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    British ex-soldiers will not be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday perjury

    Fifteen former British soldiers and a civilian who was an alleged member of the IRA will not be prosecuted for perjury over evidence given to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the Northern Ireland Prosecution Service said on Friday. The Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry after its chairman, Lord Saville, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to examine the circumstances that led to the killing of 13 civilians by soldiers of the Parachute Regiment in Derry in 1972. "Bloo

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    Situation 'unstable' at Copenhagen landmark after blaze

    Three days after a fire which ravaged Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange broke out, emergency services said Friday that the situation was "unstable" due to equipment issues and a strong breeze.It was the stock exchange until the 1970s.

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    Marjorie Taylor Greene Makes Incredibly Worrisome Claim About Speaker Turnover

    The far-right lawmaker seems to have an aversion to stable leadership.

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    Migrant rescuers vindicated after Italy court drops trafficking charges

    An Italian court threw out charges Friday against crew members of migrant rescue ships, ending a controversial case seven years after the government accused them of colluding with traffickers.After the case was split into various separate proceedings last year, eight crew members and two ship captains remained as individual defendants in the case before the court Friday. 

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    30 Of The Funniest Tweets About Cats And Dogs This Week (April 13-19)

    "Thought some notification had come in on my husband’s phone but turned out it was the cat snoring."

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    China moves to boost foreign investment in domestic tech companies

    China published measures on Friday aimed at promoting overseas investment in its technology sector, in a latest bid to attract foreign investors amid signs some are considering shifting away from the world's second-largest economy. China will support overseas institutions to issue yuan bonds in the country, and also encourage tech companies, including foreign-invested ones, to raise money via bond issuance, the commerce ministry said in a statement. The government will also facilitate foreign

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    Iran blasts rattle global markets

    Reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran rattled markets on Friday, with oil prices briefly surging and equities slumping. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against its arch-rival.

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