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LONDON – Britain’s national statistics agency says the economy grew faster than previously thought last year. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the country’s gross domestic product expanded 2.8 percent, compared with the previous estimate of 2.6 percent. Growth in the fourth quarter was 0.6 percent, up …

UNITED NATIONS – A new U.N. report says no one has been held accountable in a massacre in South Sudan last year that raised international alarm and memories of the Rwandan genocide. The report released Friday says more than 350 civilians were killed in two bursts of violence along ethnic …

MILAN – The Italian news agency ANSA and the state-run TV network RAI are reporting that prosecutors in Rome are investigating a dozen foreigners living in Italy on terrorism-related charges. ANSA, RAI and other Italian media reported Tuesday, citing no named sources, that the suspects were identified through Internet traffic …