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LAGOS, Nigeria – About a dozen gunmen attacked a Total SA oil pumping station in Nigeria early Thursday, killing three police guards and shutting down the facility, company officials said. Meanwhile, oil firm Royal Dutch Shell PLC began evacuating all family members of foreign workers as a precaution against a …

WARSAW, Poland – A party in Poland’s governing coalition on Thursday expelled a lawmaker who has been implicated in a sex scandal. Andrzej Lepper, leader of the Self-Defense party, expelled lawmaker Stanislaw Lyzwinski from the party, but said he expects him defend himself and prove his innocence, in which case …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved AT&T Inc.’s (T) $86 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. Friday, the day after the company offered a new slate of concessions for consumers and competitors. The FCC’s approval was the last major regulatory hurdle for the proposed deal, which is the largest …