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Swiss arrest former Bosnian muslim commander Oric
Swiss border guards on Wednesday arrested former Bosnian muslim commander Naser Oric in the Geneva region, the Swiss news agency ATS reported.FIFA suspends bidding for 2026 World Cup
FIFA announced on Wednesday it had suspended the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup amid the furore surrounding corruption probes ...Polish officials resign over eavesdropping scandal
Four Polish government ministers and the parliamentary speaker resigned on Wednesday amid a revived 2014 scandal over secret recordings made of them ...Obama determina envio ao Iraque de até 450 militares dos EUA
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, ordenou nesta quarta-feira o envio de até mais 450 militares norte-americanos e a criação de ...German-born big band leader James Last dies at age 86
Big band leader James Last, whose style of light orchestral entertainment appealed to a wide audience in his native Germany and abroad, ...Mediterranean migrant crossings to Europe top 100,000 in 2015
More than 100,000 migrants — many fleeing the war in Syria — have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far this ...Norway to take in 8,000 Syria refugees by late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of ...German woman, 102, gets doctorate 77 yrs after Nazis blocked her
A 102-year-old woman received her doctorate from a German university Tuesday -- nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her sitting the ...Massive blaze at Ukraine fuel depot
Emergency services stopped a fuel depot fire outside Kiev from spreading on Tuesday, officials said, but the fate of three firemen missing ...Russia orders quicker build-up of military facilities in Kurile Islands
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday ordered the speeding up of construction of military and civilian infrastructure on a chain of ...