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The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, the announcement ceremony of the water supply and sewage projects that will receive PAC sanitation investments.
2016 Olympics Games   Eduardo Paes   Liesl Tesch   Photos   Wikipedia: 2016 Summer Olympics		  Sydney Morning Herald 
Rio Olympics: Mayor Eduardo Paes apologises for mugging of Liesl Tesch and Sarah Ross in Rio
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has lamented the mugging of Australian Paralympian Liesl Tesch and team official Sarah Ross in the city, issuing an apology at a press conference.... (photo: ABr / Roosewelt Pinheiro)
A resident attempts to extinguish a fire in a burning storeroom on church property as angry residents refused to accept the replacement of Pretoria's mayoral candidate in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday June 21, 2016.
Elections in South Africa   Photos   Wikipedia: Thoko Didiza   South Africa - Protests   Tshwane Protests		  San Francisco Chronicle 
Riots hit South Africa’s capital over mayoral candidate
JOHANNESBURG — South African rioters blocked roads, looted shops and burned vehicles on Tuesday in several areas of the country’s capital, Pretoria, in a show of anger over the selection of... (photo: AP / Shiraaz Mohamed)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a ceremony for the literary awards named after late poet Necip Fazil Kisakurek, in Istanbul, late Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.  Indian Express 
Turkey arrests 3 prominent press freedom campaigners
File photo: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during the Turkey Investment Advisory Council Meeting in Istanbul. The journalists arrests by are creating fears for media freedom... (photo: AP / Basin Bulbul, Presidential Press Service Pool)
Human Rights   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Turkish President   Wikipedia: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
New Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi is surrounded by reporters as she leaves her house in Rome, Monday, June 20, 2016.  Dawn 
Women power leaves Italy’s Renzi reeling
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was left reeling on Monday after stinging local election reverses that saw female mayors from the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) elected in Rome and Turin.... (photo: AP / Fabio Frustaci)
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Indian army soldiers near the derailed coaches of a passenger train at the site of an accident in Sadura, 65 km (40 miles) south of Srinagar November 23, 2011. The Guardian
Environmental activist murders set record as 2015 became deadliest year
Global Witness says at least 185 activists were killed and anti-mining activities were the most deadly – with 42 deaths related to protests... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Deadliest year   Environmental activists   Global Witness   Photos   Wikipedia: Traffic collision
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, 22 February 2016 The Examiner
Hillary Clinton should take advantage of Republican divide over Donald Trump
No matter how hard he tries, it just doesn’t seem like the Republican Party is fully on the Donald Trump train. Hillary Clinton should be ecstatic about that. Why?... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)
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German prosecutors open probe into VW ex-boss
Berlin, June 20, 2016 (AFP) - Volkswagen's former boss Martin Winterkorn is under investigation for having allegedly manipulated the market by holding back information... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein)
Emission Scandal   Martin Winterkorn   Photos   Volkswagen   Wikipedia: Martin Winterkorn
John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana at the Chatham House event Modern Ghana
>President Mahama And The Ford Gift
By Arthur Kobina Kennedy, Dr. President John Dramani Mahama I have refrained from addressing this earlier because of the President's Bereavement. Even a President... (photo: Creative Commons)
Ghanaian President   John Dramani Mahama   May Hajia Abiba Nnaba   Photos   Wikipedia: John Dramani Mahama
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IAAF Refuses To Lift Ban, Russian Olympic Team To Miss Rio Olympics
A decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) governing body Friday will force Russian track and field athletes to miss the Rio Olympics... (photo: Creative Commons / TheBostonianLonghorn)

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Demonstrators and protesters of the Egyptian Revolution, Alhurra reporter interviews Egyptian protesters, Tahrir Square, February 7, 2011. Egypt court revokes handover of islands to Saudi Arabia Press TV
Migrants walk from the main station in Dortmund, Germany, to a hall where they get first attendance Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. UNICEF censures living conditions of refugee kids in Germany Press TV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi adresses a public meeting in Katra Jammu on Tuesday 19, April 2016. International Yoga Day: Embrace yoga for better life, PM Modi says The Times of India
Security Council
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday, May 6, 2016, opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country's stability and unity under leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North's recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches. S. Korea military: N. Korea fires 2 suspected midrange missiles The Japan News
Refugee from Syria in a camp located at the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Greece World Refugee Day Marked as a Record 65 Million People Displaced Chosun Ilbo
The Security Council adopted resolution 2285 (2016) this morning, extending the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 30 April 2017 UN Security Council adopts resolution on Libya arms embargo China Daily
NATO
File - Paratroopers exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Exercise Swift Response 16 at the Bydgoszcz Airport, Poland, June 8, 2016. Eastern Europe needs permanent Nato troops, say ex-US policymakers The Guardian
File - A mounted police officer passes Buckingham Palace, London, England. Safer in or out of EU? Why security is key to Brexit vote CNN
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. EU extends Russia sanctions over Crimea for another year Belfast Telegraph
G8 Agenda
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British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan Russia’s expulsion from G8 must be discussed: Cameron Khaleej Times
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are unbreakable, Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. Obama Administration pushing for exclusion of Russia from G8 The Examiner
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