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Haiti Newsman Tells Of Escape From Deadly Attack By ‘All-powerful’ Gang

“The bullets were flying thick and fast,” said Wilmann Vil, the sole survivor of a recent gang attack that killed two fellow Haitian journalists just outside Port-au-Prince. Vil himself has gone into hiding, fearful that the criminal gang, one of several terrorizing Haiti’s capital city, might find him. In that fateful encounter Thursday, Vil and …

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50 Years On, Mystery Hijacker’s Mid-air Escape Still Fascinates Americans

Business / By Janel Cannon

On the eve of Thanksgiving, 1971, a nondescript, 40-something man who called himself Dan Cooper approached the airport counter and bought a one-way ticket for the short flight from Portland to Seattle. Within hours, he had strapped a bag holding $200,000 in ransom to himself — today worth about $1.3 million — and parachuted off …

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Tokyo prosecutors charge two Americans with helping Ghosn escape

Carlos Ghosn’s accused escape plotters ask U.S. Supreme Court to delay extradition to Japan

U.S. court clears way for extradition to Japan of Ghosn’s accused escape plotters

Politics, Top News, World / By Madeline Kennedy

FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan and Renault chief executive, looks on during a news conference at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, in Jounieh, Lebanon September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo February 12, 2021 By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to further delay the extradition to …

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Ether seeks to escape bitcoin’s shadow with CME futures launch

Politics, Top News / By Megan Morreale

FILE PHOTO: Representation of the Ethereum virtual currency standing on the PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration February 5, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Futures on ether, the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization and daily volume, will launch late Sunday on derivatives …

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An escape to the countryside to drive UK housing activity: Reuters poll

Economy, Top News, World / By Liz Morgan

FILE PHOTO: A “help to buy” sign is pictured next to new houses in Aylesbury, Britain August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs February 2, 2021 By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices will flatline this year as a property sales tax cut is due to expire and unemployment is expected to rise, according to …

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