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Danish parliament passes tough immigration laws
Denmark\'s parliament passed measures on Tuesday aimed at deterring refugees from seeking asylum, including confiscating valuables to pay for their stay, despite ...Suicide bombers kill 32 in north Cameroon market
Thirty-two people were killed when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often ...Putin denounces Soviet founder Lenin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, accusing him of placing a "time bomb" under the state, and ...Putin is corrupt, says US Treasury
An official of the United States government has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme that airs ...Putin still has his Communist Party card, likes socialist ideals
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday revealed he has kept his USSR Communist Party membership card, and still has a soft spot ...Swedish doctor on trial for keeping woman in bunker
A Swedish doctor went on trial on rape and kidnapping charges Monday after admitting to imprisoning a woman in a home-made bunker ...Migrant killed on Greek-Macedonian border as EU vows tighter security
A Pakistani man was stabbed to death on the Greek-Macedonian border on Monday as the European Commission pledged to increase security at ...Protests rattle Azerbaijan as oil price slump hits economy
Hit hard by falling oil prices, ex-Soviet Azerbaijan has plunged into an economic crisis that has seen rare protests shake the authorities ...Syria army seizes key rebel-held town in Latakia
Syrian regime forces on Sunday overran the last major rebel-held town in the coastal Latakia province, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, ...Massive blizzard shuts down eastern United States
A deadly blizzard walloped the eastern United States on Saturday, paralyzing Washington and New York under a heavy blanket of snow as ...




