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Campaigns for two major elections begin in Iran

Iranian hopefuls began their campaigns on Thursday in a run for two important Majlis (parliament) and Assembly of Experts' elections slated for Feb. 26.

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Three confess in National Assembly beatings

Three of the alleged attackers in last week’s savage gang-bashing of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly turned themselves in and confessed yesterday, the government announced late last evening.

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Opposition bloc signs coalition agreement in Kosovo

​In an unprecedented move, the entire opposition bloc of the Albanian majority in Kosovo has reached an agreement to establish institutions based on the early general elections on June 8, and force the winning PDK party of ongoing "Prime Minister" Hashim Thaqi into opposition.