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Putin ally Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election
Kremlin ally Sergei Sobyanin has won a Moscow mayoral election, according to results released by electoral officials after a nearly complete vote ...Serena Williams wins 5th US Open title
Serena Williams won her fifth US Open women\'s singles title on Sunday, defeating Victoria Azarenka.US, France say support growing for Syria strikes
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said that many countries were prepared to take part in US-led military strikes against ...Tokyo will host Olympic Games in 2020
Tokyo has been named as the host city for the 2020 Olympics. All three cities made impassioned pleas to the International ...Egypt army launches deadly assault on Sinai militants
At least 30 militants were killed or injured on Saturday in a raid launched by the Egyptian army on hideouts of Jihadist ...Madrid eliminated from Olympics 2020 venue race
Madrid has been eliminated in dramatic fashion from the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games after the first round of voting ...Conservative leader Abbott wins landslide Australia election victory
Australia\'s conservative opposition won a resounding victory in national elections, handing the Labor party one of its worst-ever defeats and installing Tony ...Twin blasts kill at least 20 in Somalia
At least 20 people have been killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after two explosions ripped through a busy car park, police ...Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the ...NASA sends unmanned rocket to the moon
An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its ...