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Vietnam tries dozens of bankers for graft, mismanagement
HANOI, Vietnam - Some 50 bankers were on trial Monday in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi for alleged graft and mismanagement causing $69 million in losses. The case is part of communist authorities&#...
Aug 28, 2017
Iraq: Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 12 people
BAGHDAD - A car bomb ripped through a busy market area in eastern Baghdad on Monday morning, killing at least 12 people, Iraqi officials said. The explosives-laden car went off at the wholesale Jamila...
Aug 28, 2017
Three stories in the news for today, Aug. 28
Three stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 28 --- CANADIANS HUNKER DOWN IN STORM-RAVAGED TEXAS: Canadian expats living in Texas say they’ve gone days without sleep as the remnants of hurricane H...
Aug 28, 2017
German man admits selling pistol used in Munich mall rampage
BERLIN - A 32-year-old German admitted Monday that he sold the pistol used by a teenager at a deadly shooting rampage at a Munich mall a year ago. The dpa news agency reported that the defendant admit...
Aug 28, 2017
Canadian forestry company promises to help Houston rebuild with lumber shipment
MONTREAL - Texans forced from their flooded homes by unprecedented water levels may get help rebuilding from a Canadian forestry company. Seth Kursman, a vice president with Resolute Forest Products, ...
Aug 28, 2017
Houston convention centre gives refuge to Harvey's survivors
HOUSTON - Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first was empty. The second was given to her by the Houston Fire Department after the ...
Aug 28, 2017
India, China to pull back troops from border confrontation
NEW DELHI - India and China have agreed to pull back their troops from a face-off in the high Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, signalling a thaw in the monthslong standoff, India’s ...
Aug 28, 2017
Pakistan says Indian attack in Kashmir killed 3 civilians
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani police say Indian troops have fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing three civilians. Police official Ashfaq Hussain said Monday th...
Aug 28, 2017
Europe-Africa summit yields new approach to asylum claims
PARIS - The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain agreed Monday on a new policy to grant asylum to vulnerable migrants who apply for protection while in Africa instead of their destination count...
Aug 28, 2017
Houston evokes painful memories of Katrina
As people waded in chest-high floodwaters, Houston turned its main convention centre into a shelter Sunday, evoking memories of Hurricane Katrina, when breached levees in New Orleans stranded tens of ...
Aug 28, 2017