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Danish parties agree to hold EU referendum by March 2016
Danish parties representing 75 percent of parliament agreed on Tuesday to hold a referendum on whether to adopt EU justice rules no ...Pakistan executes 12 prisoners after death penalty ban lifted
Pakistani officials on Tuesday executed 12 people in the country\'s single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was ...Israelis vote in parliamentary elections
Israelis head to the polls Tuesday in a vote seen as a referendum on embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who ruled out ...Netanyahu says no to Palestinian state if re-elected
Israel\'s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said ...US, Iran nuclear talks resume in Switzerland
The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement but ...Venezuelan parliament approves decree powers for president
The Venezuelan parliament on Sunday approved a law giving President Nicolas Maduro the power to legislate by decree for nine months in ...Hundreds of thousands march against Brazilian president
Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and ...US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security ...Vanuatu appeals for aid after devastating cyclone
Vanuatu\'s president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone, wreaking ...Dozens feared dead as Myanmar ferry sinks
A crowded double-decker passenger ferry capsized in northwestern Myanmar after being slammed by huge waves, killing 34 people and leaving more than ...