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PARIS – French authorities have handed two journalists preliminary extortion charges on accusations that they tried to blackmail Moroccan King Mohammed VI. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Saturday that French writers Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet were released under judicial supervision after being given the charges. A French lawyer for …

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she’s open to holding a new summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France but that there would have to be hope of progress for it to make sense. France and Russia issued statements talking of a possible summit with Ukraine’s leader …

ATLANTA – Georgia’s parole board has released a transgender inmate who had sued alleging mistreatment. Records show Ashley Diamond was released Monday after serving about a third of her 12-year sentence for burglary and other convictions. The Southern Poverty Law Center sued in February, saying prison officials failed to provide …