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AP Top International News At 11:40 a.m. EDT
UK soldier slaying suspects had been investigated
LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been investigated previously by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London....
Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders
BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) -- An American man is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday....
Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting....
Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
LONDON (AP) -- A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London....
Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
LONDON (AP) -- Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago....
Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons....
Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him....
26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France....
UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) -- A new coronavirus has now claimed 22 lives worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization officials said Thursday....
2 brown bears rescued from captivity in Kosovo
MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) -- Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant....
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