March 3, 2009 Tuesday
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COLOGNE - THE building housing the Cologne city archives collapsed on Tuesday and officials said they feared that people could be trapped inside.

 
Crackdown on tax havens

PARIS - FRANCE and Germany want to punish countries they see as 'uncooperative' tax havens by having leading economies break off fiscal agreements with them, the French economy minister said on Tuesday.

Ministers sent death threats

PARIS - OFFICIALS say France's justice and interior ministers have become the latest conservative politicians to receive anonymous death threat letters accompanied by single bullets through the mail.

Shell pipeline explodes

LAGOS - AN OIL pipeline operated by the Royal-Dutch oil giant Shell that feeds into the key export Escravos terminal in southern Nigeria has exploded, curtailing production, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

   
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