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TOKYO – The Japanese government has nominated a former executive at Toyota Motor Corp., one of the biggest beneficiaries of the cheap Japanese yen resulting from drastic monetary easing, to fill a post on the central bank’s policymaking board. If lawmakers approve his appointment, Yukitoshi Funo, 68, a former head …

CAIRO – An Egyptian court has banned the country’s hard-core soccer fan associations, known locally as “ultras,” over accusations that the groups are involved in terrorism. The ruling Saturday at the Court of Urgent Matters in Cairo outlaws the fan organizations for soccer clubs across the country. Ultras frequently clash …

MADRID – Spanish police have arrested 16 people suspected of praising and encouraging terror acts by three radical Spanish groups. An Interior Ministry statement on Tuesday said the arrested used Internet social networks to praise past attacks against police and call for fresh ones against politicians, police and others. Other …