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Finland’s plan to bury spent nuclear waste carries risk to future generations

OLKILUOTO, Finland (AP) - With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. "We are now at about minus 430 meters (1,411 feet)," muttered geologist Tuomas Pere as he steered a car through a ...
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Key Indian states hold elections that will test reach of Modi’s party in opposition strongholds

NEW DELHI (AP) - Voters in India's Assam and Kerala states and the federally administered region of Puducherry began casting ballots Thursday in local elections seen as a test of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. The elections pit the ...
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Husband of woman reported missing in Bahamas after going overboard speaks out

(NEW YORK) -- The husband of an American woman reported missing in the Bahamas after going overboard on a dinghy has spoken out for the first time, saying he is "heartbroken over the recent boat accident."The search is ongoing for Lynette Hooker, 55, of ...
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As ceasefire begins, some Iranians express relief after days of living in limbo

(LONDON) -- As President Donald Trump pulled back from threats to annihilate "a whole civilization" when the Iranian regime agreed to a ceasefire and open the critical Strait of Hormuz, some people in the Islamic Republic expressed relief after juggling feelings ranging from despair ...
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Turkey detains 9 over attack outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish authorities have detained nine people as part of an investigation into an attack on police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul that left one assailant dead, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Wednesday. Two other assailants were wounded and ...
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‘I’m going there.’ Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil’s Amazon

OIAPOQUE, Brazil (AP) - On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend's wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista - New Conquest - where pristine rainforest in Brazil's ...
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Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil’s Amazon

OIAPOQUE, Brazil (AP) - Oiapoque, a remote city in Brazil's northern state of Amapa, is already experiencing several impacts from an anticipated oil-driven economic boom. Since Petrobras, the country's state oil company, began exploratory drilling off the coast of the Amazon rainforest, thousands of ...
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Israel strikes central Beirut without warning after saying Iran ceasefire doesn’t apply there

BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning Wednesday afternoon, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon's health ministry said dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in an early ...
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Spanish prime minister to make fourth trip to China in as many years

BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy. Sanchez will ...
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Rwanda tries to protect farmland in Africa’s most densely populated nation

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - The rhythmic sounds of construction muffle the thud of farmers' hoes on a chilly morning in Rwanda 's capital, where new efforts aim to protect remaining agricultural land from relentless development in Africa's most densely populated country. Eighty-four-year-old Mukarusini Purisikira had ...
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Armed men kill 20 and abduct others in northwestern Nigeria villages

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 8 (Reuters) - Armed men in Nigeria killed at least 20 people, including security guards, and abducted an unknown number after attacking villages in northwestern Niger state, police and residents said late on Tuesday, the latest violence plaguing the north of ...
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China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore comprehensive solution in peace talks

BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed during peace talks in Urumqi to explore a comprehensive solution to the conflict that broke out between the two countries last October. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a ...
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