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Zambian president gives death row inmates life sentences
Zambia\'s President Edgar Lungu on Thursday reduced the sentence of 332 prisoners awaiting death by hanging to life imprisonment to ease maximum ...Ukraine passes draft bill to grant east regions more autonomy
Ukraine\'s parliament approved a draft law on Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a step towards meeting the demands of ...Obama thanks Putin for role in Iran deal
President Barack Obama telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to thank him for his part in the recent nuclear deal with ...Greek Parliament approves bailout measures
The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece ...Russia plans fuel shipments to Syria from Crimea
Russia plans to supply Syria with 200,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year via the Crimean port of Kerch, two ...IS claims missile attack on Egypt navy boat
The Islamic State jihadist group said it carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian navy vessel off North Sinai on Thursday, ...Four Marines killed in US military shootings, gunman dead
Four Marines were killed Thursday in twin shootings at US military centers in the southern state of Tennessee, officials said, opening a ...Eurogroup approves launch of Greece bailout talks
Eurozone finance ministers approved the launch of formal bailout talks with debt-wracked Greece on Thursday, after the Greek parliament pushed through a ...Nasa releases historic Pluto close-up images
Pluto\'s surface has long been a blur to sky watchers on Earth, but a NASA spacecraft on Wednesday should provide the first ...Eleven killed in heavy Ukraine fighting
Ukraine lost eight soldiers Wednesday in a dramatic spike in fighting with pro-Russian gunmen that further imperilled a truce Washington\'s top European ...




