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Moonlight sweeps Spirit Awards with six wins ahead of Oscars

[2017-02-27 07:59]

SANTA MONICA - Moonlight triumphed at the Film Independent Spirit Awards with six wins on Saturday, besting grief drama Manchester by the Sea ahead of Sunday's Oscars ceremony.

'Living dead' on rampage in Athens

[2017-02-27 07:59]

ATHENS - Hundreds of zombies and other creatures took over the center of Athens on Saturday, spreading horror, shock and awe among locals and tourists.

Brexit churns out unease for specialty cheese industry

[2017-02-27 07:59]

DYMOCK, UNITED KINGDOM - In the rolling countryside of southwest England, farmer Charles Martell is tending to his rare breed of cattle while two of his dairy workers get to work making Single Gloucester cheese - a British delicacy.

Ski resort razed by Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism

[2017-02-27 07:59]

MALAM JABBA, PAKISTAN - Atop the piste of Malam Jabba in Pakistan's once dangerous Swat Valley, skiers schuss downhill, a new Chinese-built chairlift ferries tourists to the peak and a luxury hotel is under construction to replace one torched by the Taliban.

Airport safe after nerve agent found

[2017-02-27 07:59]

KUALA LUMPUR - Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 2 was declared a "safe zone" on Sunday morning after inspection teams found no traces of a deadly poison that was used to kill a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Trump to skip correspondents' dinner as media row heats up

[2017-02-27 07:59]

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with the US media on Saturday, announcing he will skip the annual correspondents' dinner one day after a row erupted over White House press access.

Swedes puzzle over television appearance of 'security adviser'

[2017-02-27 07:59]

NEW YORK - A trans-Atlantic wave of puzzlement is rippling across Sweden for the second time in a week, after a prominent Fox News program featured a "Swedish defense and national security adviser" who's unknown to the country's military and foreign-affairs officials.

Malaysia rolls out red carpet for Saudi king

[2017-02-27 07:59]

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia welcomed Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday for the start of a rare, month-long Asian tour, where the monarch will build ties and seek to draw more investments to the oil-rich Gulf nation.

Muhammad Ali's son detained at airport, asked 'Are you Muslim?'

[2017-02-27 07:59]

MIAMI - Muhammad Ali's son, who bears the boxing great's name, was detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport and questioned about his ancestry and religion in what amounted to unconstitutional profiling, a family friend said on Saturday.

Le Pen adviser in probe over loans

[2017-02-27 07:59]

PARIS - Frederic Chatillon, an adviser to French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, on Saturday was put under formal investigation for allegedly making an illegal loan to Le Pen's National Front party. The latest news is expected to deepen the uncertainty of the race as presidential hopeful Francois Fillo faces a troublesome scandal, with frontrunner Emmanueal Macron being criticized for his policies.

Syrian rescuers miss out on Oscars show

[2017-02-27 07:59]

BEIRUT - Rescue workers from Syria's White Helmets group - the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary-will not attend this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony because of intensified conflict and a rejected passport.

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