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30 Oct 2015
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UK welfare reforms to be investigated by United Nations

The United Nations will investigate UK welfare reforms and equal rights policies as part of a planned review. A committee will look at the government's welfare changes and unemployment policies to see if they "disproportionately affect" the rights of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. The review, part of a regular cycle of examinations, will be the first undertaken since

File - A police officer stands by as Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014.

Cameron insists he has been ‘consistent’ in EU talks

David Cameron promised to step up the pace of Britain’s negotiations on its membership of the European Union and rejected claims he has failed to make clear to other EU leaders what he is looking for. Speaking in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, at a meeting of leaders from a number of northern European countries, the British prime minister said the EU talks were going well.

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Around the world: EU, ASEAN agree to boost respect for rights

The EU and ASEAN, as part of the result of a policy dialogue recently held in Brussels, have agreed to arrange a series of activities specially tailored to boost respect for human rights. Several

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

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Syria conflict: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges 'flexibility' in Vienna talks

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for "flexibility" at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war. He urged the five main participants - the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - to abandon "national perspectives" for "global leadership". These are the first such talks to include Iran, which - with Russia - backs Syrian

File - US President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Russian aggressions prompt 'a new Cold War' in rhetoric only

(CNN)Call them provocations, aggressions or mere maneuvers, but the actions by Russia echo the bygone Cold War, ended a quarter century ago, analysts say. Consider this year alone: Russian leader Vladimir Putin announces he's adding more nuclear missiles and is building a new generation of non-nuclear ones that could strike U.S. soil. Also, Russia's military intervenes in

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Legion of Christ: Pope Francis offers to forgive paedophile scandal order

Pontiff says members must perform acts of penance to receive ‘plenary indulgence’ by next June over longstanding sexual abuse accusations

FILE - In this May 17, 2015 file photo, authorities investigate a shooting in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant, in Waco, Texas.

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Knives, guns, blood and fear: Inside the Texas biker shootout

Waco, Texas (CNN)After the guns fell silent on May 17 -- one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of American motorcycle clubs -- nine bikers lay dead in a strip mall parking lot littered with weapons. Many more were injured, bleeding from gunshots and knife wounds. A police officer asked what every other cop there must have wondered at that moment: How many of you are

Edward Snowden aparece en un video en vivo desde Moscú en un foro patrocinado por la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) en Hawaii, el 14 de febrero de 2015.

European Parliament urges protection for Edward Snowden

Brussels: The European Parliament has narrowly adopted a non-binding but nonetheless forceful resolution urging the 28 nations of the European Union to recognise Edward Snowden as a "whistle-blower and international human rights defender" and to shield him from prosecution. On Twitter, Mr Snowden, the former National Security

29 Oct 2015
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US warns Britain it could face trade barriers if it leaves EU

Trade representative Michael Froman says UK would face same tariffs and barriers as China, Brazil or India in the event of Brexit

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MI5 chief: Terrorist threat to UK is greater than any point in career

Andrew Parker uses build-up to new investigatory powers bill to highlight triple threat – at home, overseas and online

File - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif for a one-on-one chat before a broader meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 30, 2015, at the outset of the latest round in the P5+1 negotiations about the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Iran to join Syria talks as diplomatic push gains pace

MOSCOW: Iran said on Wednesday that it will take part for the first time in international talks aimed at resolving the brutal war in Syria as a diplomatic push to end the conflict gained momentum. Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif will join key players in the Syria crisis -- including Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia -- in Vienna on Friday for a renewed effort to

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Russian President Putin says anti-terror task in Syria remains current priority

MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that victory in the fight against terrorism in Syria should come before any concrete dialogue on political reconciliation in the war-torn country. "Certainly, the struggle against the common evil namely terrorism is prioritized today," an online Kremlin transcript quoted Putin as saying. Only after

Press Conference US Secretary of State John Kerry

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Kerry: Syria resolution like charting a 'course out of hell'

US Secretary of State John Kerry said the planned talks are the best hope for a political solution to the Syrian crisis, likening the challenge to charting “a course out of hell.” “My friends, the challenge we face in Syria today is nothing less than to chart a course out of hell,” Kerry said Wednesday in a speech at the Carnegie Endowment for

China's premier says Syria needs political solution

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday there must be a political solution to the crisis in Syria, repeating a stance China has adopted throughout, following talks in Beijing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. China has repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of force to resolve the crisis in Syria, saying that a political solution was

John Kasich, left, and Donald Trump, second from right, argue across fellow candidates during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.

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Republicans Clash Over Economy and Each Other in Debate

Jim Malone The top 10 Republican presidential contenders clashed over economic policy and, at times, each other, in the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday in Boulder, Colorado. The debate was feisty from the start with Ohio Governor John Kasich challenging political outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson for putting forward what he called “fantasy”

Google will next year step up testing of its Internet-beaming helium balloons in the stratosphere.

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Google 'Loon' Internet balloons to take flight over Indonesia

SAN FRANCISCO: Google will next year step up testing of its Internet-beaming helium balloons in the stratosphere after striking deals with three Indonesian mobile network operators, it said Wednesday. The ambitious "Project Loon" is aimed at delivering Internet connections to remote

A worker sprays water in an attempt to contain a wildfire that razes through a peatland field in Pedamaran, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.

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Southeast Asia's haze crisis: A 'crime against humanity'

(CNN)Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia are choking under a thick haze of wildfire smoke caused by the annual burning of land for the production of pulp, paper and palm oil on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. The haze is so bad it's been described by the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) as a "crime against humanity." Schools are

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EU risks 'tectonic changes' as migrant flow swells to over 700,000

Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II risks triggering "tectonic changes", a top EU official warned Tuesday, as figures showed more than 700,000 newcomers have reached the continent's Mediterranean shores this year. "The situation will deteriorate even further," European Council president Donald Tusk said, warning of a "new wave of

Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist-Leninist waves her hand after she was elected as Nepal's new president in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.

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Nepal elects first female president

Nepalese politicians have elected a longtime women's rights campaigner to become the country's first female president, as the Himalayan nation pushes for more gender equality in politics and work life. Bidhya Devi Bhandari, the 54-year-old deputy leader of Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal

Earthquake survivor Zhang Xiaoyan looks at her newborn baby girl at a hospital in Urumqi, in China's western Xinjiang region Wednesday, June 18, 2008.

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China to end one-child policy

China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, Xinhua news agency reports. All couples will now be allowed to have two children, the state-run news agency said, citing a statement from the Communist Party. The controversial policy was introduced nationally in 1979, to reduce the country's birth rate and slow the population growth rate. However, the policy led to

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