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The Latest: Fillon hit by campaign defections
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French presidential election campaign (all times local):
Austrian court convicts 8 Iraqi men in tourist's gang rape
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court found eight Iraqi nationals guilty on Thursday of gang-raping a German tourist on New Year's Eve more than a year ago and sentenced them to prison terms of between nine and 13 years.
Contamination of Lake Titicaca: Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash
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Tucked between snow-capped mountains, Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun. The steady deterioration of the prized tourist destination has caused a rash of health problems among the 1.3 million people in Peru and Bolivia living near Lake Titicaca’s polluted banks. “If the frogs could talk they would say, ‘This is killing me,'” said Maruja Inquilla, a local environmental activist who recently showed up at the Puno governor’s house carrying plastic bags filled with hundreds of dead frogs in protest.
What to do if you're questioned by immigration police
Immigration lawyer Cesar Vargas tells DACA recipients to assert their right to an attorney.
Egypt appeals court acquits Mubarak over protester killings
Egypt's top appeals court on Thursday acquitted Hosni Mubarak of involvement in the killing of protesters during a 2011 revolt, ending the final trial for the strongman who ruled for 30 years. Mubarak had been sentenced to life in 2012 but an appeals court ordered a retrial, which dismissed the charges two years later. The trial was Mubarak's last, after prosecutors levelled various charges against him following his February 2011 resignation.
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