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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appointed Major General Nestor Reverol as the new head of the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace. ... More
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An Ecuadorean collective called “Rafael Always With You” says it has collected more than 930,000 of the one million signatures it needs for the country’s National Electoral Council to allow a referendum on whether to let President Rafael Correa stand in next year's election. ... More
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A senior official of the Greek government says that refugee camps on the islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos are dangerously over capacity with the arrival of migrants from Turkey after the failed coup in that country.... More
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Imprisoned U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning faces new charges after she tried to commit suicide in early July. ... More
Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has openly opposed Donald Trump’s candidacy, says it is very likely that the Republican nominee wins the presidential election in November. ... More
The leaders of the two main political parties in Spain have failed to reach an agreement to form a government, leaving the country in a political deadlock that could lead citizens to another election less than two months after the last one. ... More
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