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An international rights group says in a Thursday report that 13 military leaders from both sides of Ivory Coast’s political divide committed war crimes during months of postelection violence in the West African nation, and called on the government to prosecute all suspects equally.
Human Rights Watch also warned that the government’s failure to charge anyone […]
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Stocks are closing higher after another day of big swings.
Investors struggled to make sense of mixed economic reports Thursday. First-time applications for unemployment benefits fell and the government raised its estimate of economic growth in the April-June period. But a survey showed that chief executives of the nation’s largest companies are more pessimistic than they […]
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Powerful Hurricane Hilary is moving away from Mexico but is still churning up dangerous surf in the Pacific.
Hilary was still a Category 4 storm late Saturday morning, with maximum sustained winds near 140 mph (225 kph).
The hurricane is not forecast to make landfall, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says Mexico’s coast has been affected […]
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Iraq’s government says it has retrieved $116 million from French bank accounts that were registered to a former official in Saddam Hussein’s regime.
A statement by the Iraqi Integrity Commission says the recovered money includes $106 million from an account with UBAF bank and $10 million in accounts scattered across several other banks in France.
The statement […]
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A Swedish court on Thursday rejected car maker Saab’s application for creditor protection, paving the way for possible bankruptcy filings from labor unions.
The ruling by the Vanersborg District Court, which can be appealed, is the latest setback for cash-strapped Saab as it scrambles to solve a liquidity crisis that has left it teetering on the […]
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A new round of fierce fighting in southern Yemen killed 10 soldiers and 26 militants, military officials said Monday, the latest battle in a government campaign to retake territory from al-Qaida-linked fighters, .
Another 38 militants and about 30 soldiers were wounded in the clashes that took place near the city of Dufas in the southern […]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez checked in to a military hospital Saturday night to begin a third round of chemotherapy, this time getting the cancer treatment at home rather than Cuba.
Chavez walked into the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital accompanied by his daughter Maria and aides. He said his treatment has been going well and aims […]
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An alliance of Missouri health care providers implored the state on Friday to “immediately terminate” a contractor they say has failed to deliver vital services to Missouri’s Medicaid recipients.
In a letter to state budget director Linda Luebbering, the advocates charge that SynCare LLC has mismanaged the contract from the moment it was hired in May. […]
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Deere & Co. says third-quarter net income jumped 15 percent and it’s boosting its sales outlook for the year with global demand for its green and gold equipment remaining strong.
Deere said Wednesday that it generated $712.3 million, or $1.69 per share, in the quarter that ended July 31. That’s up from $617 million, or $1.44 […]