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'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy's Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in tribute to a man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television series "Band of Brothers."...

UN observers in Syria suspend operations

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating....

EU seeks to shield taxpayers from bank failures

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European officials proposed Wednesday a new system of financial regulations that aims to keep bank failures from costing taxpayers billions and bankrupting governments....

Canada police: Notes found in body parts packages

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
MONTREAL (AP) -- Notes were included in mailed packages containing body parts after the videotaped killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student, police in Canada said Wednesday, but they would not give details because of fears of copycat crimes....

DEA makes smuggling arrests in Puerto Rico airport

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- U.S. federal agents say they raided Puerto Rico's main international airport and other areas early Wednesday, arresting at least 33 people suspected of smuggling millions of dollars' worth of drugs aboard commercial flights....

LinkedIn investigating reports of stolen passwords

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
LONDON (AP) -- Business social network LinkedIn said it is investigating reports that more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet....

'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy's Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in tribute to a man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television series "Band of Brothers."...

ECB holds rates, lets crisis squeeze politicians

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
FRANKFURT (AP) -- The European Central Bank withheld the stimulus of an interest rate cut Wednesday, keeping up the pressure on eurozone politicians to take decisive action - even as growth predictions worsened and fears intensified that Spain may need help bailing out its banks....

ECB holds rates, lets crisis squeeze politicians

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
FRANKFURT (AP) -- The European Central Bank withheld the stimulus of an interest rate cut Wednesday, keeping up the pressure on eurozone politicians to take decisive action - even as growth predictions worsened and fears intensified that Spain may need help bailing out its banks....

ECB holds rates, lets crisis squeeze politicians

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
FRANKFURT (AP) -- The European Central Bank withheld the stimulus of an interest rate cut Wednesday, keeping up the pressure on eurozone politicians to take decisive action - even as growth predictions worsened and fears intensified that Spain may need help bailing out its banks....

Egypt votes to choose successor to Hosni Mubarak

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
CAIRO (AP) -- Faced with a choice between Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate, Egyptians entered their latest round of elections in an atmosphere of suspicion, resignation and worry, voting in a presidential runoff that will mean the difference between installing a remnant of the old regime and bringing Islam into government....

France to lower retirement age for some workers

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking the trend in developed countries in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake....

Long-jailed China labor activist said to kill self

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 22:32
BEIJING (AP) -- An ailing Chinese labor activist imprisoned for two decades died in a hospital Wednesday one year after being released from jail, and a relative raised doubt on the official explanation that he had hanged himself....
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