished in a controlled explosion on the Isle of Grain, Kent, on Wednesday....

Watch: Venezuela pets go hungry as economic crisis deepens

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 07:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Carlos Parra used to love waking up to see his pet albino boxer, Nina. Now, seeing her skeletal body on the floor next to his bed has become a daily reminder of the economic crisis...

Former US pastor gets 60 years in prison in child sex case

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 07:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A former Las Vegas-area church pastor has been sentenced to at least 60 years in state prison for sexually assaulting three young girls in his congregation before fleeing to Mexico. A judge...

Storm and heavy rain causes damage in Syracuse

Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 19:52 Last update: about 11 years ago

A heavy downpour caused multiple damage and flooding around Syracuse in Sicily this afternoon. The worst hit area is known as the Villaggio Miano, inland from the sity. Streets were flooded...

What to look out for from the European Central Bank meeting

Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 11:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Should the European Central Bank give another push to an economy that's not rolling fast enough to raise excessively low inflation? That's the question facing the bank's 25-member governing...

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