| N.Korean leader stresses Hitler's skills, report claims |
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 | North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.Kim handed out translations of the German dictator's manifesto to select officials at the time of his birthday in January, reported New Focus International, an online news portal run b... Full Story |
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| Rousseff vows to listen to Brazil's young protestors |
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 | Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff tried to get ahead of a wave of popular protest, vowing to listen to the complaints of youths angered by the cost of staging the World Cup.A day after more than 250,000 people took to the streets of major cities in mostly peaceful rallies, and with thousands more gathered in the city of Sao Paolo for a second day o... Full Story |
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| US to open peace talks with Taliban |
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 | The United States and the Taliban cleared the decks for peace talks even as a deadly attack on US troops underlined the still furious nature of their decade-long war.US officials welcomed the Islamist insurgent group's opening of an office in Qatar on Tuesday to serve as a front for talks with Washington and President Hamid Karzai's Afghan administ... Full Story |
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| Mali government, Tuaregs sign ceasefire accord |
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 | The Mali government and Tuareg rebels signed a ceasefire accord Tuesday paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month.The agreement, reached after 10 days of tense negotiations, will enable Malian troops to enter the Tuareg-held city of Kidal to secure the polls scheduled to take place on July 28.The two si... Full Story |
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| Bulgaria's opposition boycotts parliament as protests rage |
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 | Bulgaria's biggest political party said Tuesday it was boycotting parliamentary sittings amid unrelenting public outrage over the appointment of a media magnate to a top security post.The decision by the conservative opposition GERB party added pressure on the three-week-old ruling coalition, and fuelled fears of a new political crisis as anti-gove... Full Story |
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| G8 calls for urgent Syria peace talks despite Russia split |
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 | G8 leaders called Tuesday for a peace conference on Syria to be held as soon as possible but deep divisions remained as Russia stood by its embattled Middle East ally.At the end of two days of tough talks in Northern Ireland, the leaders agreed to push for a transitional government in Syria that could include members of President Bashar al-Assad's ... Full Story |
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| Turkey PM claims victory after protest crackdown |
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 | Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy crackdown, as police raided homes and arrested dozens of demonstrators in a bid to stamp out nearly three weeks of unrest.After a weekend of clashes sparked by the eviction of protesters from Istanbul's Gezi Park, the focal point of ... Full Story |
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| French footballers win right to challenge under-age prostitute charges |
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 | The trial of Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema for having sex with an under-age prostitute opened Tuesday but was immediately suspended pending resolution of a point of law which may result in charges against the French football stars being dropped.Lawyers for Ribery, 30, and Benzema, 25, challenged the legal basis for the charges against their clien... Full Story |
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