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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Bodies of 500 sea lions found on Peruvian beach

LIMA: Peruvian authorities were investigating Sunday the deaths of some 500 sea lions whose rotting corpses were found on a northern beach. Environmental police told the official...

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Brown lawyer says process 'unfair and broken' Al Jazeera

Lawyers for Michael Brown's family say the process that led to a white officer not being indicted in the fatal...

Ienova Leads Advances in Mexico After Winning Pipeline Contract Bloomberg

Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB led gains in Mexico after winning a 25-year government contract to build and operate a natural-gas...

Dead body found in Ferguson complex where Michael Brown was shot The Independent

A body has been found in a car parked in the complex in Ferguson where Michael brown was fatally shot in August, in what police are calling a suspicious death. The man, in his twenties, was shot dead and set on fire, broadcaster KTVI-TV reported. At around 9am today, St Louis County Police...

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From the net to the Cabinet? Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — With Chuck Hagel out, we’re reminded of a certain presidential promise. The American people picked their dream secretary of defense months ago, and now that the Pentagon post is open, the public is renewing its effort (at least on...

Protests in Cleveland over shooting of boy Al Jazeera

People in the US state of Ohio have taken to the streets to protest...

Two Colombian soldiers released by FARC Al Jazeera

Two Colombian soldiers captured by FARC rebels earlier this month have been released by the armed group. Paulo Rivera and Jonathan Diaz were taken during clashes on November 8 near the town of Tame, Arauca on the border with Venezuela. The Revolutionary Armed Forces...

A grand jury could 'indict a ham sandwich', but apparently not a white police officer The Independent

In 1985, the New York Daily News quoted former Chief Judge Sol Wachtler as saying that if they so desired, a prosecutor could persuade a grand jury to 'indict a ham sandwich'. It doesn't seem like an awful lot has changed decades later, with Five Thirty...

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