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Wells Fargo slammed in customer suit over account abuses

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by customers in what may be the first of many lawsuits to come after disclosures that employees created unauthorized accounts to boost the bank’s fees. Three Utah customers sued the bank in federal court, blaming the scandal on the lender’s push to increase the number of accounts held by clients to an ...

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Obama to review military strategy against IS extremists

  WASHINGTON / AP President Barack Obama will review military strategy against the IS group, press nations to admit more refugees and review progress around the world, despite new challenges, when he makes his final appearance at the UN General Assembly session in New York next week, the White House said. On the sidelines of the session, Obama has scheduled ...

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IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill ambassador

United Nations / AFP A young Iraqi woman who survived rape and abuse as a sex slave of IS extremists became a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman, called for justice for the victims of the extremist group and argued that the 2014 attack on the Yazidis ...

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