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France rejects asylum request by Wikileaks founder Assange
France swiftly rejected on Friday a request for asylum by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.UN declares Burundi elections not free or credible
Elections in Burundi that were wracked by violence and boycotted by the opposition were not free or credible, United Nations observers said, ...BP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill
BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims ...UN declares highest-level aid emergency in Yemen
The United Nations on Wednesday declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale, to step up urgently-needed international aid ...BBC announces it will cut more than 1,000 jobs
The BBC said Thursday that it is cutting more than 1,000 jobs, mostly in management, as part of a long-term drive to ...US seeks extradition of FIFA officials from Switzerland
Switzerland said Thursday the United States had formally requested the extradition of seven FIFA officials arrested in May in a wide-ranging probe ...WikiLeaks claims NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel
WikiLeaks published a list of German phone numbers Wednesday that it claimed showed the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on senior German ...Fears 11,000 Australian dental patients exposed to HIV
Up to 11,000 Australian dental patients were urged to see their doctors Thursday over fears they may have been exposed to HIV ...Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal promises $32 billion fortune to charity
Saudi Arabia\'s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world\'s richest people, announced Wednesday that he will donate all of his ...Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker
Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia\'s parliament in the latest high-profile spat between the Kremlin ...