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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2015, file photo, people protest against the 2016 Olympic Games while they hold posters that read in Portuguese "I am a street vendor and my family starves" and "Attorney acts and the police steals," in front of the headquarters of the Olympic Organizing Committee in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil’s economic and political crisis has relegated Rio de Janeiro's Olympic preparations to an afterthought.
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Political crisis relegates Rio Olympics to an afterthought
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's economic and political crisis has relegated Rio de Janeiro's Olympic preparations to an afterthought with South America's first games just over four months away. Rio's... (photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo)
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China vaccine scandal: 37 arrested
Thirty-seven people have been arrested in eastern China over a huge vaccine scandal, state media report. It comes after police in Shandong announced last month they had arrested a mother and her... (photo: Creative Commons / juliealicea1947)
File - Former football player Franz Beckenbauer  The Guardian 
Fifa opens investigation into Franz Beckenbauer and Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid
• Five other officials connected with bid being investigated... (photo: Public Domain / Immanuel Giel)
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Victoria Azarenka, left, of Belarus, speaks to Serena Williams, as tournament director Raymond Moore stand by after Azarenka defeated Williams in a final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Indian Wells, Calif. Azarenka won 6-4, 6-4  The National 
Indian Wells director Raymond Moore resigns after comments about women's tennis
Raymond Moore has resigned as BNP Paribas Open tournament director after his comments that women's tennis "rides on the coattails" of the men's game. Moore said ahead of Sunday's women's final at... (photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill)
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File - Poor Indian women beg outisde of a temple in Pune, India. Al Jazeera
Vidya Das: Fighting for poor women in India
- In a large, airy classroom in the village of Kashipur in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, there unfolds a scene rich in contrasts and ironies. A reading and writing... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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A protester, middle, shouts as he is confronted by Donald Trump supporters before a campaign rally with the Republican presidential candidate Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. The protester was escorted out by security. WorldNews.com
The Future Is Populism, Expect More Violence
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Don’t be surprised if more protesters at Trump rallies are viciously assaulted, like the one that occurred on Saturday in... (photo: AP / Ross D. Franklin)

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In this Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 photo, Iraqi security forces raise an Iraqi flag near the provincial council building in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad. San Francisco Chronicle
Fears in Iraqi government, army over Shiite militias' power
[...] heavily armed police, led by the interior minister, waded into a Shiite militia base south of Baghdad and arrested its deputy commander, accused of organizing... (photo: AP / Osama Sami)
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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff raise their arms together to celebrate the swearing-in of Silva as the newly-appointed chief of staff, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 17, 2016. BBC News
Brazil crisis: There may be bigger threats than Rousseff's removal
After the most tumultuous week in Brazilian politics since the return of democracy to South America's biggest country, it is impossible to predict with any degree of... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres)
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Australia PM creates early election trigger
Australia will hold an election in July if the country's Senate fails to pass laws aimed at curbing union corruption. The government has introduced bills to re-establish... (photo: AP / Andrew Taylor)
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