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    World Russian opposition leader arrested amid election protests – AP News

    MOSCOW (AP) — Protesters gathered across Russia Sunday to support opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s call to boycott the March presidential election, and Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration. Many of the crowds that turned out in generally frigid weather skewed...
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    World Trump: Palestinians must return to talks to receive aid – AP News

    DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to withhold aid money from the Palestinians until they return to peace talks with Israel as he sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of an economic summit in Switzerland. Trump’s decision last...
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    World In Davos, European leaders try to counterbalance Trump views – AP News

    DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — European leaders came to the defense of free trade and global cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a vision to counterbalance what many perceive as a rise in the more brash, nationalistic policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s expected arrival to the World...
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    World Undeterred by failed appeal, Brazil’s da Silva vows to run – AP News

    PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is charging ahead with his plans to run for Brazil’s presidency again, even after an appeals court unanimously upheld a graft conviction against him and added years to his prison sentence. Da Silva, who was wildly popular as...
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    World Israel official doubted Palestinian protest icon, her family – AP News

    JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official on Wednesday said he led a secret investigation into 16-year-old Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi and her family, in part because their appearance — including "blond-haired, freckled" children in "Western clothes" — made them seem less like "real"...
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    World Death toll in car bombings in Libya’s Benghazi rises to 33 – AP News

    BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The death toll from a nighttime twin car bombing near a mosque in a residential area of Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi rose to 33 on Wednesday, authorities said. The Tuesday night attack, which struck the city’s Salmani neighborhood, also left 47 people wounded, local...
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    World Egypt rights lawyer latest presidential hopeful to quit race – AP News

    CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian presidential hopeful and rights lawyer Khaled Ali quit the race Wednesday, becoming the latest would-be candidate who either bowed out or was forced to abandon a challenge to the general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and raising questions about the credibility of...
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    World AP Interview: Richardson resigns from Rohingya refugee panel – AP News

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has resigned from an international advisory panel on the massive Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a "whitewash and a cheerleading operation" for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The sudden resignation Wednesday of probably the...
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    World S. Korean advance team goes to North for pre-Olympic events – AP News

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A team of South Korean officials travelled to North Korea on Tuesday to check logistics for joint events ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, as the rivals exchanged rare visits to each other amid signs of warming ties. The head of the … via AP News –...
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    World Angola ex-vice president misses corruption trial in Portugal – AP News

    LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Angola’s former vice president has failed to appear at a Portuguese court where he was scheduled to stand trial for corruption. Portuguese prosecutors accuse Manuel Vicente, the African country’s former deputy leader and one-time head of national oil company Sonangol, of...
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    World Palestinian Christians slam Pence’s pro-Israel faith – AP News

    BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Christians say U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s brand of evangelical Christianity, with its fervent embrace of modern-day Israel as fulfilment of biblical prophecy, lacks their faith’s compassion and justice, including for those who have endured half a...
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    World Head of Russian outlet RT says US foreign agent order hurts – AP News

    MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russian television channel RT says the Kremlin-funded outlet is already suffering the consequences of having to register as a foreign agent in the U.S. amid allegations that it participated in attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election. A Capitol Hill...
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    World Pence tells Israel US Embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019 – AP News

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Monday told Israel’s parliament that the U.S. Embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, ahead of schedule, receiving a rousing ovation as he pledged to barrel ahead with a plan that has set off weeks … via AP News –...
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    World French president hosts 140 world business leaders – AP News

    PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron promoted his government’s changes to French tax and labor laws Monday in front of 140 world business leaders in a bid to convince them to invest and hire in France. At the same time, the 40-year-old Macron, elected last May, hopes to persuade …...
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    World Sure to win, Egypt’s president seeks re-election – AP News

    CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has finally announced he will run for a second, four-year term in elections in March, expertly choosing to break the news and do some not-too-subtle vote-canvassing on live television before an adoring audience of government members, hardcore supporters and...
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    World Ethiopia releases top opposition figure from prison – AP News

    BURAYU, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s top opposition figure and hundreds of others were released from prison on Wednesday as part of the government’s recent pledge to free detained politicians and "widen the democratic space for all" after the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century...
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    World UK helicopters join French counterterror mission in Africa – AP News

    LONDON (AP) — Britain said Wednesday that it will send three Royal Air Force helicopters to join France’s military mission against Islamic militants in Africa’s Sahel region as part of closer U.K.-French intelligence and military cooperation. The two countries will promise to step up efforts...
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    World New US Embassy criticized by Trump opens in London – AP News

    LONDON (AP) — The new U.S. Embassy in London, criticized last week by President Donald Trump as too expensive and poorly located, opened its doors to the public Tuesday for the first time. The gleaming embassy, in the formerly industrial Nine Elms neighborhood in south London, replaces the...
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    World Japan public TV sends mistaken North Korean missile alert – AP News

    TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, then retracted it minutes later, days after a similar error in Hawaii. NHK television issued the message Tuesday on its internet and...
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    World Qatar exile says he’s held by UAE; Abu Dhabi denies claim – AP News

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An exiled Qatari royal family member once promoted by Saudi Arabia amid its ongoing dispute with Doha appeared in an online video Sunday claiming he’s being held against his will in the United Arab Emirates, an allegation denied by an Abu Dhabi official. The …...
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