BRUSSELS (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday demanded ahead of a EU summit that Greece seek rescue finance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The euro currency slid to a 10 month low against the dollar in the hours before European leaders started the summit dominated by frenzied efforts to save Greece from [...]
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Heavy rains in eastern Uganda have triggered flooding that has displaced thousands of people and hampered search efforts to find victims of massive landslides that have killed hundreds. Joel Aguma, a police commander for eastern Uganda, said persistent heavy rains over the last seven days have caused the flooding of more than 30 villages in [...]
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In video that’s been aired around the world, bystander Horia Cretan is seen carrying a child from a New York apartment fire. Cretan is not the only hero in the story. Jimmy Senk is the Bronx firefighter, above right, who went inside the burning apartment with smoke all around, found the child and handed him [...]
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