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TAIPEI, Taiwan – A Taiwan court has sentenced a university student to death Friday for killing four passengers on a commuter train last year. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said Friday the New Taipei City district court sentenced the 21-year-old Cheng Chieh to die for the attack, the first in …

MANILA, Philippines – Officials say four Filipinos are among nine foreigners abducted by still-unidentified armed men from an oil field in central Libya and their abductors have yet to communicate any demand. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said Monday the Philippines is working with the Filipinos’ employers, Austrian-owned …

MADRID – Spain’s Banco Sabadell has made a 1.7 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) cash offer to buy Britain’s TSB, which last year split off from bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group. TSB Banking Group PLC shares soared 26 percent in London following its Thursday statement that Sabadell made an offer valuing each TSB …