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Saturday, December 1, 2012

WORLD News of the Day From Across the Globe /




Masked men in jackets emblazoned with the word "police" boarded a fishing boat Friday in Curacao and stole 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5 million, officials on the southern Caribbean island said.

Athens is seeing an alarming increase in new HIV infections, particularly among intravenous drug users, health officials warned Friday, as Greece struggles through a protracted financial crisis in which funding for health care and drug treatment programs have been slashed.

While there were about 10 to 14 new HIV infections per year among Athens drug users from 2008 to 2010, that number shot up to 206 new cases last year and 487 new cases by October this year - a 15-fold and 35-fold increase, respectively.

The Italian news agency ANSA says a wall at the Pompeii archaeological site has collapsed following days of heavy rain.

Under a newly approved amendment, the candidates would have to invest in a Bulgarian company involved in a high-priority project in industry, infrastructure, transport or tourism.


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