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AP - A lawmaker in Uganda is reintroducing an anti-gay bill that received wide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama.
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Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution.
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FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court ruled Tuesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the island of Giglio, killing at least 17 people, must remain under house arrest.
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Cash sent to al-Qaida-linked organization, prosecutors sayA Chicago cabdriver and Pakistani native pleaded guilty Monday to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group with ties toal-Qaida.
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Chicago lawmaker wants detailed reports about electroshock weaponsSpurred by a Tribune report documenting an explosion in Taser use by police, a state legislator from Chicago is pushing a bill that would force local police departments to inform the state of every shock an officer delivers to...(more)
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Transport for London to examine safety of 500 junctions for cyclists, with new traffic light system under considerationCyclists in London could be given a headstart at traffic lights on particularly busy junctions, under a review into how to cut the toll of cycling deaths and injuries...(more)
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Nasheed resigns after weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judgeThe president of the Maldives has resigned after three weeks of opposition-led protests ended in a police mutiny. Mohammed Nasheed, a 44-year-old former political prisoner widely credited with ushering in a...(more)
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall and strong winds across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages on Tuesday and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where rain and melting snow caused a dam wall to break, flooding an entire village.
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US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
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Reuters - Chanel star designer Karl Lagerfeld is already bored with the French presidential election and believes the country would be better-run if its leaders took inspiration from successful businesses like French luxury goods firm LVMH.
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Reuters - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Dwindling development aid as the war winds down in Afghanistan means child labor in the impoverished country is at risk of becoming more widespread, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned on Tuesday.
