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Sweden imposes ID checks on bridge to Denmark to stem migrant influx
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» COPENHAGEN - All train, bus and ferry passengers travelling from Denmark to Sweden will from Monday be required to show photo identification before being allowed across the border in a drastic move by the Swedish government to stem an unprecedented migrant influx.
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Asia stocks, currencies sink, oil surges on Mideast woes
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» HONG KONG - Asian stock markets tumbled while safe haven assets and oil prices jumped on Monday in the first full day's trade of 2016 as a flare-up in tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia raised concerns about the volatile Middle East.
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Charlie Hebdo 'feels alone' in its fight to poke fun at the world
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» PARIS - Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly propelled to global notoriety when its cartoonists were shot dead by jihadist gunmen a year ago on Thursday, fears it has been abandoned in its struggle to "laugh at everything", one of the survivors of the attack said.
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Strong quake kills five in northeast India
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» GUWAHATI, India - At least five people were killed in northeast India when a 6.7-magnitude quake struck early on Monday, the government said.
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China manufacturing worsens in December: survey
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» BEIJING - China's factory activity shrank further in December, a private survey showed on Monday, the 10th consecutive month of contraction with the world's second-largest economy set to post its weakest growth in a quarter of a century.
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Saudi police shot at in home village of executed cleric: state media
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» RIYADH - Saudi police were shot late Sunday in the home village of executed Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the country's official SPA news agency said.
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China Communist party reinforces ban on superstition
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» BEIJING - China's ruling Communist party has tightened its ban on members believing in "feudal superstitions", state media said, as part of new regulations on discipline.
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Japan PM Abe approaches Russia for peace deal, anti-terrorism
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, holding out the prospect for a summit as he renewed his call for progress on an elusive World War II peace treaty.
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Frustrated youth push for power in Taiwan elections
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» TAIPEI - Young activists frustrated by Chinese interference and pessimistic about the future are standing for election in Taiwan this month, determined to shake up politics in a move set to alarm Beijing.
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Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq: police
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» HILLA (IRAQ) - Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, police and medics said.
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