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HAVANA – Cuba’s official newspaper Granma says two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment in a migrant trafficking scheme that left four people dead. The daily reported Monday that another five people have received prison sentences ranging from eight to 25 years in the unsuccessful plan. Granma says the …

MEXICO CITY – Ten people were injured in southern Mexico after an attempt to attack the Coca-Cola company’s offices in the southern state of Guerrero. The violence occurred in the state capital of Chilpancingo late Wednesday. The Guerrero state government said protesters tried to attack the Coke offices “to damage …

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says the cease-fire in Ukraine has “very significantly” lowered the level of military exchanges between government and separatist forces, but violations are still taking place. Lamberto Zannier told a group of reporters Monday that there have …

BEIRUT – The Lebanese army says it has seized two hilltop positions along the border from Syria-based Islamic militants. In a statement Thursday, it says the operation is in line with efforts to secure villages near the eastern border with neighboring Syria. Three soldiers were wounded in the operation, during …

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – A witness and a security officer say four people died when two women blew themselves up at a bus stop in a village in northeast Nigeria, the latest in a series of suicide bombings carried out by females and blamed on the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group. …

BEIRUT – Activists say hundreds of residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus have fled after shelling by government forces and clashes between Islamic State fighters and Palestinian militants. An activist based in an area just south of Damascus, Hatem al-Dimashqi, said many residents started fleeing …

KAMPALA, Uganda – Ugandan authorities have arrested a Ugandan who once was detained at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of playing a role in the killing last month of a local prosecutor who handled terror cases. Ugandan police spokesman Fred Enanga told The Associated Press that Jamal Kiyemba was arrested with …

TRIPOLI, Libya – Gunmen opened fire early Sunday at the local guards of the South Korean Embassy in the Libyan capital, killing one of them as well as a civilian who was in the area, a Libyan security official said. The South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement that …

CANBERRA, Australia – The government has ordered Australia’s biggest supermarket chain to pull down a Website that has been widely accused of commercializing Australia’s Veterans’ Day near its centenary. Woolworths, which brands itself as “The Fresh Food People,” briefly launched a Website “Fresh in Our Memories” late Tuesday to commemorate …

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s troubled state-owned oil company says it will reveal its estimate on how much it lost in a sweeping kickback scheme when it releases an audited report of its financial earnings from last year’s third and fourth quarters. A statement released by Petrobras late Thursday said the …