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Former trade unionist Bodo Ramelow wins post for the Left party amid massive protests against the regional election in Thuringia
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Many Zimbabweans fear a continuation of the Mugabe dynasty, especially in the form of the president’s scandal-prone wife
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The oft-troubled onetime Jay Z protégé is in surgery after being shot through the stomach inside home in Pleasantville
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Letters: Not only is the US blockade of Cuba cruel and vindictive, it is also counter-productive
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Authorities link 100 acts of vandalism and arson to activists but anarchists claim city’s alternative lifestyles are real target
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Under rules of US-managed and French-financed fund victims transported by French rail during Holocaust and their descendants entitled to up to $100k
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Thousands of Filipinos flee their homes as the country prepares to be hit by typhoon Hagupit on Saturday
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MPs approve building of reactor despite opposition at home and EU calls for member states to curtail energy deals with Moscow
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YouTube video of confrontation outside London clinic goes viral as activist who filmed it faces threat of legal action
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Transparency International’s measure of perceived public sector corruption says emerging countries increasingly seen as prone to fraud and bribery
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Where has Denis Napthine been, and what announcements did he make when he was there? Does Daniel Andrews favour marginal seats over safe seats? Have either leaders made any promises in your area? Find out with our election tracker, listing every announcement each leader has made since their campaign launches. Have we missed something? Let us know
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The cultivation of poppies for opium gains more ground, with Helmand province - which British troops pulled out of this year - remaining the region producing the most
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The old foes have a common enemy in the Sunni extremists, but distrust remains and their interests are likely to diverge
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Sanctions-hit state smuggles plane parts and cannibalises civil aircraft to keep old fighter jets airworthy
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The demonstrators have failed to win concessions but the authorities have failed to stifle demands for democracy
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Insurgent attacks have been complex, but many have been designed to send a specific message to a specific audience
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Despite grand jury decision, teenager’s family may file wrongful death lawsuit, in federal or state court, against Wilson or the Ferguson police department
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Thousands of Filipinos flee their homes as the country prepares to be hit by typhoon Hagupit on Saturday
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The family of Luke Somers call for al-Qaida to release the photojournalist currently held captive in Yemen
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Two car bombs in the Shia district of Sadr City in Baghdad killed at least 15 people dead and injured 50
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio says race inequality is an American problem after a grand jury failed to indict a police officer over the death of Eric Garner
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Protesters gather in New York and Washington for a second night after a grand jury rejected calls to indict a white police officer over the death of an unarmed black man
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The immigration minister says he won't take any moral lectures from Labor or the Greens in the wake of new asylum seeker laws passing the Senate
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CCTV footage shows a female suspect entering a shopping mall in the UAE capital, where an American schoolteacher was stabbed to death
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Footage filmed by a bystander shows Eric Garner being wrestled to the ground in a chokehold by an NYPD officer before turning limp
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Demonstrations were held in New York and other cities around the US last night after a grand jury refused to indict the police officer who placed the unarmed black man in a chokehold
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Smoke rises from burning buildings in Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechnya region, after a night of violence
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Three women give details of their alleged abuse by comedian Bill Cosby several decades ago
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Thousands took to the streets in New York in protest over the decision not to criminally prosecute Daniel Pantaleo, an NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner in a chokehold
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Australia for the first time exercised sweeping new security powers allowing it to block citizens from travelling to overseas conflict zones such as those in Iraq and Syria
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The Palmer United party leader, Clive Palmer, says the creation of the safe haven enterprise visa will provide hope to asylum seekers
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US attorney general Eric Holder makes a statement about the grand jury decision not to seek an indictment in the Staten Island death of Eric Garner
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio says many families in New York are feeling pain, after a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer in the choke hold death of Eric Garner.
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The parents of four young Sydney men believed to have joined Islamic State (Isis) say they would never have taken their sons to the airport if they knew they were heading to Syria to fight.
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Australian Greens senator Richard Di Natale gives a glimpse into the lives of those who dispose of the bodies of Ebola victims in Monrovia, Liberia
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On Wednesday, a memorial service was held for Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy shot to death by a police officer
Senate gives Scott Morrison unchecked control over asylum seekers’ lives