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BUDAPEST, (AP):Hungary's government said it plans to extend its anti-migration campaign to countries such as Greece, Macedonia and Serbia, transit points used by the more than 120,000 migrants who have entered Hungary this year.Minister Janos Lazar...

MEXICO CITY (AP):Five gunmen burst into a bar early yesterday and killed a reputed drug-gang boss, a reporter and four other people in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, authorities said.The Veracruz state prosecutors' office said the gunmen...

WASHINGTON, (AP):Debra 'Deb' Eschmeyer was jobless and near penniless but excited about heading to Ecuador with her husband as Peace Corps volunteers. Then everything changed.Jeff, the high-school sweetheart she had recently married, was diagnosed...

ALASKA (AP)School officials in Limestone County are considering the idea of random drug tests for teachers, coaches and other educators.The Decatur Daily reports that random drug testing was a topic of discussion at a recent work session of the...

ATHENS (AP):Details of Greece's latest bailout package were being pored over across Europe yesterday as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted the agreement with creditors would put "a definitive end" to the country's economic uncertainty.Tsipras...

HAT YAI, Thailand (AP):A pickup truck carrying a group of students in southern Thailand careened yesterday on to a traffic island and hit some trees, killing eight of the students and the...

BAGHDAD (AP):Iraq's parliament yesterday unanimously approved an ambitious reform plan that would cut spending and eliminate senior posts, including the three largely symbolic vice-presidencies, following mass protests against corruption and poor...

WARSAW (AP):A heat wave in Poland yesterday forced the national supplier to cut electricity to factories for several hours, and Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz appealed to people to save energy during the day.Temperatures reached 38 Celsius (100...

KINGSTON (AP):The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.Clumps of the...