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AFP - England head into next week’s Ashes opener brimming with confidence after a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Australia A on the fourth and final day of their tour match…

AP - An Austrian human rights lawyer says she hopes a trial concerning the slaying of a refugee will help bring about the prosecution of Chechnya’s president.

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Reuters - Brazil’s presidential candidates rallied in the key swing state of Minas Gerais on Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to win over undecided voters before Sunday’s runoff election.

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Reuters - One hundred aging South Koreans drove across a tensely guarded armed border Saturday to be reunited with relatives they had been separated from since the 1950-53 Korean War…

Time.com - Despite the passage of France’s unpopular pension reform, leaders of a weakening protest movement have vowed to keep battling the measure even after it’s signed into law. But…

AP - Stocks edged lower Thursday, backing away from early gains, as uncertainty built up ahead of a key report on the labor market.

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AP - A smooth-walled path to daylight awaited 33 trapped miners Sunday as they entered the tense final hours of a two-month odyssey christened in the terror of collapsing rock…

AP - Latvia’s center-right government is poised to stay in power after voters backed its plans to continue painful reforms required by an international bailout program to fix the Baltic country’s…

AP - The Palestinians dug in ahead of a crucial meeting Thursday with Washington’s Mideast envoy, saying they can’t be expected to continue peace talks unless Israel reverses a decision…

AP - NATO helicopters in eastern Afghanistan launched rare airstrikes into Pakistan, killing more than 50 militants and prompting a protest from Islamabad, while international forces pressed ahead with a combat…