An ex-dictator of Guatemala is on trial on genocide charges, the Vietnamese government might give cash to families who have daughters and China’s Xi Jinping says he is willing to promote dialogue between North and South Korea
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Russia’s most promising citizens are leaving the country, Geneva is no longer the crime-free city it used to be and fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda has surrendered in Rwanda
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China is the world’s fifth largest arms exporter, Cossacks are expanding their role in Russia’s public sphere and Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is scheduled to meet Pope Francis on Monday
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Falkland Islanders went to stay under British rule, Spaniards are abandoning their horses as they struggle to make ends meet and China agrees to talks with U.S. over cyber hacking
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China plans to revamp government ministries, Singapore is picked as the most innovative city in Asia and Angola tries to save the endangered antelope.
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The world’s glitterati flock to Singapore, China is set to become the No. 1 solar energy market and Syrian rebels fail to release Filipino peacekeepers
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Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev criticizes Russia’s new laws, North Korean prison camps expand their perimeters, and a candidate in Kenya’s general election has accused Britain of trying to manipulate the result
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies, thousands flee their homes as violence grows in eastern DR Congo and David Beckham becomes China’s soccer ambassador
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Germany’s postwar homosexuality laws continue to stigmatize former victims, Turkey’s model of democracy might not necessarily work in Arab Spring nations and Argentina will not give up its claim to the Falkland Islands
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Brazilian authorities continue to “pacify” shantytowns, Thailand pledges to ban ivory trade and violence breaks out in Mombasa as people vote in Kenyan election.
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The Czech Republic is polarized over joining the euro zone, Africa needs to push more ambitiously for faster progress and Libya’s government said that the Lockerbie bombing case is closed, despite British and American hopes for a …
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Syria’s refugee crisis worsens, the Thai government agrees to hold peace talks with southern Muslim rebels and Shell Oil pauses drilling in Arctic seas
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The Mexican government targets the powerful teachers’ union for education reform, Japan has a serious shortage of day care centers and Egypt has grounded all hot air balloon flights in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly crash