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China arrests hundreds over banking scandal that sparked rare protests
China arrests hundreds over banking scandal that sparked rare protests
by  AFP

Chinese police have arrested more than 200 suspects linked to one of the country's biggest-ever banking scandals, which triggered rare mass protests. Police said Monday they had now arrested 234 people in connection with the scandal and that "significant progress" was being made in recovering stolen funds.

No choice: Colombia's ex-guerrillas revert to coca, crime
No choice: Colombia's ex-guerrillas revert to coca, crime
by  AFP

When he laid down arms at the end of Colombia's decades-long civil conflict, Eiber Andrade did not expect to ever return to a life of crime. And in the end, Andrade told AFP, he had no choice but to rejoin the criminal underworld and become a coca harvester.

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