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Greek police arrest 8 smugglers who brought in 38 migrants

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 06:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Greek police announced they have arrested eight migrant traffickers who reportedly smuggled 38 migrants through Greece's land border with Turkey. All the arrests were made Friday, in northern...

Updated: O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 06:52 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided after his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend....

Spain, Catalonia head for showdown over independence vote

Saturday, 30 September 2017, 18:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Montserrat Aguilera wasn't intending to vote for the Catalonia region to secede from the rest of Spain. But the 52-year-old laboratory worker changed her mind amid an unprecedented crackdown by...

Trump seeks new health chief after Price resignation

Saturday, 30 September 2017, 14:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

President Donald Trump is seeking a new health secretary to take the place of Tom Price, ousted after an outcry over flying on costly private charters for official travel. The Health and Human...

Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders

Saturday, 30 September 2017, 09:53 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Iraq's military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part of the central government's stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds...

Stampede on crowded Indian pedestrian bridge leaves 22 dead

Friday, 29 September 2017, 13:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations in Mumbai during the Friday morning rush, killing at least 22 people and injuring 32 others, Indian officials...

Catalans say secession vote to happen, they hope peacefully

Friday, 29 September 2017, 13:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Authorities in Catalonia intend to ensure that a disputed referendum on independence from Spain will take place peacefully on Sunday despite a crackdown on the vote by the national government, the...

Was Hugh Hefner oppressor or liberator? Women debate his legacy

Friday, 29 September 2017, 09:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Oppressor or liberator? Feminist in a silk robe, or pipe-smoking exploiter? Opinions were flying a day after Hugh Hefner's death over just what he did — and didn't do — for women. On...

Over 130,000 flee menacing volcano on Bali tourist island

Friday, 29 September 2017, 07:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt. The disaster mitigation agency's command post in...

EU Brexit chief laments slow progress but hails new dynamic

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 13:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says that talks on Britain's departure are weeks or months away from making sufficient progress, despite hailing a positive "new dynamic" in the...

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