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Russia Detains Minister Held In $700,000 Fraud Probe
A Russian court on Wednesday formally detained a deputy culture minister on suspicion of embezzling $700,000 earmarked to restore a historic convent, Russian media said.
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Germany Frees 2 Held for Alleged 'Act of Violence' Plot: Police
German police said today they had released two men detained on suspicion of planning a "serious act of violence" following raids in Berlin that targeted Islamists.
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China City Bans Christmas In Schools, Warns Over 'Western' Culture
A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting official suspicions about the increasingly popular festival because of its foreign origins.
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Fear, Cash Shortages Hinder Fight Against Ebola Outbreak
West African states lack the resources to battle the world's worst outbreak of Ebola and deep cultural suspicions about the disease remain a big obstacle to halting its spread, ministers said on Wednesday.
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British police make arrest over Saddam's bronze buttock
British police has arrested a 66-year-old man over claims that part of a bronze statue of Saddam Hussein, a buttock, was illegally brought over from Iraq after the war. He was held yesterday on suspicion of breaching the 2003Iraq Sanctions Order, which bans dealing in "illegally removed Iraqi cultural property", including items of archaeological, ...
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Russia Detains Minister Held In $700,000 Fraud Probe
A Russian court on Wednesday formally detained a deputy culture minister on suspicion of embezzling $700,000 earmarked to restore a historic convent, Russian media said.
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Germany Frees 2 Held for Alleged 'Act of Violence' Plot: Police
German police said today they had released two men detained on suspicion of planning a "serious act of violence" following raids in Berlin that targeted Islamists.
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China City Bans Christmas In Schools, Warns Over 'Western' Culture
A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting official suspicions about the increasingly popular festival because of its foreign origins.
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Fear, Cash Shortages Hinder Fight Against Ebola Outbreak
West African states lack the resources to battle the world's worst outbreak of Ebola and deep cultural suspicions about the disease remain a big obstacle to halting its spread, ministers said on Wednesday.
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British police make arrest over Saddam's bronze buttock
British police has arrested a 66-year-old man over claims that part of a bronze statue of Saddam Hussein, a buttock, was illegally brought over from Iraq after the war. He was held yesterday on suspicion of breaching the 2003Iraq Sanctions Order, which bans dealing in "illegally removed Iraqi cultural property", including items of archaeological, ...
