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BERLIN – The leaders of France, Germany and Russia have spoken by phone and are exploring the possibility of a summit with Ukraine’s president about the conflict in the country’s east. French President Francois Hollande’s office said he, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Saturday that …

PATERSON, N.J. – A northern New Jersey man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he threw lit firecrackers outside a synagogue while shouting “Allahu akbar.” NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1KzdnQ5 ) reports 21-year-old Rizek Musheisen, of Clifton, entered the plea Monday in state Superior Court. He faces two counts of bias intimidation. …

GENEVA – The U.N. special envoy for Libya has met with leaders of the Tripoli-based government and says he hopes a draft agreement aimed at forming a national unity government can be finalized in coming weeks. Bernardino Leon on Wednesday noted “tangible results” in the talks in Istanbul with the …