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The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland, employs 4,000 people — though its financial benefits are felt across the city. But Ireland's attractive tax laws — which have lured other industry leaders — are now under scrutiny.

U.S. Tech Firms See Green As They Set Up Shop In Low-Tax Ireland

8:54am December 08, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

Google, Apple and other industry leaders have global headquarters in Ireland. But the U.S. Congress and others aren't happy, and the Irish are reconsidering some of these business-friendly tax laws.

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Laughter Is The Best Medicine For Gulag Blues, Russia Tells Guards

7:44am December 08, 2014

The country's justice ministry suggested to its prison guards that using humor and irony could improve prisoner morale; one official suggests the idea itself is the joke.

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Parishioners attend a mid-week prayer service at St. Gabriel Syrian Orthodox Church. Since the Syrian war began three years ago, the town has seen a marked increase in Syrian refugees resettling in Södertalje, straining many city services.

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Sweden's Tolerance Is Tested By Tide Of Syrian Immigrants

6:27pm December 05, 2014

by Joanna Kakissis

One-third of the residents in the city of Sodertalje are from the Middle East, many of them recent arrivals from Syria. The influx is testing Sweden's liberal immigration policies.

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ICC Drops Charges Against Kenya's President

6:18pm December 05, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

But the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court reserved the right to bring new charges against Uhuru Kenyatta. The Kenyan leader said he was excited and relieved at the decision.

Zodiac commando boats arrive at the rear of the French luxury yacht Le Ponant, whose crew was held hostage by pirates, in April 2008. The French navy frigate Le Commandant Bouan is seen in the background, off Somalia's coast.

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EU Court Orders France To Compensate Somali Pirates

5:35pm December 05, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that pirates, who hijacked two French vessels, should get up to 7,000 euros each because of a delay in producing them before a judge.

An undated handout image released by the British Museum of a headless sculpture of the river god Ilissos. The British Museum has put the sculpture, one of the Elgin Marbles, on loan to the Hermitage Museum in Russia, the first time one of the Parthenon sc

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Greece Condemns British Museum For Lending Out Elgin Marbles

3:06pm December 05, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Athens has long demanded the return of the ancient sculptures it says were looted in the early 1800s from the Parthenon and other famous structures.

A sculpture of oil workers in Caracas, Venezuela. The country is heavily dependent on oil exports, and falling oil prices have had a ripple effect on the country's already troubled economy.

For World's Oil Exporters, Falling Prices Have A Domino Effect

1:07pm December 05, 2014

by Jackie Northam

Falling oil prices have been good news for the U.S. But they're causing multiple problems for some exporters. Government budgets are strained. Economies are struggling. Currencies are crashing.

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Putin Stands Firm In 'State Of The Nation' Address

6:47pm December 04, 2014

by Corey Flintoff

Russian President Vladimir Putin made his annual "State of the Nation" speech in Moscow on Thursday, with a defense of Russia's seizure of Crimea and an attack on Western nations who he said were intent on keeping Russia down.

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Putin Defiant In Speech In Face Of Sanctions, Economic Woes

2:42pm December 04, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Russian president said in his state of the union speech that the "difficulties" his country faces "also create new possibilities." He accused the West of trying to break up Russia.

Alfons R. of Hamburg, Germany (shown in this undated photo), converted to Islam at age 17. Later, he went to Turkey, then Syria, to join ISIS. He was killed this past summer.

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From German Teen To ISIS Jihadist: A Father's Struggle To Understand

10:34am December 04, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Manfred Karg's 19-year-old son, a convert to Islam, is one of at least 60 Germans killed fighting alongside ISIS militants. Karg says efforts to stop the flow to Syria and Iraq are taking too long.

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