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France wants to keep 1,000 soldiers in Mali permanently

April 5, 2013
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France wants to keep 1,000 soldiers in Mali permanently

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - France has proposed keeping a permanent force of 1,000 French troops in Mali to fight armed Islamist militants, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.

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Palestinians simmer with anger ahead of Kerry visit

April 5, 2013
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Palestinians simmer with anger ahead of Kerry visit

GAZA (Reuters) - Islamist group Hamas on Friday urged a United Nations agency to resume its operations in the Gaza Strip, accusing the world body of over-reacting by shutting down after its headquarters was stormed by demonstrators.

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Musharraf barred from one Pakistani election constituency

April 5, 2013
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Musharraf barred from one Pakistani election constituency

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's election board barred on Friday former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting polls in one constituency and the Supreme Court agreed to look into a treason complaint against him, hurting his efforts to win back influence.

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Russian court brushes aside lawyer’s protest in posthumous trial

April 5, 2013
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Russian court brushes aside lawyer’s protest in posthumous trial

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian judge said on Friday the posthumous trial of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky would continue despite a protest from a court-appointed defense lawyer who argued the state had no right to try a dead man without his relatives' consent.

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Chavez shrine draws crowds of pilgrims a month after his death

April 5, 2013
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Chavez shrine draws crowds of pilgrims a month after his death

CARACAS (Reuters) - Visitors tip-toe round a marble sarcophagus holding Hugo Chavez's remains. Supporters sob as his voice booms from speakers. Foreign tourists photograph displays of his life from precocious rural schoolboy to radical president.

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Analysis: Africa’s rise pays out dividends for democracy

April 5, 2013
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Analysis: Africa’s rise pays out dividends for democracy

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa is rising not only on the growth charts of economists.

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North Korea moves missiles, South Korean markets roiled

April 5, 2013
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North Korea moves missiles, South Korean markets roiled

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported on Friday.

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Myanmar Buddhist, Muslim refugees clash in Indonesia, 8 dead

April 5, 2013
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Myanmar Buddhist, Muslim refugees clash in Indonesia, 8 dead

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Muslim and Buddhist refugees from Myanmar clashed at a refugee camp in Indonesia on Friday in a riot in which eight people were killed and 15 were wounded, media reported.

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A quieter second-act for U.S.-South Korea military drills?

April 5, 2013
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A quieter second-act for U.S.-South Korea military drills?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration, which has made military moves intended to signal to North Korea and U.S. allies that it takes Pyongyang's threats seriously, plans to switch gears and tone down public pronouncements about joint military exercises with Seoul, U.S. officials said Thursday.

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North Korea lacks means for nuclear strike on U.S., experts say

April 4, 2013
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North Korea lacks means for nuclear strike on U.S., experts say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's explicit threats this week to strike the United States with nuclear weapons are rhetorical bluster, as the isolated nation does not yet have the means to make good on them, Western officials and security experts say.

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