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Chadian authorities arrested two generals after a failed coup attempt two days ago in which at least eight people died, the country’s public prosecutor said.
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Following is a transcript of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s comments from his monthly news conference in Bratislava today:
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Chadian authorities arrested opposition lawmaker Saleh Maki and “several” civilians and military personnel after stopping a coup attempt, government spokesman Hassan Sylla Bakari said.
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Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission is investigating the clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeastern town of Baga which may have killed 185 civilians.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman brushed off reports of an attack on her austerity policy by France’s ruling Socialists, saying she only deals with French leaders such as President Francois Hollande.
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The former president of South Korea is a “rat,” Hillary Clinton is a “funny lady” who is “by no means intelligent” and the U.S. mainland is “similar to a boiled pumpkin.”
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Kenya’s Peter Some was a surprise winner of today’s Paris marathon, finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s Tadese Tola and Kenya’s Eric Ndiema, Agence France-Presse reported.
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The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, got a new chief today as France appointed Jean-Luc Martinez to replace Henri Loyrette, in the post since 2001.
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Egypt’s navy seized a Togolese- flagged ship carrying heavy weapons late yesterday and was questioning crew members at the port of Safaga, Reuters reported.
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Twenty-two people were injured yesterday following protests over the construction of a wind farm owned by Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, Agence France-Presse reported, citing local prosecutor Manuel de Jesus Lopez.
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