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Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was found guilty of corruption

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Mayor of New Jersey capital Trenton, Tony Mack, has been removed from office by a judge, 19 days after he was found guilty of...

The Maidan council named Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister

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Ukraine's interim cabinet has been presented at Kiev's main protest camp, the Maidan. The Maidan council named Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister. Ukraine’s new government...

Elite Berkut police unit is blamed for the deaths of protesters in Ukraine

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Ukraine’s elite Berkut police unit - blamed for the deaths of protesters - has been disbanded, acting interior minister Arsen Avakov has said. It is...

Repsol has agreed a $5 billion settlement with Argentina over the seizure of its assets there

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Repsol has agreed a $5 billion settlement with Argentina over the seizure of its assets there. Argentina nationalized Repsol's stake in the country's biggest oil...

A US congressional committee report found that Credit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid billions of dollars in American taxes

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A US congressional committee report found that Credit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid billions of dollars in American...

Ranbaxy has suspended shipments of ingredients from two of its plants to probe their testing processes

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Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy has suspended shipments of ingredients from two of its plants to probe their testing processes. The move at Ranbaxy's Toansa and...

Barack Obama has warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year's end

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Barack Obama has warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year's...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily condemned as fabricated an audio recording that appears to show him talking to his son about hiding large sums of money

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily condemned as fabricated an audio recording that appears to show him talking to his son about hiding large sums...

Oscar Pistorius shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and his murder trial begins on March 3

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Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa can be partially televised, a Pretoria court has ruled today. Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp,...

Ukraine's interim President Olexander Turchynov has warned of the dangers of separatism following the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych

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Oleksandr Turchynov - Ukraine's interim president - has warned of the dangers of separatism following the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych. Many in Ukraine's Russian-speaking...

Fethullah Gulen has been accused of running a "parallel state" in Turkey, controlling groups of police, lawyers and politicians

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Turkish pro-government media have claimed a group of anti-government prosecutors have illegally wiretapped thousands of prominent figures. Targets reportedly included government ministers and business leaders. The...

A North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday

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According to South Korean officials, a North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday. The ship spent...

Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine’s interim authorities had conducted an armed mutiny

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine’s interim authorities had conducted an "armed mutiny". And the Russian foreign ministry said dissenters in mainly Russian-speaking regions...

Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has unveiled plans to shrink the US Army to what is expected to be its smallest size since before World War Two

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Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has unveiled plans to shrink the US Army to what is expected to be its smallest size since before World...

Russian ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has been recalled over what it described as the deteriorating situation in the country

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Russian ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has been recalled over what it described as the deteriorating situation in the country. Moscow has condemned the removal...

An apparent grenade blast near anti-government protest site killing a woman and a 4-year-old boy

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The death toll from a blast in Bangkok rose to three on Monday. On Sunday, an apparent grenade blast near an anti-government protest site killed...

The 22nd Winter Olympics came to a close in Sochi on Sunday after 17 days of competition

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Russia finished on top of the medal table as the 22nd Winter Olympics came to a close in Sochi on Sunday after 17 days...

Ukraine parliament’s speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has been named as interim president

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Ukraine parliament’s speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has been named as interim president. Oleksandr Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday. He...

Egyptian prosecutors have accused ousted President Mohammed Morsi of leaking state secrets to Iran's Revolutionary Guards

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Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi has been accused by prosecutors of leaking state secrets to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The claim came during the second hearing...

Attackers threw grenades and sprayed the crowd with bullets at a night market in the Khao Saming district of Trat province

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A five-year-old girl has been killed and dozens of other people wounded after gunmen have opened fire on an anti-government rally in eastern Thailand. Attackers...

Yulia Tymoshenko has urged opposition supporters in Kiev's Independence Square to continue their protests

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Yulia Tymoshenko has urged opposition supporters in Kiev's Independence Square to continue their protests. Ukraine’s former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, who has a back injury, addressed...

Police and opposition demonstrators have clashed in Venezuela at the end of a march that gathered tens of thousands of people in Caracas

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Police and opposition demonstrators have clashed in Venezuela at the end of a march that gathered tens of thousands of people in Caracas. Several people...

Ukraine’s former PM Yulia Tymoshenko has been freed from jail

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Ukraine’s former PM Yulia Tymoshenko has been freed from jail. It follows a vote by parliament to release her after President Viktor Yanukovych fled the...

Matteo Renzi is the youngest prime minister in Italy's history, and one of its least experienced

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A new Italian government led by Matteo Renzi has been sworn in Rome ceremony. Centre-left Matteo Renzi, 39, will be the youngest prime minister in...

Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at St Peter's Basilica ceremony

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Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at St Peter's Basilica ceremony in Rome. This is the first such appointments of Pope Francis’ papacy. Cardinals are...