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Two trains collide north of London, killing at least 1 person and seriously injuring dozens

Two trains collided north of London on Friday, killing a driver and seriously injuring dozens of people on board. A passenger described being thrown forward by the impact then seeing fellow travelers with broken bones and bloody injuries.

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Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

Observers on Friday called Cuba's new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island's communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raul Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.

Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparations

African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana are urging former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations for the trafficking of enslaved Africans

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Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim in the Congo outbreak's 3rd orphanage death

Mourners gathered Friday to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week, the third child to die at an orphanage in eastern Congo as authorities have struggled to contain the latest outbreak.

Migrants deported by U.S. to Sierra Leone risk return to countries where they fear persecution

Asylum seekers deported by the U.S. to Sierra Leone risk being sent back to their home countries where they face persecution, according to one of their lawyers and documents seen by The Associated Press, despite prior U.S. court orders barring their deportation to those countries.