BBC News - Europe: Absent Putin 'orders Arctic alert'

President Vladimir Putin puts Russia's navy on a state of full combat readiness in the Arctic as part of major military drills, reports say.



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BBC News - Middle East: VIDEO: Israel election in numbers - 60 secs

The BBC looks at some of the numbers involved in Israel's election this week.



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Reuters - International: China says deliberation on draft anti-terrorism law goes ahead

BEIJING (Reuters) - Deliberation on a controversial Chinese anti-terrorism law is going on and it will be formulated based on national security needs, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after a senior U.S.

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Reuters - International: Monks plan to sue Myanmar minister for using chemicals to end protest

YANGON (Reuters) - - Buddhist monks have prepared a lawsuit against Myanmar's interior minister, accusing police of using poisonous chemicals to break up a protest in 2012, the monks and a human rights organization said on Monday.









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Reuters - International: Austrian minister says Minsk accord best chance to solve Ukraine crisis

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Minsk agreement to end fighting in eastern Ukraine is the biggest chance to solve Ukraine crisis peacefully and European leaders should not declare it has failed, Austria's foreign minister said on Monday.

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BBC News - Asia-Pacific: New Zealand seeks bomb experts

Army looks for staff to take on dangerous job.



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BBC News - South Asia: New Zealand seeks bomb experts

Army looks for staff to take on dangerous job.



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Reuters - International: China displaces Germany as world's third largest arms exporter: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has surpassed Germany to become the world's third largest arms exporter, a Stockholm-based think tank said in a report on Monday.









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BBC News - Asia-Pacific: X Factor judges in New Zealand sacked

New Zealand broadcaster TV3 sacks X Factor judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon for comments they made to contestant Joe Irvine.



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BBC News - South Asia: X Factor judges in New Zealand sacked

New Zealand broadcaster TV3 sacks X Factor judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon for comments they made to contestant Joe Irvine.



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Reuters - International: PM Cameron's plan for EU treaty change is 'mission impossible': EU's Tusk

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to get changes to European Union treaties as part of his renegotiation of Britain's ties with the bloc is "mission impossible", European Council President Donald Tusk told the Guardian newspaper.

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BBC News - Europe: Cement mega-merger deal in doubt

A deal to create the world's largest cement maker is in jeopardy after Swiss firm Holcim says merger terms with French rival Lafarge are untenable.



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Reuters - International: Court decision deepens Ivory Coast opposition rift

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The conviction of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's allies for their role in the violence that followed the 2011 election in Ivory Coast has deepened a rift in his party that risks radicalizing hardliners ahead of polls this year in the world's top cocoa grower, analysts say.









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BBC News - Americas: Cosby accuser seeks change in law

A woman who says comedian Bill Cosby assaulted her asks Nevada's lawmakers to remove the statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault.



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Reuters - International: China probes Yunnan senior official for corruption

BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior official in China's southwestern province of Yunnan is being investigated for "violating party discipline", the Communist Party said on Sunday, employing its usual euphemism for corruption.

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AP - Top International News: South African minister who planned Mandela funeral dies

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A South African Cabinet minister who led the planning of the 2013 funeral of Nelson Mandela died in a car crash early Sunday, authorities said....



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Reuters - International: Thousands to protest in Frankfurt against ECB 'austerity'

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thousands of people are expected to march in Frankfurt on Wednesday to protest against austerity policies they blame on the European Central Bank, as the ECB inaugurates its new high-rise headquarters.









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AP - Top International News: From volcanoes to snorkeling, a snapshot of Vanuatu

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A massive cyclone tore through the South Pacific archipelago nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, and officials are still trying to assess the level of damage and number of deaths....



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BBC News - Europe: Crimea leader projects calm on anniversary

Has Crimea accepted its takeover by Russia?



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BBC News - Europe: VIDEO: 'Crimea has returned to its homeland'

Crimea's Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov has said the region will never again be part of Ukraine as it had "returned to its historical homeland".



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