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South Africa's fire-gutted parliament a reminder of country's woes
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» CAPE TOWN: Charred beams and broken tiles still poke out from the gutted roof of South Africa's parliament in Cape Town two years after it was engulfed by a devastating fire.
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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
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Navalny jokes about becoming Santa Claus in Arctic penal colony
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MOSCOW - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was "fine" Tuesday after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle.
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DR Congo enters second day of chaotic election
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.
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Serbian ruling party hails election win amid calls for protest
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic looked poised to tighten his grip on power Monday after his party secured a parliamentary majority with a dominating victory at the polls, even as the opposition called for protests.
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Voters in Chile nix second shot at new constitution
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» SANTIAGO - Chilean voters on Sunday rejected a proposed new constitution drafted by a conservative-led committee, election officials said, meaning the charter imposed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet will remain in force.
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Wilders vote win confirmed, coalition talks tricky
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - Geert Wilders' stunning election win was confirmed officially on Friday but the far-right Dutch leader faces an uphill battle to forge a coalition with other parties uncomfortable with his anti-Islam views.
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German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» CELLE (GERMANY) - A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist.
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Red and blue America square off in clash of the governors
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» ATLANTA - They are ambitious and relatively young leaders whose passionate views about running their large, powerful states offer contrasting ideals on how the deeply-polarized United States should be run.
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Kissinger, giant of statecraft, molded post-war US history
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.
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