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Pro-European candidate wins Moldova vote
A pro-European Union candidate easily won the runoff vote for mayor of Moldova\'s capital and biggest city Monday, in an election seen ...Burundi votes in parliamentary poll amid opposition boycott
Burundians voted for a new parliament on Monday, the first in a series of elections boycotted by the opposition after weeks of ...Crisis-hit Greece imposes capital controls, banks to remain shut
Greece\'s five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn to date Sunday, with the prime minister announcing Greek banks would remain shut ...Nepal tells U.N. to destroy low quality food meant for quake survivors
The United Nations must destroy hundreds of tonnes of substandard food it imported for distribution to survivors of the recent earthquakes in ...Israeli navy peacefully intercepts Gaza-bound vessel
Israel\'s navy intercepted a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip early Monday and brought it to ...WikiLeaks says NSA spied on French business
WikiLeaks has released documents that it says show that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on France\'s top finance officials and high-stakes ...Greek banks shut down as crisis deepens
Greece announced early Monday it will shut banks for a week and impose capital controls, pleading for calm after anxious citizens emptied ...Guatemala volcano grows more active, spews ash
Guatemala\'s Fuego volcano shook from explosions Sunday and spewed ashes over nearby communities as it entered a more intense phase of activity, ...Turkish police use water cannons to clear gay pride rally
Riot police in Istanbul used teargas and fired rubber pellets to disperse thousands of participants in the city\'s Gay Pride march after ...Syrische Kurdenmiliz vertreibt IS aus Grenzstadt Kobani
Kurdische Milizen haben nach eigener Darstellung IS-Extremisten aus der Stadt Kobani an der türkischen Grenze vertrieben.