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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They'll have to share, but with a more than $564 million jackpot, that shouldn't be a problem. Lottery officials say there are at least three winning tickets in Wednesday night's big Powerball drawing. The winning tickets are in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas. Should the winners select the lump sum option, each would get a little more than $127 million before taxes.
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Marathon talks on ending the war in Ukraine have lasted for more than 14 hours. The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have been meeting in Belarus (BEHL'-uh-roos) in hopes of bringing an end to the bloodshed that's cost more than 5,300 people their lives since April. Despite the ongoing talks, both government troops and Russian-backed separatists have reported fighting across eastern Ukraine.
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are debating a range of ambitious steps to better protect their 28 nations from terror attacks. The bloc's counter-terrorism coordinator (Gilles de Kerchove) says, "Europe is facing an unprecedented, diverse and serious terrorist threat." Leaders meeting in Brussels are looking at exchanging airliner passenger manifests, tightening controls at the border and combating extremism on the Internet. Counter-terrorism policy shot to the top of the EU agenda following the January terror attacks in Paris.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is accusing two terror suspects of "monstrous extremism." Authorities say the two men were arrested Tuesday in a raid just hours before they were to carry out an attack. The suspects (24-year-old Omar Al-Kutobi and 25-year-old Mohammad Kiad) appear in a video, threatening to stab the kidneys and necks of their victims.
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese photographer says he was forced to give up his passport because of a planned trip to Syria. Yuichi Sugimoto says several Foreign Ministry and police officials visited his home Saturday in northern Japan after Sugimoto's planned trip had been published in local media. A top government spokesman is defending the action, saying Japan has a responsibility to protect its people. Japan is still in shock over the recent beheadings of two Japanese men by the Islamic State group.
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