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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thai PM survives no-confidence vote

BANGKOK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minster Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government is facing unrelenting anti-government protests, easily overcame a no-confidence vote Thursday. Her Interior Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan also survived a similar motion in Parliament, which was introduced amid ongoing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Italian Senate strips Berlusconi of seat

ROME, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The Italian Senate voted Wednesday to strip ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of his seat because of a tax fraud conviction he insists will be reversed. Berlusconi, 77, maintains the tax fraud conviction, which Italy's supreme court upheld during the summer, is politically... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Prosecutor requests 30 years for Knox in Kercher death

FLORENCE, Italy, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- American Amanda Knox should get a 30-year prison term for the 2007 death of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, an Italian prosecutor said Tuesday. In addition, prosecutor Alessandro Crini told a court in Florence that Knox's boyfriend at the time, Raffaele... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Crystal Mangum, Duke lacrosse accuser, gets 14 years for murder

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman who falsely claimed three Duke University lacrosse players raped her in 2006 was convicted Friday of murder for killing her boyfriend. Crystal Mangum, 32, stabbed live-in boyfriend Reginald Daye, 46, with a kitchen knife during an April 3, 2011,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Kerry: Iran nuclear deal will make Israel 'safer'

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday Iran's promise to halt nuclear enrichment above 5 percent will make Israel and the entire region "safer." Russia, France, Britain, China, the United States and Germany secured a six-month deal with Iran in Geneva... Sign in to see full entry.

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