LISBON, Portugal — International ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Portugal’s debt to junk status due to its high debts and poor economic prospects. Fitch said Thursday it is downgrading Portugal one notch, to BB+ from BBB-. The agency said it took the measure because of Portugal’s “large fiscal imbalances, high indebtedness across all sectors, and adverse macroeconomic outlook.” Read full article > >

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Fitch downgrades Portuguese debt to junk status, cites poor economic prospects despite bailout

A cloud of volcanic ash will force all airports in Berlin to cancel all flights in and out starting at 11 a.m., the German aviation safety agency said Wednesday.

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Volcanic ash closes Berlin airports

A suicide attack wounded dozens of Shiite Muslims at a symbolic ceremony near a mosque in Iran, an official news agency said

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Bombing Strikes Ceremony in Iran

The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival has risen to 345, the country’s official news agency said Tuesday.

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345 die in Cambodia festival stampede

A mechanical problem forced NASA to delay the final launch of the Space shuttle Discovery at least until next Tuesday, the space agency said Friday.

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Leak delays Discovery’s last mission