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Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa leaves hospital after fall

MADRID — Nobel Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been discharged from a Madrid hospital, 24 hours after sustaining light injuries in a fall at home.
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Central African Republic minister says Becker passport fake

Central African Republic minister says Becker passport fake

BANGUI, Central African Republic — Central African Republic's foreign minister says a reported diplomatic passport for Boris Becker appears to be a fake and the country's prosecutor general will investigate.
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Rapper Jim Jones among 4 arrested after Atlanta police chase

Rapper Jim Jones among 4 arrested after Atlanta police chase

NEWNAN, Ga. — Rapper Jim Jones has been arrested after a brief police chase in west Georgia.
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Michelle Obama discusses new memoir at library conference

Michelle Obama discusses new memoir at library conference

NEW ORLEANS — Former first lady Michelle Obama will discuss her upcoming memoir "Becoming" as she kicks off the American Library Association's annual conference in New Orleans. Librarian of Congress Dr.
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Greek financial markets rally on deal paving to bailout exit

Greek financial markets rally on deal paving to bailout exit

ATHENS, Greece — Greece's financial markets rallied Friday on news that the country's creditors have agreed to debt relief measures that pave the way for an end to the nation's eight-year bailout program in two months.
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EU lawmakers miffed over new Facebook snub

EU lawmakers miffed over new Facebook snub

BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers are unhappy that Facebook is refusing to comply with their request to send two senior officials to testify at a hearing into the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
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4th person pleads guilty in death of former football star

WORCESTER, Mass. — The fourth and final suspect in the slaying three years ago of a former high school football star in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty days before his trial was scheduled to start.
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No. 1 Sun: Phoenix takes Ayton; Trae Young, Doncic swapped

No. 1 Sun: Phoenix takes Ayton; Trae Young, Doncic swapped

NEW YORK — The Phoenix Suns stayed close to home for their first No. 1 pick. The Dallas Mavericks looked all the way to Slovenia for the player they hope can be their next European superstar.
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Rival Koreas agree to reunions of war-separated families

Rival Koreas agree to reunions of war-separated families

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North and South Korea have agreed to hold temporary reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War in August as they boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death

Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Friday for ordering Islamic State group-affiliated militants to carry out attacks including the January 2016 suicide bombing at a Starbucks in Jakarta.
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