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Adviser Scala makes his FIFA reform manifesto public

[2015-09-12 08:28]

Many have urged FIFA to change its ways. Few have succeeded.

EU plan would accept 160,000 refugees

[2015-09-11 07:41]

The EU unveiled plans on Wednesday to take 160,000 refugees from overstretched border states, as the United States said it will accept more Syrians to ease the pressure from the worst migration crisis since World War II.

'Conflict cotton' raises manufacturers' worries

[2015-09-11 07:41]

Islamic State militants have taken control of a significant portion of Syrian cotton production, worrying some textile manufacturers, although there appears little risk that IS-linked clothing will end up on the catwalk or in customers' closets.

Over 100,000 flee flooding north of Tokyo

[2015-09-11 07:41]

Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Thursday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes.

Newly discovered bones reveal new human relative

[2015-09-11 07:41]

Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2015-09-11 07:41]

Turkish jets continued to bombard Kurdish militant positions in northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, achieving "very effective" results, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday.

EU goals include border defenses, aid for refugees

[2015-09-10 07:55]

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday the European Union will offer better protection for refugees, but also will improve its frontier defenses and deport more illegal migrants.

Elizabeth II sets record on throne

[2015-09-10 07:55]

After reigning through the decline of the British Empire and some of the worst scandals in royal history, Queen Elizabeth II was set to become Britain's longest-serving monarch on Wednesday (early Thursday, China time).

Woman fired for kicking migrants

[2015-09-10 07:55]

A camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary was fired late on Tuesday after videos of her kicking and tripping migrants fleeing police, including a man carrying a child, spread in the media and on the Internet.

150 troops cross border in pursuit of Kurd rebels

[2015-09-10 07:55]

Turkish forces crossed into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants on Tuesday after the deadliest rebel attacks in years left dozens dead in a new escalation of the decades-long conflict.

Clinton apologizes for private e-mail server

[2015-09-10 07:55]

It took three interviews and five days for Hillary Clinton to say "I'm sorry".

Police: Suspect handled backpack bomb

[2015-09-10 07:55]

A key suspect in last month's deadly Bangkok blast handed the backpack that held the bomb over to a man in a yellow T-shirt later seen placing it at a shrine in the heart of the city, Thai police said on Wednesday.

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