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Indonesia volcano eruption shuts more airports, ash reaches Malaysia
Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, officials said Wednesday, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears.Mount Ruang erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash more than five kilometres (three miles) into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 locals.
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The Moroccans who fought for France and settled in Vietnam
Le Tuan Binh keeps his Moroccan soldier father's tombstone at his village home north of Hanoi, a treasured reminder of a man whose community in Vietnam has been largely forgotten.After 1954, Hanoi says some 300 "African and European surrendered soldiers" settled in a farming village in the Ba Vi district, around 50 kilometres from Hanoi.
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Police enter Columbia building barricaded by students as protests rock US campuses
Dozens of helmeted police marched on to Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday and began evicting a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters.Meanwhile at northern California's Cal Poly Humboldt, a week-long occupation was brought to a dramatic end early Tuesday when police moved in to arrest nearly three dozen protesters who had seized buildings and forced the closure of the campus.
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'Potential Serial Killer' Arrested After 2 Women Are Found Dead 'On The Side Of The Road'
Authorities said Carlos Yadiel Baez Nieves "clearly targeted women he thought wouldn't be missed."
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Judge Rebukes Trader Joe’s For ‘Meritless’ Trademark Lawsuit Against Workers' Union
The judge ordered the grocer to pay the union’s legal fees after it tried to claim the union had violated its trademarks.
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Georgia pro-EU protesters erect barricades outside parliament after crackdown
Pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia built barricades outside parliament on Wednesday after police used tear gas and rubber bullets against thousands of protesters rallying for a third week against a controversial "foreign influence" bill, an AFP reporter saw.On Tuesday evening, masked riot police violently rushed the peaceful rally, using tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon, while beating and arresting scores of people protesting against the bill, which critics say resembles Russian legislatio
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Professor Beaten, Dragged By Police At Pro-Palestinian Rally At St. Louis Campus
Video at Washington University shows Steve Tamari, 65, at the edge of a group filming activists when officers slammed him to the ground and dragged him away.
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