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Azerbaijan Voters Choose New Parliament in Ex-Soviet Nation
Voters in Azerbaijan were choosing a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.
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Israel Blocks Palestinian Export in Escalating Trade Crisis
The Israeli military blocked Palestinian agricultural exports on Sunday in the latest escalation of a monthslong trade war that comes amid fears of renewed violence as well.
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Swiss Vote on Law Against Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Swiss voters are delivering their verdict Sunday on a measure that would make it illegal to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation.
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Spain Confirms 2nd Virus Case; UK Plane Brings 200 Evacuees
Spain has confirmed its second case of the new virus from China and a plane evacuating more than 200 people from the Chinese city at the center of the epidemic landed Sunday in Britain.
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Surge of Violence Threatens Cameroon’s Parliamentary Vote
A surge of violence in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions threatens to derail the the West African nation’s parliamentary election on Sunday, as militant separatists kidnap scores of candidates and warn civilians not to vote, observers say.
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Pakistan Rescues US, Finnish Mountain Climbers by Helicopter
Pakistan’s military said Sunday that an army helicopter rescued two mountain climbers, an American and a Finn, who were stranded on a peak in the country’s north.
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‘Where It Begins’: Young Hungry Locusts Bulk Up in Somalia
At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years.
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Trains, Flights, Ferries Cancelled as Storm Ciara Batters UK
Trains, flights and ferries have been cancelled and weather warnings issued across the United Kingdom as a storm with hurricane-force winds up to 80 mph (129 kph) batters the region.
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The Latest: Hong Kong Lifts Quarantine on Cruise Ship
The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):
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Strike Shuts Kashmir to Remember Man Executed by India
Shops and businesses shut in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday and authorities imposed a lockdown in some parts of the disputed region?s main city after separatists called for a strike to mark the anniversary of the execution of a Kashmiri man who was convicted in an attack on the Indian Parliament.