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IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2014-12-13 08:05]

Brazilian federal prosecutors announced on Thursday they have formally charged 36 people linked to a corruption and money-laundering scheme at state oil and gas giant Petrobras.

US uses hip-hop to subvert Cuba

[2014-12-12 07:46]

For more than two years, a US agency secretly infiltrated Cuba's underground hip-hop movement, recruiting unwitting rappers to spark a youth movement against the government, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Five things to know about usaid's cuban hip-hop plan

[2014-12-12 07:46]

The USAID hip-hop program was inspired by Serbian student protest concerts that helped oust former president Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. Serbians involved in that effort guided the Cuban hip-hop program.

Garden blooms on Lebanon's former 'trash mountain'

[2014-12-12 07:46]

Lebanon's southern city of Sidon is best known for its Crusader castle and ancient market, but a more modern landmark has marred its Mediterranean shoreline for decades - a towering "mountain" of trash.

Syrian women keep up looks amid conflict

[2014-12-12 07:46]

As government airstrikes and incoming rebel mortar fire rattle buildings in the distance, shoppers at a beauty exhibition in Damascus try not to notice.

Russia turns to India to stave off recession

[2014-12-12 07:46]

Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding talks with Indian leaders on Thursday to strengthen trade and energy cooperation with Asia's third-largest economy, as Western sanctions threaten to push his country's economy to the brink of a recession.

Crimean leader in New Delhi

[2014-12-12 07:46]

The leader of Crimea, the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, arrived for talks in New Delhi on Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Indian counterpart.

Report: Australia failed to protect asylum seekers

[2014-12-12 07:46]

The Australian government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers at a camp in Papua New Guinea where a riot left one dead and 69 injured, according to a parliamentary report released on Thursday.

Canberra minister first to come out as gay

[2014-12-12 07:46]

An Australian politician came out as the country's first openly gay government leader on Thursday after he was appointed chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

Palestinians, Israelis dispute official's autopsy results

[2014-12-12 07:46]

Israeli and Palestinian officials issued conflicting accounts on Thursday over the results of an autopsy of a Palestinian minister who died after being shoved and grabbed by the neck by an Israeli border policeman at a West Bank protest on Wednesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2014-12-12 07:46]

A friend of Jimmy Savile, the late British television presenter who was unmasked after his death in 2011 as one of Britain's worst sex offenders, has been jailed for 25 years for a string of underage sex crimes dating back to the 1960s and 1970s. Ray Teret was convicted earlier this month at Manchester Crown Court of seven charges of rape and 11 of sexual assault on 11 victims.

CIA torture sparks outrage

[2014-12-12 07:46]

A damning report into the United States' brutal treatment of "war on terror" detainees triggered worldwide condemnation and calls for CIA agents and senior officials to face justice.

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