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Brazil elections 2014: Dilma Rousseff faces Aecio Neves in presidential run-off

Brazilians are voting in the second round of the presidential election in what correspondents say is the tightest vote the…

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Uruguay elections 2014: Voters cast ballots for new president and parliament

Uruguayans are voting to elect a new president to succeed outgoing leader Jose Mujica who is barred by the constitution…

10 years ago

Daylight Saving Time 2014: Russia permanently adopts winter time

Tonight, Russia is turning back its clocks for the last time to permanently adopt winter hours. Three months ago, President…

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Qari Hashim: Daniel Pearl murder suspect released by Pakistan court

Qari Hashim, one of the suspects in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, has been set free by an…

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Gun Control and Gun Rights in US

For gun control activists, 2008 was the year the floodgates opened. That's when the Supreme Court ruled on District of Columbia…

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Vietnam: Ha Van Tham arrested on suspicion of lending fraud

Ha Van Tham, one of Vietnam's richest business tycoons, has been arrested on suspicion of lending fraud, authorities say. Ha…

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Reyhaneh Jabbari executed in Tehran prison despite international campaign

Iran has executed Reyhaneh Jabbari who killed a man she said was trying to abuse her. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was…

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Ebola nurses: Nina Pham and Amber Vinson declared free of virus

Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson, the two nurses infected with Ebola while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas,…

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Peru: Pillpinto mayoral election decided by coin toss

The mayoral race in a small town high in the Peruvian Andes was decided by a coin toss after two…

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Queen Elizabeth is on Twitter

Queen Elizabeth II sent her first tweet through the @BritishMonarchy account heralding the launch of a major new exhibition at…

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