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Vatican releases first report of financial watchdog

3 hours 1 min ago

Asia

M’sians lodge police reports over indelible ink

05 May

KUALA LUMPUR — Police in Selangor said today that they have received eight reports complaining that the indelible ink that used to mark voters fingers, a anti-electoral fraud...

Asia

Bangladesh building collapse: death toll climbs to 580

05 May

DHAKA (Bangladesh) — The death toll from the horrifying collapse of a shoddily built garment factory in Bangladesh hit 580 today, and is expected to rise, as workers search...

Asia

M’sian polls body ‘not worried’ about indelible ink

05 May

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s Election Commission today responded to widespread claims that the indelible ink used to mark voters’ fingers could be washed off, saying it is not...

Asia

Malaysian police probe American pastor’s death

05 May

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police are investigating the death of a United States pastor found at his home with his hands and legs bound and a cellphone charger cable around his neck.

Americas

Man accused of lying after bombings seeks release

05 May

BOSTON — Lawyers for a teenager charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing...

Americas

Weather helps contain California wildfire

05 May

WASHINGTON — A fierce wildfire that had threatened 4,000 homes northwest of Los Angeles was nearly 60 per cent contained yesterday as favorable weather conditions helped beat it...

Quirky World

Man allowed to keep his 29 boa constrictors, for now

05 May

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah snake collector who says his rare boa constrictors are getting a bad rap has won at least a temporary reprieve from an order to remove more than two...

Americas

Idea that American held by Venezuela is a spy ‘ridiculous:’ Obama

05 May

SAN JOSE — The Venezuelan government’s suggestion that an American citizen it has detained is a spy is “ridiculous,” US President Barack Obama said in a television interview...