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Venezuela vows to push forward constitutional initiative

TheVenezuelangovernment,whichhasbeeninapoliticalstandoffwiththeoppositionformonths,saidTuesdayithasrejectedU.S.pressuretocancelaconstitutionalinitiativeorfacead

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Venezuela defies Trump, vows to vote on constitutional rewrite

Venezuela'sgovernmentdefiantlybrushedasideUSPresidentDonaldTrump'sthreatofeconomicsanctionsTuesdaybysayingitwillgoaheadwiththeelectionofacontroversialbodytorewr

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Presidential election begins in India

India's presidential election began Monday, with parliamentarians and state legislators voting to select between ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's contender Ram Nath Kovind and opposition nominee Meira Kumar.

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Syria’s opposition delegation says gov't ‘refusing’ to engage in talks

Nasral-Hariri,headoftheSyrianoppositiondelegationintheGenevapeacetalks,saidonWednesdaythatPresidentBasharal-Assad'sgovernment“refused”toengageinpoliticaldiscuss

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Indian opposition pick Gandhi's grandson as candidate for vice president

India's opposition parties have picked former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who is the grandson of pre-independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, as their candidate for vice president of this country.

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Indian opposition pick Gandhi's grandson as candidate for vice president

India'soppositionpartieshavepickedformerWestBengalGovernorGopalkrishnaGandhi,whoisthegrandsonofpre-independenceiconMahatmaGandhi,astheircandidateforvicepresiden

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Cambodia changes election law ahead of 2018 vote

Cambodia’sparliamentonMondayamendedthelawtobanpeoplefromassociatingwithanyoneconvictedofacriminaloffence,amovetheoppositionsaysaimstohobblerivalsofPrimeMinister

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Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against Turkish President Erdogan

Hundreds of thousands of people joined the culmination of a 25-day "March for Justice" against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Lopez put under house arrest

Venezuela'sjailedoppositionleaderLeopoldoLopezcelebratedasurprisereturntohisfamilyafterbeinggrantedhousearrestonSaturdaywithapromisetofighton,followingthreeyear

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Venezuela President calls Supreme Court attack a "terror attack"

ApolicehelicopterattackedtheVenezuelaSupremeCourtinCaracasinwhatPresidentNicolasMadurocondemnedasa"terroristattack."Twogrenadesweretossedatthebuildingbutfailedt

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Zuma slams opposition for going to court over secret ballot

SouthAfricanPresidentJacobZumahassparredwithoppositionlawmakersinaparliamentarydebateoverapossiblevoteofno-confidencethatcanleadtohisremoval.Thecountry’shighest

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S. Korean president appoints first female FM despite opposition

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday appointed Kang Kyung-wha as the country's first female foreign minister, despite harsh resistance from the conservative opposition party.

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Japan's ruling bloc forces enactment of controversial "conspiracy" law

Controversial legislation to criminalize the planning of serious crimes was enacted by Japan's parliament on Thursday despite vociferous calls from opposition parties and the public.

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Japan's ruling bloc forces enactment of controversial "conspiracy" law

ControversiallegislationtocriminalizetheplanningofseriouscrimeswasenactedbyJapan'sparliamentonThursdaydespitevociferouscallsfromoppositionpartiesandthepublic.Pr

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S.Korean opposition parties opposes nomination of 1st female FM

SouthKorea'soppositionpartiesonFridayopposedthenominationofthecountry'sfirstfemaleforeignministeramidcontroversyoverherdaughters.Theparliamentaryconfirmationhea

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Teen dies in anti-Maduro protests in Venezuela

OpponentsofVenezuelanPresidentNicolasMadurostagedsit-insandblockedroadsacrossthenationonMondaytopressforelections,sparkingnewunrestandadeathintheborderstateofTa

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Both Syrian sides see gains in peace talks as Russia weighs in

Syrian peace talks in Geneva edged forwards on Wednesday, for the first time in six days of U.N.-led talks, as both sides saw hope of shaping the agenda to their liking and opposition negotiators met a senior diplomat from powerbroker Russia.