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Peru’s Humala Softens Image to Win Presidential Election

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Peru’s Ollanta Humala is a leftist former army officer who launched a failed military coup in 2000 against then-President Alberto Fujimori, the father of Mr. Humala’s opponent, Keiko Fujimori. Mr. Humala’s victory in Peru’s presidential runoff election Sunday comes five years after he narrowly lost the presidential race to Alan Garcia, who leaves office July […]

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Nation Marks 67th D-Day Anniversary

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
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France and the United States are commemorating the 67th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France during World War Two. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton marked the occasion Monday, saying it is a reminder of the solidarity between the United States and France in the past as well as in […]

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Portugal’s Victorious Center-Right to Push Austerity

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva has asked Social Democratic Party leader Pedro Passos Coelho to “immediately” start work on forming a new government. The Social Democrats on Sunday won a comfortable victory in the troubled country’s parliamentary elections, ousting the ruling Socialists. Mr. Passos Coelho said Monday Mr. Silva had asked for the preparations to […]

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New Fighting Erupts on Sudan’s North-South Border

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
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United Nations officials are urging restraint along Sudan’s north-south border amid reports of new unrest in the region. Officials say gunfire erupted Monday in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state. The U.N. mission in Sudan also reported more looting in the Abyei region, an area claimed by both north and south Sudan. The U.N. […]

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Obama to Soon Decide on Troop Pullout in Afghanistan

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
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The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will soon decide on the scope and pace of U.S. troop withdrawals in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama met with senior advisors and military officials Monday for his monthly meeting on Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, the first since al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed May 2 in a […]

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Major Roadblock Cleared for Serbia to Join EU

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
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European Union President Herman Van Rompuy says that Serbia’s arrest and extradition to The Hague of wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic has moved the Balkan nation significantly closer to EU membership. Speaking after a meeting Monday with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Van Rompuy said that while the path ahead for Serbia’s joining the European bloc […]

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Former Coup Leader Questioned in Turkey

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
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A former Turkish president who came to power in a military coup has been questioned by officials deciding whether to indict him. Prosecutors on Monday questioned 93-year-old Kenan Evren at his home in Ankara as part of a preliminary inquiry into the coup. The former army chief led the coup in 1980 and then served […]

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US, Israel Blame Syria for Inciting Border Clashes

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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The United States has joined Israel in blaming Syria for inciting the lethal confrontations that occurred Sunday along the Israeli-Syrian border. Syrian state media say 23 people were killed and more than 325 wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian protesters who were attempting to breach the frontier. The Israeli military has termed the […]

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Indian PM Defends Crackdown on Corruption Protest

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is defending a police crackdown on an anti-corruption protest led by a popular yoga guru. Authorities used batons to break up Baba Ramdev’s peaceful hunger strike during a pre-dawn raid early Sunday, injuring dozens of people. The mass fast was part of a populist campaign to fight corruption. India’s Supreme […]

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Egypt Lifting Nightly Curfew Imposed During Uprising

Posted June 6th, 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s military rulers are lifting a nightly curfew that was imposed during the height of the country’s popular uprising that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Military officials said Monday the curfew would end on June 15 in order to “encourage the return to normal life.” The curfew was imposed on January 28 when Mr. Mubarak […]

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