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Turkey elections 2014: Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run for presidency

Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan will run for president in the first direct election in August, his governing AK Party…

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Video shows Silvio Berlusconi working at nursing home

Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi has been filmed carrying out his community service at a nursing home near Milan. The footage…

10 years ago

French full veil ban upheld by European Court of Human Rights

The French ban on wearing the Muslim full-face veil - the niqab – has been upheld by the European Court…

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Israel holds teenagers’ funerals

Israel is holding the funerals of three teenagers who were abducted and murdered while hitch-hiking in the occupied West Bank.…

10 years ago

BNP Paribas agrees to pay $9 billion settlement over US sanctions violations

BNP Paribas has agreed to a record $9 billion settlement with US prosecutors over allegations of sanctions violations. As part…

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Rob Ford returns to work after two months into rehab

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is back to work after spending two months into rehab for drug and alcohol abuse, which…

10 years ago

Hillary Clinton criticizes Supreme Court decision in Hobby Lobby case

Hillary Clinton criticized the Supreme Court for ruling that an employer can refuse to provide women with contraception on religious…

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Nicolas Sarkozy detained for questioning over influence claims

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been held in France for questioning over alleged influence peddling. The decision to detain Nicolas…

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Hong Kong holds largest pro-democracy rally in a decade

Hong Kong activists are organizing the largest pro-democracy protest in more than a decade. The annual rally, which marks the…

10 years ago

United Airlines flight 1463 makes emergency landing in Wichita

United Airlines flight 1463 from Chicago to Santa Ana, California, made an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas, after an evacuation…

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