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Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance after Obama visit
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 89, made a rare appearance outside his home on Thursday, visiting a school to mark the birthday ...Opposition activists, Maduro supporters clash in Caracas
Government supporters and opposition activists clashed Thursday in a rock-hurling brawl near Venezuela\'s election council headquarters triggered by an opposition recall campaign ...Belgium releases video of suspect fleeing after airport bombings
Belgian prosecutors on Thursday launched a fresh appeal for help find the suspected surviving attacker in last month\'s Brussels airport bombings, releasing ...French MPs approve contested ban on paying for sex
French lawmakers passed a controversial law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to 3,750 euros ...Venezuela decrees Fridays a holiday to ease energy crisis
Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro has decreed that all Fridays for the next two months will be holidays, in a bid to save ...Panama will form commission to review financial practices
Panama said on Wednesday it would form an independent commission to review the country\'s financial practices following the leak of information from ...More than 30,000 displaced in Congo left without aid: agency
More than 30,000 people displaced by fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been cut off from aid because of ...Swiss police raid UEFA as Panama Papers scandal spreads
Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that ...Ukraine pilot Savchenko refuses all food and liquids
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began a hunger strike without water on Wednesday to ...Country music legend Merle Haggard dead at 79
Country musician Merle Haggard, who emerged from prison to become the poetic voice of the American working man with hits such as ...