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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   Pretoria Riots   South Africa Unrest   Wikipedia: Thoko Didiza
 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)
Italy Mayoral Elections   Matteo Renzi   Photos   Virginia Raggi   Wikipedia: Virginia Raggi
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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)
2016 US Elections   Donald Trump   Hillary Clinton   Photos   Wikipedia: United States elections, 2016
Martin Winterkorn The Times of India
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)

  IAAF   Photos   Rio Olympics   Russians Banned   Wikipedia: 2016 Summer Olympics
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