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UN Libya mission: Rivals agree on national unity government

Friday, 16 January 2015, 12:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Rival Libyan parties agreed to work toward forming a national unity government, as the country's Central Bank urged serious spending cuts in the face of a large budget deficit. Libya is torn...

Europe car sales end six-year slump, grew 5.7 percent in 2014

Friday, 16 January 2015, 10:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Europe's automakers' association ACEA has confirmed that the industry's six-year decline ended last year, reporting a 5.7-percent increase in car sales in 2014 to 12.5 million vehicles. That was...

Huge turnout as Pope Francis urges Filipinos to reject corruption

Friday, 16 January 2015, 08:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis called Friday for authorities to reject the corruption that has plagued this Asian nation for decades and urged them to instead work to end its "scandalous" poverty as he brought his...

Vatican: Pope's Charlie Hebdo comments do not justify attack

Friday, 16 January 2015, 06:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis said there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith, in comments that the Vatican later said Friday did not mean justifying the attack on...

High winds, heavy snow buffets Britain; travel hazardous

Thursday, 15 January 2015, 18:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Britain and Ireland been battered by 100 mph (160 kph) winds and heavy snow, stranding some motorists after a major road was closed. The Environment Agency said Thursday that 149 flood alerts and...

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