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Netanyahu puts brave face on corruption allegations

JERUSALEM, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his coalition government remained stable and would continue to govern despite police recommendations he be indicted for bribery."I want to reassure you, the coalition is stable. No one, not I, not anyone else, has plans to go...

Second US judge blocks move to end DACA

NEW YORK, Feb 14 (AFP): A second US judge on Tuesday blocked an order by President Donald Trump to end a programme protecting from deportation migrants who had been brought illegally to the country as children.The decision comes after a federal judge in San Francisco in January ruled against repealing...

Lawyer says he paid $0.13m to porn star linked to Trump

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (AFP): President Donald Trump's personal lawyer told the New York Times Tuesday he paid $130,000 of his own money to a porn star who once said she had an affair with Trump.The attorney, Michael Cohen, said that he was not reimbursed for the payment to the actress,...

Woman rides through X-ray scanner

SHANGHAI, Feb 14 (AFP): A woman in southern China was so attached to her handbag that she crawled into an X-ray security scanner rather than let it out of her sight.A video showing the woman's silhouette as she passed through the X-ray machine at a railway station Sunday has gone...

Monk who blessed Everest climbers dies in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Feb 14 (AFP): A Buddhist monk who blessed Everest climbers heading for the summit of the world's highest mountain has died in Nepal aged 87, local officials said Wednesday. Lama Geshe was a fixture of the Everest climbing community and few would dare attempt to climb the fabled 29,029-foot...

Gunmen kill four policemen in Pakistan

QUETTA, Feb 14 (AFP): Gunmen on Wednesday killed four paramilitary policemen in an ambush in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said.The Pakistani Taliban said it carried out the attack, the second time this month it has claimed a deadly assault on security forces. The Frontier Constabulary officers were...

19 migrants die in Libya truck crash

TRIPOLI, Feb 14 (AFP): At least 19 migrants were killed on Wednesday and more than 100 injured when the truck transporting them crashed in Libya, a hospital said.More than 300 migrants, mostly Eritrean and Somali nationals, were on board the vehicle which overturned near the town of Bani Walid.A child...

Afghan institute wins music's 'Nobel Prize'

STOCKHOLM, Feb 14 (AFP): An Afghan music institute that has empowered girls in the war-torn country and metal pioneers Metallica on Wednesday shared the Polar Music Prize, often called music's Nobel. The laureates will each receive one million Swedish kronor ($125,000) at a televised gala in Stockholm on June 14...

Six get injured in stabbing spree in Paris

PARIS, Feb 14 (AFP): A man stabbed six bystanders in a series of apparently unprovoked attacks in northern Paris on Tuesday night before being arrested by police in a drunken state, a security source told AFP.The rampage began at around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) in an area known for its...