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This is AP News Minute. 1. Angus Deaton of Princeton University won the Nobel prize in economics1 Monday for improving understanding of poverty and how people in poor countries respond to changes in economic policy. The Award Committee said Deaton’s work has immense importance for human welfare not least in poor countries. 2. British police removed their officers who were standing2 Ecuadorian Embassy3 in London to keep watching Julian Assange. But police said they will still do their best to arrest the Wikileaks founder4 who has been holed up there since June 2012. 3. A day after technology problems delayed hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights, the carrier’s operations were running more smoothly5 Monday. Officials said workers fixed6 a failed software application that caused the problem. 4. The Vatican is opening its own homeless shelter that can host up to 34 more men at night just steps from St. Peter’s Square. The building is owned by the Jesuits, and the shelter was operated by Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity religious order.
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