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Indian police say they are investigating the parents of a teenage girl who died after fasting for 68 days in a religious ritual.

Officials have ordered the arrest of the spokesman of a newly outlawed Shiite Muslim group in northern Nigeria.

The Latest on the Nobel prize in economics (all times local): 2:05 p.m.

A senior figure in Germany's governing coalition says it will try to agree on a joint candidate to be the country's next president, but may not succeed amid tensions ahead of next year's parliamentary election.

A 22-year-old Syrian man who was the subject of a nationwide hunt and is believed to have been preparing a bomb attack was detained Monday, German police said.

The European Union's top economy official says Greece has met all outstanding conditions required to receive more rescue loans to bolster its debt-strapped economy.

About 200 journalists and other workers in Greek private TV stations have held a peaceful protest outside Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' office over feared job losses in a broadcasting shake-up.

The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in an alleged bomb attack thwarted in Germany: 9:53 a.m. (all times local): A police spokesman says fellow Syrians led to the arrest of a Syrian whom authorities allege may have been preparing a bomb attack in Germany.

Croatia's president has appointed conservative leader Andrej Plenkovic as prime minister-designate after his party and a small populist group agreed to form a coalition government.

Ethiopia's government is blaming Egypt for supporting outlawed rebels and forcing the declaration of a state of emergency.

The European Union's executive says it is closely following the media situation in Hungary after the closure of the nation's main opposition newspaper further reduced the diversity of political voices.

Germany's justice minister says the country's failure to properly prosecute former Nazis during the post-war period should serve as a warning to the legal profession in Germany and elsewhere.

Chinese state media say 10 people have been killed in the collapse of a group of decrepit homes in an eastern region.

Teachers across Poland are planning protests over a government plan to reorganize the public school system, putting added pressure on a conservative ruling party that faces growing criticism both domestically and internationally.

Activists are accusing Nigeria's government of intimidating and harassing the judiciary after several senior judges were detained in weekend sting operations.

A traditional wooden shipping boat on the main waterway running through Dubai has caught on fire, sending smoke into the air.

Iraq's federal court says Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional.

Qatar has launched a campaign to educate its large population of foreign workers about its new labor laws.

The president of Kazakhstan says King Abdullah II of Jordan will be the first recipient of a new award established by the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation to mark contributions to global security and nuclear disarmament.

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory.