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The 10 Most Corrupt and Least Corrupt Countries in the World – Reuters

In some countries, business owners can go their way in the happy knowledge that government officials won’t be hitting them up for bribes or tossing them in jail on trumped-up charges. But in other...

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US To Ratify Disabilities Treaty To Ensure Disabled Can Travel Abroad – Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) — United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed to ratify the Disabilities Treaty to benefit millions of Americans with disabilities when they travel abroad...

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Protests Block a US Pullout Route From Afghanistan – Wall Street Journal

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Britain holds first face-to-face talks with Islamists fighting Assad –...

As regime troops and rebels have fought to a near stalemate in recent months, the most significant development on the ground has been the formation of a new pan-Islamist alliance among the rebels,...

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Young voters push Delhi polling to a record 65% – The Hindu

Breaking all previous records, Delhi registered more than 65 per cent polling on Wednesday with voters queuing up outside booths in large numbers since early morning. According to the Election...

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North Korean leader’s ousted uncle alive and safe: South Korean minister –...

SEOUL (Reuters) – The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is alive and appears to be safe, South Korea’s unification minister said on Wednesday, a day after the South’s National Intelligence...

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German minister snubs Ukraine leaders on Kiev visit – Reuters

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister warned protesters trying to blockade government buildings on Wednesday they would be punished for any “illegal acts”, as officials went to Moscow seeking aid...

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Biden opens visit to China aimed at easing tensions in Northeast Asia –...

“You pointed out that change takes place in the world and the challenges they present, but the way I was raised was to believe that challenges present opportunity,” Biden said to Xi after the initial...

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Hezbollah commander Hassan al-Laqees assassinated outside his Beirut home –...

But at a time when many in the region fear the consequences of warming ties between the West and Iran, and as Syria’s government gains ground against rebels with Hezbollah’s help, almost anyone could...

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Autumn Statement 2013: Osborne’s tune one of ‘right direction’– Financial Times

Autumn Statement 2013: Osborne’s tune one of ‘right direction’ – Financial...

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Woman tweets husband’s death – Sydney Morning Herald

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Egypt secular activists to be tried for demo – Pakistan Daily Times

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US offers condolences in shooting of teacher in Benghazi, Libya – Los Angeles...

Smith, 33, from Texas, was gunned down Thursday by an unknown assailant or assailants as he jogged in an affluent central neighborhood of Benghazi, not far from the U.S. Consulate where an attack last...

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Hurricane-force winds wreak havoc in Britain, head to Europe – Reuters UK

BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Hurricane-force Storm Xaver blasted towards mainland Europe on Thursday after cutting transport and power in northern Britain and killing three people in what meteorologists...

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Box causes a scare in Mexico – Houston Chronicle

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials were engaged Thursday in the delicate task of recovering a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 abandoned in a rural field in central Mexico state. The...

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Pope Francis sets up committee against child sex abuse – Times of India

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new...

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Crisis in the Central African Republic – Washington Post

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Al-Qaida-style attack in Yemen kills 52, underscoring militants’ ability to...

ADEN, Yemen –  Militants stormed the Defense Ministry in the heart of Yemen’s capital Thursday, killing 52 people, including at least seven foreigners, in a suicide car bombing and assault by gunmen....

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Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies –...

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