Violence in Iraq rose sharply in April, with 460 people killed according to figures, raising fears of a return to the all-out sectarian conflict that plagued the country in past years. The majority of the deaths came during a wave of unrest that began on April 23 when security forces moved on Sunni...
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Thousands take part in May Day march in Dhaka demanding better safety at work and death penalty for Rana Plaza owner Bangledeshis hold pictures of relatives and loved ones still missing after the Rana Plaza building collapsed a week ago. Photograph: Suvra Kanti Das/Demotix/Corbis Thousands of...
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may spend any spare cash from future budgets rather than ease austerity measures, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday, after it left its plans to cut spending by 5.1 billion euro ($6.7 billion) for the next two years unchanged. Ireland has consistently beaten...
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Afghan National Security Forces have shrunk by 4,000 troops and policemen from last year and are still 20,000 people short of the numbers they expect to have in place by the end of next year, according to the government watchdog overseeing Afghanistan war spending. The growth of a trained ANSF is...
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Willem-Alexander became the first king of the Netherlands since 1890 today, ascending a throne largely stripped of political power but still invested with enormous symbolic significance for the Dutch people. At his investiture in Amsterdam's 600-year-old Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, the 46-year-old...
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