Reuters
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Former Central African Republic PM leads in presidential vote
Many voters hope the election will end years of violence between Muslims and Christians.
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Vatican accord with Palestine has come into effect
The Vatican signed its first treaty with the "State of Palestine" last June when it called for moves to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backed a two-state solution.
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Iranian protesters storm Saudi embassy after execution of prominent Shi'ite cleric
The Shi'ite Muslim country reacted with fury to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr with 46 others.
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Obama plans to outflank hostile Congress with unilateral gun control moves
Obama said yesterday he has received "too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing".
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Terrified families emerge from ruins of liberated Ramadi
The city is the first retaken by Iraq's army since it collapsed in the path of the militants' advance 18 months ago.
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Six dead as gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border
The attack is an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
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Prominent Shi'ite cleric among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia on terrorism charges
The punishments are an apparent message that the conservative Islamic kingdom will brook no violent dissent.
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Bill Cosby could be ruined by civil lawsuits even if trial jury finds him innocent, lawyers say
Cosby was charged in suburban Philadelphia on Wednesday in the only criminal case he has faced.
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Cameron pledges to address roots of UK Islamist extremism in 2016
He signalled the commitment as part of a wider plan of social reform to be built on the country's recovering economic foundations.
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Firefighters labour through the night to tackle Dubai hotel blaze
Plumes of white smoke still emanated from the charred, 63-storey Address Downtown hotel at daybreak.
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Pope Francis: World must overcome 'torrent of misery' to live in peace
About 10,000 people went through airport-style screening to get into St Peter's Basilica for the New Year mass.
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Angela Merkel: Influx of refugees in Germany offer an 'opportunity'
German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra "we can do this".