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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian court on Tuesday struck down former President Alvaro Uribe’s convictions for fraud and bribery in a lengthy legal saga over alleged witness tampering that could have resulted in him serving 12 years of house arrest, but a senator involved said he would appeal, which could take the …

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(Reuters) -The backers of a proposed 800-mile (1,287 km) gas pipeline in Alaska championed by U.S. President Donald Trump expect to complete a key engineering and cost study by the end of this year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Monday. The ambitious proposal to transport gas from Alaska’s far north to the Gulf of …

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By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -U.S. strikes against Venezuela in international waters are a dangerous escalation and amount to “extrajudicial executions,” a group of independent United Nations experts said on Tuesday. In recent months, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered strikes on at least six suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean, killing at least 27 people.  The …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The American Petroleum Institute said on Tuesday it opposes legislation to expand year-round sales of E15 gasoline, a reversal that underscores deepening tensions between the oil and ethanol industries after a brief period of cooperation. The influential oil trade group earlier this year had teamed up with farm-state lawmakers and ethanol …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, arriving at La Sante prison in Paris in a stunning downfall for a man who led the country between 2007 and 2012. The former conservative president, 70, left his home for …

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BOGOTA (Reuters) -A meeting on Monday night between Colombia President Gustavo Petro, U.S. charge d’affaires John McNamara and Colombia’s recalled ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Garcia-Pena was a first step toward healing a bilateral impasse, Colombia’s foreign ministry said early on Tuesday. However, McNamara made clear that whether the U.S. imposes higher tariffs on Colombia, …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday that supplies into Gaza were ramping up after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire but were still far short of its daily target of 2,000 tons because only two crossings are open, and none to the famine-hit north of the enclave. Around 750 metric tons …

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