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Ethiopia bus crash kills 38 students

ADDIS ABABA (AP)- Ethiopia's state-affiliated broadcaster says that a bus plunged into a ditch, killing 38 people in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region. Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that the bus veered off the road and went into the trench. It said an additional 10...

Vienna knife attacker had Islamist sympathies

VIENNA (AFP)- The Austrian of Egyptian origin who was shot dead Sunday night after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies, authorities said. Preliminary indications suggest that the 26-year-old man "clearly had...

Egypt escalates crackdown on media ahead of election

CAIRO (AP)- Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to use to bring attention to any media reports they perceive as undermining the country's security or hurting public interest. The publication of the numbers - listed in a statement issued late on...

Baghdad ends air blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan

BAGHDAD (AFP)- Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the airports of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah were "again open to international...