"A clear majority of French center-right voters want former president Nicolas Sarkozy to seek re-election in 2017 and his support has grown despite legal troubles facing him and his party, an opinion …
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"US President Barack Obama is facing resistance from his own Democratic party as he mulls whether to launch US military strikes in Iraq. Nearly 70 House Democrats have signed a letter urging Obama to …
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"At least three mortars were fired from Gaza into southern Israel on Thursday morning about two hours into a temporary lull in hostilities to allow humanitarian supplies into the area." Source: …
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"NASA predicts that 100 million worlds in our own Milky Way galaxy may host alien life, and space program scientists estimate that humans will be able to find life within two decades. Speaking at …
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"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended his government's move to expand the role of the country's military, in his first parliamentary debate with opposition lawmakers since announcing the policy …
"The United States has accused Russia of supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine with military hardware, including tanks. A 'fact sheet' released by the U.S. State Department on July 14 said …
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"Ukraine accused Russian army officers on Monday of fighting alongside separatists in the east of the country and said Moscow was once more building up its troops on the joint border." Source: …
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"Israel's Cabinet on Tuesday accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Hamas, but the militant group rejected the offer, putting a pause in the week-long armed conflict that has killed …
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"A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday." Source: Turkish Twitter user jailed for …
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"Secretary of State John F. Kerry helped ease a major political crisis in Afghanistan on Saturday, persuading rival presidential candidates to agree to a full recount of votes cast in a runoff …
