"A largely unknown military colonel has emerged to say he has taken the helm of Burkina Faso, hours after an army general had made a similar declaration following the ouster of the country's president …
Elected senate would replace House of Lords under Labour
"Labour would replace the House of Lords with an elected senate if the party won next May's general election, party leader Ed Miliband has said." Source: BBC News - Elected senate would replace House …
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Gaza rocket hits southern Israel causing no damage or injuries
"A mortar fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said on Saturday, the second such incident since a seven-week war in the Palestinian enclave ended in August. " Source: …
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Burkina army imposes interim government after crowd burns parliament
"Burkina Faso's military dissolved parliament and announced a transitional government on Thursday after violent protests against President Blaise Compaore, but it was not immediately clear who was in …
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Myanmar calls meeting of political, military heavyweights
"Myanmar's president and powerful military chief will hold an unprecedented high-level meeting on Friday with major political parties and ethnic minority groups as cracks widen in the fledgling …
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Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
"Hungary has decided to shelve a proposed tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan. 'This tax in its current form cannot be introduced,' Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on …
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Europe won’t recognize vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday's planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European …
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Turkey’s Influence in Middle East Ebbs
"Not so long ago, a confident Turkey behaved as a natural leader of the Middle East, with friendly Islamist regimes mushrooming amid the rubble of the Arab Spring and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, …
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New Russian Boldness Revives a Cold War Tradition: Testing the Other Side
" When the White House discovered in recent weeks that its unclassified computer systems had been breached, intelligence officials examined the digital evidence and focused on a prime suspect: Russia, …
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India-China Border Standoff: Troops Go Toe-to-Toe at 15,000 Feet
"The mountain standoff lasted weeks and at times involved tense shoving-and-shouting matches, according to Indian border-patrol troopers who participated. Both armies called in helicopters. The scale …
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