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Thousands brace for deportations in Dominican Republic
Thousands of people began preparing Thursday for deportation from the Dominican Republic after failing to obtain legal residency as part of a ...French government wins confidence vote over economic reforms
France\'s Socialist government won a parliamentary vote of no confidence Thursday over a key package of reforms designed to energise the country\'s ...IMF rules out Greek payment delay
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned Athens Thursday it cannot delay a huge payment due at the end of the month, ...White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church
Authorities on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old white man suspected of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina ...Lithuania says can take in 250 refugees, migrants
Lithuania said Wednesday it has decided to resettle up to 250 Syrian refugees, migrants and asylum seekers transferred from Italy and Greece, ...Hungary orders Serbian border closed to keep out migrants
Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, ...Escaped Georgia zoo tiger kills man in Tbilisi, is shot dead
A tiger that killed a man in the central square of Georgia\'s capital Tbilisi Wednesday was shot dead, officials said, four days ...Former Turkey President Suleyman Demirel dies at age 90
Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, who was twice toppled by the military during seven stints as the head of government, died early ...North Korea says hit by worst drought in 100 years
North Korea has been hit by what it describes as its worst drought in a century, which could worsen chronic food shortages ...Hong Kong braced for vote on its future
Hong Kong lawmakers began a debate on Wednesday on a Beijing-backed electoral reform proposal that will define the city\'s democratic future and ...