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At least 4 killed after magnitude-6.0 quake strikes region around Bologna in Italy's north
SANT'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy - One of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, killing at least four people, collapsing factories and sending residents running out into the streets, emergency services said.
Report: Germany's central bank chief Weidmann warns against raising Greek risk exposure
BERLIN - Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned Europe's central banks not to increase their exposure to Greece because of the high level of political uncertainty there ahead of next month's elections.
Report: Germany's central bank chief Weidmann warns against raising Greek risk exposure
BERLIN - Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned Europe's central banks not to increase their exposure to Greece because of the high level of political uncertainty there ahead of next month's elections.
Spain's PM defends solvency of Spanish banks, downplays upward revision of 2011 budget deficit
MADRID - Spain's prime minister has defended the solvency of Spanish banks and downplayed his French counterpart's suggestion that they could benefit from a recapitalization using European funds.
Death of female student in blast revives dark memories of era when bloody attacks rocked Italy
ROME - A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime carried out dozens of bloody attacks across the country.
Opposition groups report clashes in Syrian capital; top officials deny assassination claims
BEIRUT - A restive district of the Syrian capital that has been a hotbed of dissent against President Bashar Assad was rocked by fighting overnight between government forces and army defectors, opposition groups said Sunday.
Sri Lanka's president orders authorities to free jailed ex-army chief turned politician
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections.
'Rust and Bone' director Jacques Audiard praises B movies at Cannes, citadel of arthouse film
CANNES, France - Jacques Audiard is on a quest to revive the B movie.
Pakistan blocks Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
Blind Chinese activist who escaped house arrest arrives in US, renews call to fight injustice
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight.
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