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Russia catches ‘American CIA agent’ in Moscow

  /  May 14, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Photographs published by state English language television RT showed a baseball-capped Fogle being held to the ground face down and having his hands put behind his back for the arrest.

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Associated Press protests US seizure of phone records

  /  May 14, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The news agency said the US Justice Department had secretly obtained two months of phone records from its news operations, calling it a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”

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Bombs kill four, wound 20 on Pakistan election eve

  /  May 10, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Violence on the eve of a landmark general election threatened by the Taliban with suicide attacks

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Kurdish rebels begin pullout from Turkey

  /  May 9, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  1 Comment

A major step towards ending a decades-long conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people

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Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to hang for war genocide

  /  May 9, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The 61-year-old Kamaruzzaman is the fourth person to be convicted by the much-criticised International Crimes Tribunal

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Three Emiratis held after deadly Tanzanian church bombing

  /  May 8, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Five Tanzanians have also been arrested following the Sunday attack on a packed church in the northern city of Arusha that killed three people.

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Pakistan election candidate shot dead

  /  May 3, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  1 Comment

Campaigning has been marred by Taliban threats and attacks, which have killed 62 people since April 11

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Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases shot dead

  /  May 3, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The assassination comes just days before Pakistan holds historic general elections on May 11

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Pakistan court remands Musharraf over Bhutto killing

  /  April 26, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Musharraf is already under a two-week house arrest period over the sacking of judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007

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The brothers Tsarnaev: suspected Boston bombers

  /  April 19, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected of bombing the Boston marathon, appear to hail from Russia’s war-torn Chechnya

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Many feared dead in US fertilizer plant blast

  /  April 18, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Major explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant destroys nearby buildings, causes deaths and injuries

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Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

  /  April 17, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The funeral of Margaret Thatcher took place with Queen Elizabeth II leading mourners from around the world in bidding farewell to one of Britain’s most influential and divisive prime ministers.

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Rival protests planned in Venezuela after elections

  /  April 16, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Venezuela’s opposition piled pressure on electoral authorities to recount the tight vote to replace late leader Hugo Chavez, calling for protests if acting President Nicolas Maduro is formally proclaimed the winner

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Two dead, 23 hurt in Boston Marathon blasts: police

  /  April 15, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  1 Comment

Boston police confirmed the toll of dead and wounded on its Twitter feed.

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Thousands protest against scandal-hit Spanish monarchy

  /  April 14, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The protest was called to mark the anniversary of the country’s Second Republic

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Venezuela votes for Chavez revolution or change

  /  April 14, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Venezuelans headed to the polls on April 14 to elect Hugo Chavez’s successor

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North Korea keeps world on edge over missile launch

  /  April 11, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

The United States warned North Korea it was skating a “dangerous line”

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Former British PM Margaret Thatcher dead at 87: spokesman

  /  April 8, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” who shaped a generation of British politics, died

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South Korea says North’s missile launch may be imminent

  /  April 8, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

North Korea, incensed by UN sanctions following its nuclear and missile tests and by South Korean-US military drills

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Mandela leaves hospital: S.African president’s office

  /  April 6, 2013  /  Politics, World  /  No Comments

“The former president will now receive home-based high care.”

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