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CAIRO – Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the sentencing of two police officers to 10 years in prison each for the 2010 killing of a political activist in the port city of Alexandria. Wednesday’s ruling cannot be appealed. The officers were convicted in a retrial last year in a …

BERLIN – The head of a German serial killer known as the “Butcher of Hannover” has been cremated after lying in storage for almost 89 years. The Goettinger Tageblatt newspaper reported Saturday that the University of Goettingen’s medical department confirmed it had incinerated the remains of Fritz Haarmann last year. …

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean lawmakers have approved a bill that recognizes civil unions between same-sex couples. The bill has now been passed by both houses of congress in the South American country, and goes to President Michelle Bachelet for final approval. The legislation has been in the works for four …