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Mongolia pardons American, 2 Filipinos in tax case seen harming country's investment climate

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – Mongolia’s president says he has pardoned an American mining executive and two Filipinos sentenced to jail for tax evasion in a case that raised questions about the Asian nation’s reputation as an investment destination. A statement Thursday from Elbegdorj Tsakhia’s office said Justin Kapla, Hillarion Cajucom …

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Amnesty says Gambia has sentenced 3 to death for coup plot, calls for penalty to be commuted

DAKAR, Senegal – A human rights group says Gambia has sentenced three soldiers to death after a secret trial in which they were convicted of participating in an attempted coup. Amnesty International said Wednesday that the death sentences were handed down Monday, along with life sentences for three other soldiers. …

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Twitter restored after Turkey blocks social media over terror group photos

ISTANBUL – Turkey on Monday blocked access to social networking sites, including Twitter and YouTube, over photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a prosecutor who died last week in a failed hostage rescue operation. Access to Twitter was restored several hours later. A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip …

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