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Egypt's top appeals court issues a final ruling that effectively acquits former president Hosni Mubarak on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign.
Topics: world-politics, egypt
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Ordinary Australians are shunning big political parties, who they feel don't understand them, and are looking to alternatives like Pauline Hanson. As US historian Thomas Frank says, we're starting to sound just like Americans did at the last presidential election.
Topics: community-and-society, pauline-hanson, donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, tuggerah-2259
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| UpdatedUS Vice-President Mike Pence — who frequently criticised Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server — used an AOL account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, his office confirms.
Topics: world-politics, hacking, united-states
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Australia and Russia have been in a state of frozen disagreement for the past three years, reaching a new low with the downing of MH17. But Russia's ambassador to Australia says slowly but surely, things are looking better.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, federal-government, bishop-julie, australia, russian-federation
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October will mark 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Australia and Russia, but relations have often been frosty.
Topics: world-politics, russian-federation, australia
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| UpdatedIt was all pomp, ceremony and snipers on rooftops in Washington, DC, this week as the US President gave his first speech to Congress in a kind of replacement State of the Union.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
Topics: oil-and-gas, trade, defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states, china
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Sweden will reintroduce military conscription next year because of difficulties filling the ranks on a voluntary basis at a time of increased security concerns, the Defence Minister says.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, world-politics, sweden
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Donald Trump's Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election after admitting he met with Russia's US ambassador during the presidential campaign.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions removes himself from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, following revelations he twice met with the Russian ambassador and did not say so when pressed by Congress.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions denies meeting with any Russians during the US presidential campaign.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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Supporters of Donald Trump are more likely to believe what he says, and even after they are shown it is not true, they still want to vote for him, research shows.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states, wa, perth-6000
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A group of seven Pacific island nations is calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations of widespread human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, also known as West Papua.
Topics: world-politics, human, rights, land-rights, indonesia, vanuatu, tonga, nauru, palau, tuvalu, marshall-islands, solomon-islands, asia, pacific
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| UpdatedThe governor of Papua New Guinea's Hela province is calling for an Australian Federal Police intervention to quell an outbreak of lawlessness he says has reached crisis point.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia, pacific
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| UpdatedThese are the people who could determine what happens following the revelation about US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions' conversations with Russia's ambassador.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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Colombia's leftist FARC rebels begin the process of surrendering their weapons under a landmark peace deal with the Government to put in end to Latin America's longest-running conflict.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, government-and-politics, colombia
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| UpdatedTop Democrats call on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerges he had two conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign last year, but failed to disclose them at his confirmation hearing.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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| UpdatedBritain's House of Lords votes that the UK can only trigger Brexit talks if PM Theresa May details how the the rights of EU citizens will be protected.
Topics: world-politics, united-kingdom, european-union
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| UpdatedRussian officials reject allegations hackers are already interfering with European elections in a bid to have Moscow-friendly candidates elected.
Topics: hacking, government-and-politics, world-politics, russian-federation
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Wall Street's blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average surges through 21,000 points for the first time on President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
Topics: stockmarket, futures, currency, markets, donald-trump, world-politics, united-states, united-kingdom, european-union, australia
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US-backed Iraqi army units take control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in Islamic State's hands, trapping the militants in a shrinking area within the city, a general and residents say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, terrorism, iraq
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Conservative candidate Francois Fillon refuses to quit France's rollercoaster presidential race despite receiving a summons to face charges of getting his wife and children taxpayer-funded jobs in which they allegedly did no work.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, france
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Elroy Sailor, who was a member of the Trump transition team, about Donald Trump's first address to Congress.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Professor Nicola McEwen from the University of Edinburgh about the landscape across the UK as it prepares to leave the EU.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-kingdom, scotland
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| UpdatedIn emotional moment, US President Donald Trump saluted a slain Navy SEAL's wife in the audience during his address to Congress.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states