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In its annual report yesterday, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc said that it is currently being investigated by the US Department of Justice on alleged bribery and corruption practices, although it has yet to be served with a formal statement from the federal agency.

The motion of the archiodese in St. Paul and Minneapolis to halt the deposition and court appearance of its top church officials ordered by a Ramsey district court judge had been rejected by the Minnesota Appeals Court on Wednesday, the Star Tribune said.

A report by Bloomberg detailed the effect of the Crimea crisis amid a looming secession vote on the European Union as leaders of member countries argue over the timing and the type of sanctions it will be imposing on Russia for exerting undue military actions against the Ukrainian region.