The Pirate Party held its convention in Bochum, Germany over the weekend under ominous clouds. After managing to seat representatives in four state parliaments, the party's success is threatening to die out. Current opinion surveys
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The 123,000 registered members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling right wing Likud party began casting votes in a leadership primary on Sunday ahead of a general election on January 22.
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Tens of thousands of children have returned to school in the Gaza Strip after ceasefire .According to one aid agency, students at several schools spent the first day talking about their experiences during the eight days of cross-border
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Despite mounting alarm about climate change, almost 200 nations meeting in Doha from Monday are likely to pay little more than lip service to the need to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions. A likely failure to agree a meaningful
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The United States is on course to slash its budget deficit nearly in half next year. Closing the gap that quickly, which in Washington is referred to as going over a "fiscal cliff," could easily trigger a recession.A deadline looms over the talks.
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Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is holding its lead ahead of December 16 election, opinion polls showed on Monday, with the hawkish Japan Restoration Party (JRP) led by a nationalist former Tokyo governor coming
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The eight-day Israeli assault on Gaza has resulted in at least $1.2 billion in economic damage,a report by the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce called for Gaza to be recognized as an economic disaster area.The attack
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Rafael Benitez takes charge of Chelsea for the first time on Sunday against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.And while Fernando Torres might be pleased to see his old Liverpool boss, others who have played under the Spaniard
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Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi is expected to meet with senior judges on Monday in an attempt to find a solution to a crisis over his new constitutional declaration, which gives Mursi sweeping new powers, Arab media reported.
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British politicians berated a local council in England on Saturday after it removed children from a foster family's care because of its support for a political party that wants the UK to exit the European Union and backs tighter immigration
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British Prime Minister David Cameron is keeping an open mind about the future of press regulation ahead of this week's release of Lord Justice Leveson's eagerly-anticipated report, Downing Street says.The report follows the first part
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British Prime Minister David Cameron gained allies in his fight against EU spending rises on Friday to avoid having to wield a solitary veto that would have further isolated Britain and fuelled questions about its future in the 27-nation bloc.
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Mr Bell said the cartoons of Mr Hague and Mr Blair were "a side issue" and noted that he had drawn inspiration from a press conference given by Mr Netanyahu in front of numerous Israeli flags.
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US President Barack Obama's recent visit to Myanmar has come under strong criticism by human rights groups over the ethnic cleansing and deadly violence against Rohingya Muslims in the southeast Asian country.
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An Israeli politician says Tel Aviv has failed to defeat the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and to achieve its objectives during the eight-day onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.
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An Israeli politician says Tel Aviv has failed to defeat the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and to achieve its objectives during the eight-day onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.
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After 26 barnstorming years at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson was immortalised on Friday afternoon as a bronze statue of the Scot was unveiled at Old Trafford.
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Defiant Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders Thursday expressed satisfaction with the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement and warned Israel against attacking the Gaza Strip again.
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Google will have to pay a $22.5 million (£14 million) fine in the US after the Federal Trade Commission found that it illegally put ad tracking cookies on the computers of people using Apple's Safari web browser.
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Forget Republican comebacks in 2014 or 2016. Unless it gets its head and its heart straight, the party might never win the popular vote or the White House again.
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