Communist Party veterans write open letter for the sacking of security chief Zhou Yongkang.

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Greece forms emergency government amid banking fears
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ATHENS — With Greece's future in the euro increasingly in doubt, this troubled nation cobbled together an emergency government Wednesday and set a date for new elections amid fears that accelerated withdrawals by spooked depositors could escalate into ...
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Opposition party calls for general strike on Thursday in response to charges of arson against senior opposition leaders.

Ministers question use of his time and dismiss him as a patronising academic for saying 800,000 households need help.

Long-delayed panel's work begins years after neighbouring nations fully investigated actions of dictatorial regimes.

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Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June
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By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS AP ATHENS, Greece — A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.
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Historic diamond fetches €7.4m at auction in Geneva
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A diamond coveted by kings, queens and princes for centuries, used to reinforce alliances between nations and pawned to pay off royal debts sold for 9 million Swiss francs (€7.4 million) at Sotheby's in Geneva on Tuesday night. The auction house called ...
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Fiscal treaty setback for Merkel after forced cabinet reshuffle
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GERMANY'S RATIFICATION of the fiscal treaty became that bit more complicated yesterday when Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister and replaced him with her trusted chief whip, Peter Altmaier. Dr Merkel dropped Norbert Röttgen, ...
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If two generals are convicted of drug trafficking, it would mark the most serious case of military corruption.

Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has gone on trial for war crimes at The Hague.

Combat brigade will be drafted to Pentagon's Africa Command to send soldiers to countries around the continent.

At least seven people killed in fighting between armed men and residents in southern oasis of Ghadames.

Senior judge has sole task of holding new elections in June as country goes through economic and political crisis.

Cabinet orders officials to conclude negotiations to end the six-month blockade on supply routes to Afghanistan.

Merkel signs agreement with Karzai to give $193m a year to fund Afghan security forces after NATO's 2014 withdrawal.

German man of Lebanese descent Khaled el-Masri blames Macedonia for collaborating with CIA in his 2003 abduction.

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Egypt presidential 'no-hoper' may have last laugh
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By Heba Saleh in Cairo Egypt's revolutionary activists have spent much of the past year joking about the verbal gaffes of Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander who served as prime minister in the final days of Hosni Mubarak's rule.
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Libya has asked the International Criminal Court to abandon its legal action against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, so he can be tried in Tripoli.

In an address to Russian TV today, President Bashar Assad insisted the Syrian people supported his reforms and called his opponents "terrorists".

Mexicans pay tribute to one of Latin America's greatest authors, Carlos Fuentes, who died on 15 May in Mexico City.