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Tunisians Vote in Historic Presidential Runoff

YoopyaDecember 22, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 22, 2014July 6, 202305

Tunisians cast their ballots Sunday in the second and final round of a landmark presidential vote that marks the culmination of a rocky transition to...

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US Considers Putting North Korea on Terror Sponsor List

YoopyaDecember 22, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 22, 2014July 6, 2023021

President Barack Obama said the United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its lists of state sponsors of terrorism following the...

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Who are the Pakistani Taliban?

YoopyaDecember 18, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 18, 2014July 6, 202304

(CNN) — While its recent attack on a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan brought international outrage, the Pakistani Taliban has long taken credit for an...

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap at least 185 in Nigeria, witnesses say

YoopyaDecember 18, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 18, 2014July 6, 2023010

Suspected Islamic militants — believed to be Boko Haram — stormed a village in Nigeria and captured at least 185 young men, women and children,...

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Gunman in Sydney Had Long History of Run-Ins With the Law

YoopyaDecember 16, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 16, 2014July 6, 202304

SYDNEY, Australia — The gunman who seized hostages in a downtown Sydney cafe and was killed in a police raid early Tuesday was known to...

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Shinzo Abe’s coalition wins big in Japan election amid anemic turnout

YoopyaDecember 15, 2014July 14, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 15, 2014July 14, 202302

Shinzo Abe won his snap election on Sunday and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner maintained a supermajority, according to media exit...

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Hong Kong police clear main protest site

YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 2023013

HONG KONG — Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers closed in on the city’s main protest site Thursday to clear streets of pro-democracy demonstrators and...

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Palestinian autopsy reveals he died from heart attack

YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 202301

Palestinian-led autopsy of Ziad Abu Ein congruent with Israeli claims, says he died from stress-induced heart attack, but say attack, lack of medical care at...

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Kenya parliament votes to double foreign borrowing limit

YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 202305

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan lawmakers voted on Tuesday to double the government’s limit on borrowing from foreign sources to 2.5 trillion shillings ($28 billion). Finance...

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Oscar Pistorius Acquittal Can Be Appealed, Judge Says

YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 202300

LONDON — A South African judge ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors may appeal her decision to acquit Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star, on murder...