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Norway Votes to Divest From Coal

The nation’s pension fund will shift holdings out of billions of dollars of stock in companies that rely at least 30 percent on coal, a decision that is certain to add momentum to a push that emerged three years ago on college campuses.


Police officers waited to begin recovery operations as the Oriental Star was righted by cranes in the Yangtze River. Credit Chinatopix, via Associated Press

Chinese Ship Lifted; More Bodies Are Found

With no hope of finding survivors in the submerged hull of a cruise ship that capsized this week with 456 people aboard, officials turned their attention on Friday to recovering the dead.



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Azorean Diaspora Can’t Resist Pull of Home

For North Americans born in or descended from the Azores, ties to the mid-Atlantic Portuguese archipelago remain vital even generations later.





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