SEHNDE, Germany (AP) — A German national who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in…
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner freed from German prison
The prime suspect in the high-profile case of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance has been released from prison in Germany, where he has been serving a sentence for an unrelated offence.
Christian Brückner was driven out in a black Audi by his…
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Niger attack: 22 killed as gunmen on motorbikes fire at baptism ceremony in Tillaberi
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a village in western Niger, reports say.
A resident told the French news agency AFP that 15 people were killed at the ceremony in Tillabéri…
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Gold worth $700,000 stolen from Paris’s Natural History Museum amid string of similar heists
Thieves have broken into Paris’s Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth $700,000 in the latest of a worrying series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum.
Famed for its dinosaur skeletons and…
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The Battle of Gaza City: it’s time to take sides
‘I judge a man by one thing’, said the early 20th-century English Liberal MP Isaac Foot: ‘Which side would he have liked his ancestors to fight on at Marston Moor?’ He was…
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Timor-Leste scraps plan to buy MPs free cars after protests
Timor-Leste has scrapped a plan to give its lawmakers free cars after thousands of people took to the streets to protest against it.
On Tuesday, demonstrators burned tyres and set a government vehicle alight, while police responded with tear gas -…
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