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Greek election polls swing towards Syriza as campaigning ends
A flurry of late polls on Friday appeared to show Greece\'s election shifting in favor of Alexis Tsipras\' leftist Syriza party, as ...At least 85 killed in South Sudan oil tanker explosion
At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when an oil tanker that had crashed exploded as people were scooping up ...Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit
Amid chaotic scenes at its border with Serbia, Croatia said on Thursday it could not cope with a flood of migrants seeking ...Mozambique declared free of landmines
Mozambique\'s government announced Thursday that the country was free from the threat of landmines more than 20 years after its civil war ...EU warns Catalonia independence means leaving bloc
The EU on Thursday warned that a Catalonia vote for independence from Spain would automatically mean its exit from the bloc and ...Switzerland grants US request to extradite former FIFA Vice President
Switzerland ruled Thursday that former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo should be extradited to the US, the first suspect facing a forced ...Bomb blasts in Baghdad kill at least 32
At least 23 people were killed and 68 others wounded when three bombs went off in mainly Shi\'ite neighborhoods in central Baghdad ...Burkina Faso military confirms coup and dissolves government
Burkina Faso\'s military said on Thursday it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government, seizing power ...Chile rocked by deadly 8.3 magnitude earthquake
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into ...Trump targeted, Fiorina shines in US Republican debate
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stepped into a hornet\'s nest at the party\'s second debate as rivals turned their sights on the ...