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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, thinks the country should consider lifting its ban on capital punishment, which was done as part of its now-stalled bid to join the European Union, writing on Twitter: “In the face of killings, if needed the death penalty should be brought back to the table.”

Joe Francis, founder of the Girls Gone Wild video franchise, now owes casino mogul Steve Wynn a mere $19 million in a defamation case after a Los Angeles judge reduced the award by $21 million.

David Cooper, 26, and Jasmine Williams, 23, both of DeSoto, Texas, have been charged with burglary of a habitation and property theft of more than $200,000 over allegations they squatted in an Arlington home, stealing furniture and clothing, while the owner was in Houston for cancer treatments.

Kevin Bozize, son of Central African Republic President Francois Bozize, has been jailed in Bangui since Nov. 6 over allegations he did not pay a $15,000 bill at the Ledger Plaza Hotel, officials said, adding that the president had agreed his son should be arrested over the debt.

Robert Joffe, a real estate broker marketing a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Phoenix home that had been scheduled for demolition, said a purchase agreement for the property, originally listed at nearly $2.4 million, has fallen through.

Pope Benedict XVI, 85, met with a group of elderly Romans and told them that it is “beautiful to be old,” adding that while there are difficulties that come with age, it is a time to be enjoyed, adding: “The quality of a society, I’d say of a civilization, is judged by how well it treats its elderly.”

Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, who earns an annual salary of $28,000, said his personal wealth has jumped by $100,000 since taking office, thanks to about 500 handmade ponchos, which he estimated cost about $200 a piece, that he has been given.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 11/13/2012

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